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Old 06-16-2008, 12:00 AM   #72 (permalink)
Asa Herring
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Re: grow cyano? BUT WHY?!!!

I would like you guys to think about actually creating a full fledged algal turf scrubber. I believe that it will cure your cyno problem with room to spare. I have used one for years and never had a cyno problem even though I drastically over fed my tank. I even added fish emulsion fertilizer because the tank was running too clean when I over scrubbed.

I stopped using a skimmer as soon as I turned on the lights. Speaking of lights, my second version of a scrubber used a 300 Watt halogen light and it did cause about a gallon of evaporation per day, although it actually lowered the tank temperature.

Then, I built version three and used VHOs. Later, I changed to compact fluorescents. My evaporation dropped dramatically while continuing to lower my tank temperature. You can look at my web site and also check out a thread on another site that t ends up talking about scrubbers.


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