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When figuring out what materials to use for an algae scrubber, don't neglect considering strings... sometimes they can hold on to the most growth, because they are narrow and light can get to all sides of them.

With more people wanting to use natural filtration for their tanks, we are going to look at the two main types of units that you can put on your system: Chaeto reactors (or "algae reactors") and algae turf scrubbers (ATS). We won’t be looking at refugiums however, since those have mostly a...

Wikipedia picture of the day: September 11, 2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_Outcrop_Flynn_Reef.jpg

Phosphate flow out of rocks Many people, when they use algae scrubbers for the first time, get worried when more (not less) algae starts to grow on their rocks. It seems really strange, especially when nitrate and phosphate have gone lower than before. What is happening is that phosphate is...

3D printing your aquarium parts For those of you serious DIY folks, you may be interested in how you can make your own plastic aquarium parts by printing them on a 3D printer. Just this year, costs for the 3D printers have dropped to under $500 USD for a pre-built one, and under $200 USD for a...

Is there a way to create a supporting member account, so that it says "supporter" or similar next to your username?

Lowest cost and easiest way to eliminate green hair, bubble, turf and slime algae from your aquarium (hopefully permanently). This new test version of the algae scrubber is much easier to build than the waterfall version (the Mega Powerful one), and is perfect for nano's. This new scrubber has...

Although algae scrubbers have existed for 30 years, they were only DIY-able since August 2008. Moving the algae, from your display to a screen in the sump, never worked better. https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/vb/s...d.php?t=330606

Anyone know where to buy marine self-priming pumps? The pump needs to be able to pull water up and out of the display. So far, the only thing found is the Eclipse nano hoods with small pumps built in, and a few other HOB filters with small self-priming pumps built in. But these are built-in and...

ALGAE SCRUBBER FAQ 3.0 (2/8/09) Because there are no links to other sites, I'll just post the new scrubber FAQ here, so it does not disrupt the scrubber thread. If you want to reply, don't do it here... do so on the scrubber thread instead...

Automatic Continuous Feeder Part 1 of 5 Here is my solution to the problem of trying to feed continuously. My application was for feeding NPS corals, but this will work for any corals, and most fish. Here is a pic and vid of the food being sprayed into the display: Video...

90gal reef (algae scrubber system). Scrubber has been the only filter (besides LR, of course) for six months: http://radio-media.com/fish/Tank.htm

Hello there NPS folks. I'm just now getting into NPS corals, now that my tank is in a position to support (some of) them. I spent the last 1.5 years studying filtration, and the last 6 months soley on algae scrubbers. One of the reasons I pursued algae scrubbers is that I wanted to keep NPS, and...

Anyone have experiance with swimming pool chemistry (especially chlorine-free pools) and how an algae turf scrubber might interact if used on one?

LED/electronics expert needed for input on design/construction of third generation algae turf scrubbers. First generation was simply a light bulb and some plastic: Second generation was an acrylic box with high output T5HO's: Third generation will be high power LED based, with small size and...

Part 1 of 3 Micro-Small Algae Remover System for Nano's: Free! It's called a Turf Algae Filter, and it works in salt or freshwater. Takes just a few minutes to install into your nano, and best of all, it's free! It starts reducing your nitrate and phosphate within the first week, and after a...

Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, and Everything Else Part 1 of 8 If anybody has not yet hooked up their refugium or skimmer, or was just looking get rid of these things, then you might want to try one of these mega-powerful filters that I built. You build...

/radio-media.com/fish/EelPlay.mpg" target="_blank">http://radio-media.com/fish/EelPlay.mpg http://radio-media.com/fish/EelPlay2.avi Feeding eel: http://radio-media.com/fish/EelFeed1.mpg http://radio-media.com/fish/EelFeed2.mpg http://radio-media.com/fish/EelFeed3.mpg...

My Blue Ribbon Eel eats! (pics and video) This is the pics-only post; my other post in the Reef Tanks section has the story and hi-res video links, and more pics. Well I wanted to wait to write this until I was sure that my blue ribbon would live. It's been about eight months now, so I think...