Mattias first saltwater build :)

[Nu-Nu the eel]

You shouldnt know what vanilla lavender is... Hahahaha just messin

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Lol your probably right! But really, it's like heaven for my nose. My other lfs smells like chemicals and ro water.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Haha your pm is full! An ya true, smells like dog poop

 

[coffeetwitch]

lol nice.

 

[Gboy66]

Lolol!! You and adam..you both have sensative sniffers....

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Lol!!!

 

[SwimsWithFish]

I'm thinking of rigging up an algae scrubber in my sump. Can someone explain what these are?

 

[kurtyboh]

Huma-huma is starting a diy thread for a turf scrubber. Its just algae grown on a surface that the water runs across or down. Algae can utilize ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and phosphate in its energy production. So basically it removes many problems an aquarist might have.

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Donuts a place for algae to grow outside the dt?

 

[coffeetwitch]

yes. a place that is ideal for green hair algae to grow. and beause its ideal it will compete with the dt and win.

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Cool!! I'll set one up if I ever get an algae problem. Thanks!

 

[coffeetwitch]

its not just for algae problems. its a bio filter too... as it grows it eats ammo trates and trites. phosphates too. if you do it right its a place for pods to grow. if built and maintained right it can replace a skimmer. if your interested i can share some of the links that huma pointed me to and some more ive found that explains it simply enough too.

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Yeah that would be great!

 

[coffeetwitch]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f20/algae-turf-scrubber-ats-diy-build-135180-4.html
Algae Scrubbers • View forum - FAQs

enjoy the reads. they are great and easy enough to follow along.

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Thanks Jesse!

 

[coffeetwitch]

yes sir. my pleasure.

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Sorry if I don't update much guys. I'm afraid to say anything because it seems every post I make gets me in trouble for "chit chat". It's really getting ridiculous. Oh well. I use to really like this place but the admins are really cracking down on me:'(

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Haha ya just got yelled at. For like the 10th time, i agree its kinda annoying. Hows the tank doin?

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Empty... Lol haha my freshy is good! I just added an ADF

 

[Gboy66]

Sorry if I don't update much guys. I'm afraid to say anything because it seems every post I make gets me in trouble for "chit chat". It's really getting ridiculous. Oh well. I use to really like this place but the admins are really cracking down on me:'(

Hey, i know what you mean. But, this is a social place! As long as we stay on topic, and mention the tank, and talk about the fish in most posts, i think we will be good