My Algae Scrubber Experience

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by reefme

What size tank you are building for?

90gtank and 75g sump as it stands i have a very large fuge packed with cheato,halimeda, mangroves,caulerpa(?) bad at spelling lol plus i run a large amount of gfo.i have no algae in my display but my nitrates are very high and they are around 40 down from off the chart when i got the tank.i feed pretty heavily but have a small bio load.

im not worried about phosphates as my gfo keeps them in check and the high nitrates is def helping my fuge as my cheato is now again basketball sized and i just gave out bags full to about 10 people over the last 2 weeks.im not interested in running pellets or carbon dosing for this tank.i run a skimmer 24/7 and have around 70lbs of liverock in my fuge.


since this is a reletively low cost build and idea im more interested in how fast it takes my nitrates down.

so far my cost is:

$30 for the maxi jet
$6 for 2 x 12" x 24" sheets of mesh
about $20 in pvc fittings and pipe
ill have to see how much the lights are gonna run when i get to home depot tomorrow

how much were the t8 lights you found at hd pterfloth????

i already have a timer and zip ties

ill be building it all tomorrow and it will be housed in my sump, my sump has a seperate box where my tank overflows so i will run the maxi jet in there so as i can get all the nutrients i can.

once i get it built ill start a thread showing its progress daily with pics and tests as well.

[pterfloth]

Originally Posted by reefwars

90gtank and 75g sump as it stands i have a very large fuge packed with cheato,halimeda, mangroves,caulerpa(?) bad at spelling lol plus i run a large amount of gfo.i have no algae in my display but my nitrates are very high and they are around 40 down from off the chart when i got the tank.i feed pretty heavily but have a small bio load.

im not worried about phosphates as my gfo keeps them in check and the high nitrates is def helping my fuge as my cheato is now again basketball sized and i just gave out bags full to about 10 people over the last 2 weeks.im not interested in running pellets or carbon dosing for this tank.i run a skimmer 24/7 and have around 70lbs of liverock in my fuge.


since this is a reletively low cost build and idea im more interested in how fast it takes my nitrates down.

I think I paid $26 per fixture plus bulbs ~$6 each.

so far my cost is:

$30 for the maxi jet
$6 for 2 x 12" x 24" sheets of mesh
about $20 in pvc fittings and pipe
ill have to see how much the lights are gonna run when i get to home depot tomorrow

how much were the t8 lights you found at hd pterfloth????

i already have a timer and zip ties

ill be building it all tomorrow and it will be housed in my sump, my sump has a seperate box where my tank overflows so i will run the maxi jet in there so as i can get all the nutrients i can.

once i get it built ill start a thread showing its progress daily with pics and tests as well.

I think I paid $26 per fixture plus $5-6 per bulb. Make sure you rough up the screens!

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by pterfloth

I think I paid $26 per fixture plus $5-6 per bulb. Make sure you rough up the screens!

im gonna use a whole saw bit i have like in the link to rough them up i have some extra screens in case i screw them up same with pvc.

do you think my maxijet1200 will be enough or too much flow?? i have a ball valve on it incase i need to restrict it but i figure it was better then being plumbed into my overflow and at 30$ for the maxi jet its less headache then taking apart my plumbing . im gonna run the screen over my return section and the feed will be from my overflow output does anyone see any problems with that??

canreef mods should talk about adding a scrubber talk topic forumn??

[pterfloth]

Originally Posted by reefwars

im gonna use a whole saw bit i have like in the link to rough them up i have some extra screens in case i screw them up same with pvc.

do you think my maxijet1200 will be enough or too much flow?? i have a ball valve on it incase i need to restrict it but i figure it was better then being plumbed into my overflow and at 30$ for the maxi jet its less headache then taking apart my plumbing . im gonna run the screen over my return section and the feed will be from my overflow output does anyone see any problems with that??

canreef mods should talk about adding a scrubber talk topic forumn??

The Maxijet 1200 should be good for 1 - 10x10" screen. The recommended flowrate is 35 gph per square inch of screen.

[reefme]

I use mag drive 5. For my bucket type. Slot is about 3/16 to 1/4 wide.

[reefwars]

built mine today took it for a test run to see if everything works well and dissassemble is easy for the mesh its pretty clean altough it took more room in my sump then i anticipated lol

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by reefwars

built mine today took it for a test run to see if everything works well and dissassemble is easy for the mesh its pretty clean altough it took more room in my sump then i anticipated lol

Pics please

[reefwars]

heres some pics

[Proteus]

That's what I was planning. Similar set up but I'm not sure if I have roome in sump as its deep and full. I may have to do a container style back to the drawing bored

Thanks for te pics

[Delphinus]

Heh, awesome. I like how you've done that. Are you basically pumping up the pipe and back down again and letting it spill into the T where the mesh is hung?