Deep Sand Beds for Freshwater tanks
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Yeah how is that going.
I looked at having a serious crack at that till the very last second.
Realisticly, its come leaps and bounds still based on the same old concepts, it weird.
I would love to dabble in it though, if nothing else, just to inject some proper style into the design. Yeah their efficient, but who said efficiency has to be boring.
I looked at having a serious crack at that till the very last second.
Realisticly, its come leaps and bounds still based on the same old concepts, it weird.
I would love to dabble in it though, if nothing else, just to inject some proper style into the design. Yeah their efficient, but who said efficiency has to be boring.
[QUOTE='vspec';455923;1]Yeah how is that going.
I looked at having a serious crack at that till the very last second.
Realisticly, its come leaps and bounds still based on the same old concepts, it weird.
I would love to dabble in it though, if nothing else, just to inject some proper style into the design. Yeah their efficient, but who said efficiency has to be boring.[/QUOTE]
LOL, it is giving me mixed results. For some time it kept the nitrates at about 5ppm. I increased feedings and now my nitrates are at 40ppm. Either it can't keep up with the heavy feeding or leaving the lights off at night is not good. I just stopped feeding and have kept the lights on 24 hrs. I am curious to see if the nitrates drop since I have stopped feeding. The tank is only a 12 gallon tank stocked with goldfish for testing the scrubber. Part of me thinks the load is too heavy for the scrubber but if that were the case I would have tons of algae. Right now my algae is growing really slowly.
Yeah, must designs are hideous. I have a few designs I might try once I get positive results in fresh water.
I looked at having a serious crack at that till the very last second.
Realisticly, its come leaps and bounds still based on the same old concepts, it weird.
I would love to dabble in it though, if nothing else, just to inject some proper style into the design. Yeah their efficient, but who said efficiency has to be boring.[/QUOTE]
LOL, it is giving me mixed results. For some time it kept the nitrates at about 5ppm. I increased feedings and now my nitrates are at 40ppm. Either it can't keep up with the heavy feeding or leaving the lights off at night is not good. I just stopped feeding and have kept the lights on 24 hrs. I am curious to see if the nitrates drop since I have stopped feeding. The tank is only a 12 gallon tank stocked with goldfish for testing the scrubber. Part of me thinks the load is too heavy for the scrubber but if that were the case I would have tons of algae. Right now my algae is growing really slowly.
Yeah, must designs are hideous. I have a few designs I might try once I get positive results in fresh water.
I've read that algae turf scrubbers dont become as effective if you dont give them like at least 6 hours of darkness. I'd google it before you run it 24 hours. I'm pretty sure the algae needs darkness time
There is a large thread on the subject started by Santa Monica. There is some debate about dark time for the algae but I think most people said 1 to 2 hours is fine. However, most people there use it for salt water. I do not know if the same applies for fresh water algae.
[QUOTE='vspec';456156;3]oh yeah, there's the tipper, 24hr operation bud. Milk that sucker for all its worth then feed it your compost heap.
Ive only investigated it for Saltwater, however one would think the same principle applies.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I am doing that now and feeding very very minimal amounts. As of 24 hours after the initial reading of high nitrates, I tested again and see no reduction but it may be too early to tell. I will test again tonight to see if there is any reduction. I am looking to buy a better light as well.
Ive only investigated it for Saltwater, however one would think the same principle applies.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I am doing that now and feeding very very minimal amounts. As of 24 hours after the initial reading of high nitrates, I tested again and see no reduction but it may be too early to tell. I will test again tonight to see if there is any reduction. I am looking to buy a better light as well.
Yeah santa monica is spreading the word on every media he can find.
Ive been out of the loop for some time on this issue, it used to come down to your visual maintenance - namely knowing when to clean your screens, cause its pointless running for any length of time, if your only going to get die back underneath - which defeats the point as nutrients are released again.
Ive been out of the loop for some time on this issue, it used to come down to your visual maintenance - namely knowing when to clean your screens, cause its pointless running for any length of time, if your only going to get die back underneath - which defeats the point as nutrients are released again.
