Scrubber

[Reefer-Dude1888]

Hi guys I had some time to spare at the weekend so I knocked this scrubber up what, do u guys think http://youtu.be/VVQBFI03kNA

Also guys how long is the lighting kept on for a algae turf scrubber . Any info greatly appreciated.

 

[slief]

Looks great. A couple comments.
First, it's hard to tell from your video but is water flowing evenly completely down to the end of the screen? If not, you may need to increase your flow a bit. To me it looks like the flow may be on the low side.
Second, I'd stronly suggest adding some dark colored acrylic to shield your skimmer from the scrubber light. If you don't you will grow algae and coraline in the skimmer which will decrese the skimmers performance and increase the maintenance on it..
As for lighting period, 12 hours on, 12 hours off seems to be typical. Run the scrubber lights when your tank lights are off as it will help in keeping the PH from dropping more than it needs to at night.

 

[degibson84]

I agree with the above on the flow. Looks like you made a spray bar. Can't really tell from the video. The way I did mine was feed from one end with a slit all the way across and the screen was in the slit.

Again maybe yours is this way and I'm just too blind to see it but you want to make sure the flow is even across the entire screen