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Not off the top of my head. There's so many of them out there, I would have to buy and vet them all
Algae Scrubber Basics
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Floyd R Turbo
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since you've been running a scrubber for a while, I would think that you should start to see decent growth in a couple of weeks, but it's hard to say for sure. Coating the screen with a fresh coat of mortar might accelerate that, but that will take about 5-7 days to get it cured up and ready, so it's a bit of a toss up.
SantaMonica
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Whatever lights you use, don't use these:
Floyd R Turbo
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Funny how when someone comes out with a new scrubber design and BRS starts carrying it how you just jump right on that in a roundabout way.
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Ok, ATS gurus. I’m in the building process of a plywood tank that’s appx. 450 gallons. It’s going to be heavily stocked. I’m going to impliment both means of nutrient control on my tank with a skimmer (probably undersized) and a ATS scrubber. I suck at math and calculations. Can someone tell me what would be the appropriate size screen to run on my waterfall ATS? Example 2’ x 4’ etc....
hkgar
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very handy calculator! thanks!
SantaMonica
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I thought that calculator had broken; maybe this is the fixed version.
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Harvesting the algae only exports what nutrients have already been absorbed by the algae. You will not see an immediate reading difference right after harvest.
The algae growing removes nutrients from the system as it grows. Just because the algae is there and contains nutrients does not mean those nutrients will show up as present in the water column when you test, that would be impossible.
The algae growing removes nutrients from the system as it grows. Just because the algae is there and contains nutrients does not mean those nutrients will show up as present in the water column when you test, that would be impossible.
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So much fun!
SantaMonica
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Start with just one light plugged in, until most of the screen holes are filled in.
Growth on scrubbers during cycling will be a light brown coating.
Growth on scrubbers during cycling will be a light brown coating.
Thank you for this. I just got my scrubber up and running yesterday. I excited to see how it works out.
On a side not do you see any significant rise in PH due to the depletion of CO2 as algae grows? Or is the effect insignificant?
I ask as my home is sealed very well and with 4 people and a dog we have high CO2 levels which keep my PH lower than I like.
I know not to chase numbers but would like to get in a range where I could achieve optimal growth within my system.
Living in Missouri doesn't allow a lot of days to keep my windows open as much as I would like.
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SantaMonica
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Usually you can get a 0.1 or 0.2 increase if your scrubber is full and is still growing. Once you clean it, the increase will drop until it fills up again. Cleaning half, or having two screens/units and cleaning one, will minimize the fluctuations.
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Does this appear to be the proper amount of flow for my Rain2?
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