Here's a small upflow scrubber helping a big tank. Starts at 4:00
[video=youtube_share;ikGzWMxB6cs]http://youtu.be/ikGzWMxB6cs[/video]
[video=youtube_share;ikGzWMxB6cs]http://youtu.be/ikGzWMxB6cs[/video]
Lowest cost and easiest way to eliminate green hair, bubble, turf and slime algae
- Thread starter SantaMonica
- Start date
First harvestings of a two-compartment version:
[video=youtube;3O-rXqToTuM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-rXqToTuM[/video]
[video=youtube;3O-rXqToTuM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-rXqToTuM[/video]
18 hours of light, unless it's growing black.
Floyd R Turbo
RS Sponsor
This is not always true for all scrubbers. LED scrubbers in particular, if the fixture produces strong enough light. I know people who run 6 hours/day on 18 off. I don't run any of my personal scrubbers more than 12 hours/day.
cracker
Well-Known Member
Thanks gents, This is a new scrubber with led lighting.Lit for a 18 days now. So far I have brown stuff. I am running 16 on 8 off. I scrubbed off the brown stuff. Was wanting to know if I could go to 18/6 or even more lights on time. I' realize this takes time. Thanks, Brian
Here are some upflow layout designs to give you ideas of what might fit your tank or ability to DIY better:
Simple upflow screen:
Attach to glass:
Bubble remover:
Attach to glass, with compartment:
Attach to glass, small:
Hang on back:
Collector:
Floating:
Simple upflow screen:
Attach to glass:
Bubble remover:
Attach to glass, with compartment:
Attach to glass, small:
Hang on back:
Collector:
Floating:
Steve Lane
Active Member
Yes LEDs work great.
Also, in regards to waterfalls, is my original post of the waterfall version I invented in 2008:
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forum/...r-replaces-skimmer-refugium-everything.35294/
Also, in regards to waterfalls, is my original post of the waterfall version I invented in 2008:
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forum/...r-replaces-skimmer-refugium-everything.35294/
Coming this summer 2016:
Waterfall algae scrubber
Version 2
After I invented the waterfall scrubber in 2008, it's great that so many people got to DIY it, and it's also great that lots of builders/sellers used it as their design up until the current day. It's had over 7 years to gather hobbyists.
2012 was a good year though, when I introduced the upflow scrubber. It's only had 3 years to gather hobbyists, but offers them what they did not have before: a compact place where they can put a scrubber that does not spill over when it fills up.
Now that the upflows are established, it's time to do some more work on the waterfalls. They've been unchanged since 2008, and almost every part of them can be improved. So over the next year or two I'll post up the improvements piece by piece. Hopefully the improvements will be useful to all.
Waterfall algae scrubber
Version 2
After I invented the waterfall scrubber in 2008, it's great that so many people got to DIY it, and it's also great that lots of builders/sellers used it as their design up until the current day. It's had over 7 years to gather hobbyists.
2012 was a good year though, when I introduced the upflow scrubber. It's only had 3 years to gather hobbyists, but offers them what they did not have before: a compact place where they can put a scrubber that does not spill over when it fills up.
Now that the upflows are established, it's time to do some more work on the waterfalls. They've been unchanged since 2008, and almost every part of them can be improved. So over the next year or two I'll post up the improvements piece by piece. Hopefully the improvements will be useful to all.
Floyd R Turbo
RS Sponsor
That's right, no one has done anything in any way to make improvements. Nobody.
rostervandross
Active Member
Talking about his own improvements to his 2008 design?
One of these is definitely on my radar. Will check out your website
One of these is definitely on my radar. Will check out your website
Floyd R Turbo
RS Sponsor
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 "unchanged" is just wrong.
It's true that the core concept of water cascading down a substrate that is illuminated has not changed, but that's why it's the core concept. Plenty of other things have been tweaked, modified, added, and improved.
It's true that the core concept of water cascading down a substrate that is illuminated has not changed, but that's why it's the core concept. Plenty of other things have been tweaked, modified, added, and improved.
Some people still want the first waterfall I designed in 2008, so...
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forum/...ist-for-the-new-199-waterfall-scrubber.96392/
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forum/...ist-for-the-new-199-waterfall-scrubber.96392/
Trevor Janvier in Canada is having fun with his upflow style: "20 days... that's pretty wicked growth, and it seems like my glass algae has lessened. The first picture is 6 weeks ago the next is 4 weeks ago, and last are today, all are 2 weeks intervals with 24 hour lights. phosphate is between .06-.19 and I only clean the glass about once every two weeks and it takes only a min or two. best thing I have done for my tank"
