Algae Scrubber Basics

[griss]

This dark stuff has lots of N and P in it...




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Are those *gasp* bio balls

 

[BeanAnimal]

I had one when I started my tank 20 some years ago... It was the original dump tray designed by Dr. Walter Adey - The footprint kinda sucked, but the device did an amazing job at growing turf and the area under the tray was an amazing benthic zone. I had 2 of Floyd's units and they did a decent job as well, but the vertical design with hanging substrate was too much of a PITA for me to clean. That and I don't like to have to run carbon constantly to keep ATS (or fuge) from tinting the water. I don't know that I would run an ATS again. Time will tell I guess...

Hi Floyd! - Did not mean to give the impression that your scrubber was a PITA to clean - The point was that I am far too lazy to take the time to clean an algae screen

BTW - the dump box was very easy to clean - but if it was not kept clean, it would stop dumping and just grow on one side...

 

[kharmaguru]

Hi Floyd! - Did not mean to give the impression that your scrubber was a PITA to clean - The point was that I am far too lazy to take the time to clean an algae screen

BTW - the dump box was very easy to clean - but if it was not kept clean, it would stop dumping and just grow on one side...

Isn't Floyd his competitor - Turbos Aquatics?

 

[Floyd R Turbo]

Hi Floyd! - Did not mean to give the impression that your scrubber was a PITA to clean - The point was that I am far too lazy to take the time to clean an algae screen

Oh yeah , I know this lol!! Thanks for clarifying, if I remember right you told me how you let it grow for like 5 or 6 weeks without touching it and oddly enough, it overflowed. I relay this story to others to assure them that my units are not actually "overflow proof" because you can achieve anything if you try

 

[SantaMonica]

Are those *gasp* bio balls

A few months late, but no balls in there that I know of.

 

[griss]

This dark stuff has lots of N and P in it...




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I was talking about the blue bio balls in that picture