Follow Santa Monica's advice to a tee and you'll be more than happy with the results. He helped me build mine and it is nothing less than amazing.
Algea scrubber and SumP design... tips plz
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Thanks santa monica for all the helpful advice. This project is over for me though, i'm sure you understand why. The amounts that it would take to run my tank is just retarded. I spend less on salt/food/waterchanges/electricity/and random lfs buys than i would ever spend on this scrubber. My electric bill would be stupid crazy, and its really not worth it when i already have a system that works. Yes no water changes would be nice, but paying 70$ plus a month in addition to what i am already paying is just stupid. Once again thanks for the help though. Id rather grow pot and make money with all that electricity.
Fail.
But i will keep a doubled up scrubber in a bucket running for added support on my bioload.
Fail.
But i will keep a doubled up scrubber in a bucket running for added support on my bioload.
Makes sense; a scrubber does not fit all situations, especially if it's not a test and you must have results.
Finally got a finished acrylic box to work with:
Did a flow test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4HJilDbX10
Then did a melt test; put the bulb in, and let it set with no water flow for a half hour. No acrylic softening. Then, poured boiling water into the compartments; still ok...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar82ZM8W_y8
Did a flow test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4HJilDbX10
Then did a melt test; put the bulb in, and let it set with no water flow for a half hour. No acrylic softening. Then, poured boiling water into the compartments; still ok...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar82ZM8W_y8
I'm new to the saltwater aquarium. My tank is cycling as we speak. And I have a sump and would like to ad a algea scrubber before the inevitable. I will have the scubber on the outlet into the sump and later on have a protien skimmer just in case. My tank is 125 gallon and is going to be a preditor tank. Any suggestions?
Santa monica, I already know you are going to hate the thought of it... but what if this guy used a wheel design (pretend it rotated reliably).
I dont know what you know about this eco-wheel type stuff, but thinking about it I have a feeling you will say it is not enough... but entertain the thought for a few seconds, then shoot it down.
quick calc this guy would need a wheel the size of a 5g bucket.
16 paddles.
all 3.5"x13 to 14"
this divided by 2 for the flat algae surface area gives you about 364 to 392g of algae scrubbing.
Next is lighting. with this design, only 1 or 2 lights need to be on it focused on the top area only = lower electric bill?
Now what I am guessing you will say is that the watts of lights needed for the high bio load will not be met with the wheel in and out of the light each rpm?
Any thoughts on if this will work... so I can build it and make it work!
I dont know what you know about this eco-wheel type stuff, but thinking about it I have a feeling you will say it is not enough... but entertain the thought for a few seconds, then shoot it down.
quick calc this guy would need a wheel the size of a 5g bucket.
16 paddles.
all 3.5"x13 to 14"
this divided by 2 for the flat algae surface area gives you about 364 to 392g of algae scrubbing.
Next is lighting. with this design, only 1 or 2 lights need to be on it focused on the top area only = lower electric bill?
Now what I am guessing you will say is that the watts of lights needed for the high bio load will not be met with the wheel in and out of the light each rpm?
Any thoughts on if this will work... so I can build it and make it work!
The problem is that the paddles are not 90 degrees to the light at all times, and, they are not under direct light at all times. Thus the effectiveness is reduces greatly. Think of it as trying to see in the dark, when your flashlight is only working part of the time, and even when it's working it's not pointed to where you need to go.
