Recent content by Floyd R Turbo

I know that once the creative juices start flowing on something, it's really hard to just shut them off and get some sleep...

lol no I'm not here, you're imagining it Paul!!

That's crazy! Need a close-up!

I didn't know they were that short lived...explains a recent loss possibly

ugh...70V is not good!!

You'll have to forgive the sarcasm of my last post. My point was that I, as well as plenty of others, have suggested and/or made plenty of what I consider improvements to the basic design of the waterfall algae scrubber since it was originally introduced. So to say that it has remained...

That's right, no one has done anything in any way to make improvements. Nobody.

You would need a sump and either feed the scrubber directly from the overflow (ok, as long as you have overflow protection in place) or have a dedicated scrubber feed pump, or tap off the return pump. I wouldn't put one under the tank without a sump personally. I'm not even sure that you could...

:thumbup: except those don't work over s wrapped pipe :wah:

Someone did this several years ago actually, drill holes in a pipe instead of a slot, works OK. Algae grows heavy where the canvas comes together and diverts the flow sideways, but draping black plastic over that part eliminates that issue.

Paul's been running an algae scrubber probably since before I was born. Well maybe not that long. But long. This is just a different method he's trying

Stop teasing. I envision you taking a picture and then uploading it :roflmao:

pics!

I have run 2 tanks for several years with only a scrubber. I would say that it can be done but that strongly depends on the the system - mainly, related to corals you will be keeping IMO. FO of FOWLR, my opinion is you can go scrubber only. Skimmer + scrubber is a good combo. One thing to...

That's so weird, just today I was having a conversation with someone about different material for screen, and fabric was brought up. I think cotton would deteriorate eventually but some other kind of fabric might work.