Algae scrubber

[bryceschutte]

There was just a thread started on this topic a few days ago.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=74796

[Money pit]

Originally Posted by bryceschutte

There was just a thread started on this topic a few days ago.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=74796

Strange, I did a search here for algae scrubber the other day, but nothing came up. Must have miss spelled it.

[cathyg_99]

ya that was me who stared it... i would love to try it out but i just dont have the room at the moment and dont want to pull all my sump apart to get a light in there... if anyone on canreef has it let me know if it helped thanks

[granitereef]

I plan on building one in the next couple of weeks.
I will keep you posted

[Bill]

I tried this last year. Phosphates went from 1-2ppm to zero and nitrates went from 20ppm down to 5-10ppm. This took about 3-4months.

It works, but needed lots of carbon to keep water from turning green and cloudy. Needed weekly cleaning and algae falls off the screen when it gets too thick. Can try double screen to help it attach better. I used a plastic screen from Walmart $1.60 ea and 2-23W coil CFL soft white for $6 for pack of 2 from Save on Foods.

Lots more info on algaescrubber dot net

[GMGQ]

Since you are getting back into the hobby, you may also want to look at Biopellets as well for reducing Nitrates and Phosphates. Much easier to setup than an algae scrubber, with pretty much zero maintenance for months at a time.

I started running them since January 2011 (when I had a tank overtaken by hair algae), and I have 0 Nitrates and 0 Phosphates at this point. I have not had to replenish the biopellets yet in these 4 months.

[imcosmokramer]

has anyone here used one long-term?