So i wanted to build my algae scrubber a long time ago, but I never got around to it. I finally finished it 2 weeks ago. So far the growth has been really good. Algae has just about covered the screen. I made it out of a sterilite plastic drawer, and it is gravity fed straight from my overflow. The screen is from a roll I bought from home depot, and I laid it on a piece of glass. The water exits the algae scrubber through a bulkhead and empties into my sump. Lighting is 2 phillips CFL bulbs at 2700 K. They say they are 100 W equivalent but actual wattage (i think) is 28 W each. I know horizontal isn't as efficient as vertical and double sided, but since it is glass, the lights shines though and algae grows every where in the box.
DIY horizontal algae scrubber at 2 weeks
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I know very little about scrubbers but isn't light at 6000k better for plant growth?
Hondatek
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3200k is what is recommend for algae scrubbers . Those are the bulbs I use. At 6000k you will
Burn the algae.
Burn the algae.
The color temperature of a bulb will not burn algae.
One of the many good reads out there on algae scrubber construction.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f20/algae-scrubber-basics-163817.html
