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11/27/2017, 10:14 AM | #9801 |
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You can try a floating scrubber mat.
I did that in my center for a while. The trick is to keep the horizontal may at the surface of just below so that it catches the air/water interface. If it moves in and out of the flow, that would best. I did that by adding a pulsed powerhead to splash the surface. You can stretch the sheet and position it with small PVC pipe and zip ties... very DIY but should work.
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11/27/2017, 11:16 PM | #9804 |
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If the chamber is submerged, you can do an upflow. If the chamber is falling water, then you can do a waterfall.
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11/28/2017, 01:58 PM | #9805 |
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If I was feeding 2 cubes (plus a pinch of flakes) and didn't want to do water changes (but had a skimmer and filter socks), would a screen of 40 square inches be sufficient? (along with the correct LEDS)?
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11/28/2017, 02:42 PM | #9807 |
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should be. You could do 24-30 sq in if lit on both sides.
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Hi Everyone,
I've never tried a scrubber before (always used skimmers), but decided to order a Drop 1.4 for my 75g tank this week. I've been fighting hair and bubble algae. The hope is that this would help. Noise is a big concern since this will be in the living room. Thus, I'm very concerned about the air pump. What is the minimum air flow that I should shoot for the get good results from the scrubber. I have plenty of flow meters. And can anyone give me a recommendation for the quietest air pump that will achieve that? If you use lower air flow rates, will you really see a huge drop off in performance? thanks, FB
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11/29/2017, 10:15 AM | #9810 |
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Looks like the swear filter is having an off day
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11/29/2017, 12:34 PM | #9812 |
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It got edited by a mod. Had a variation of the "s" word in the post above mine that apparently was not caught by the swear filter
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Just pulled 1cup of algae from my scrubber from 17 days. Mostly dark green but one purplish patch from the screen. It was weird, the algae peeled off the screen for the most part like a sheet of paper?
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5 days growth on new lights...on 3 hrs off 2 hrs. I would say its working . No question...algae likes the white/yellow light just fine.....
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With that growth now, you can probably increase the photoperiod a bit. Remind me, what are you N & P readings, tank conditions, etc? Seems like it's time to start pushing it more now that you definitely have a mature screen. It might even be time to increase the intensity but let's not go there quite yet
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12/04/2017, 03:09 PM | #9822 |
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Michaels Needle point screen
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12/04/2017, 03:14 PM | #9823 |
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Walmart, Jo-Ann Fabric, Michaels, etc. Darice #7 Mesh, clear
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Floyd,
yeah i am at about 9 hours now, and my N/P readings are 5-10n03 and p04 is .13. corey |
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