Algae Scrubber Basics

[Madreefer420]

Originally Posted by crister13

Why do you always spell algae ALGEA in caps?? Kinda weird to ask here but I find it funny haha. Your plan sounds good.

Stupid iPhone spell check I'm just to lazy to correct it lmao

[crister13]

Hahaha i was wondering why lol.

[Madreefer420]

Originally Posted by crister13

Hahaha i was wondering why lol.

I didn't think batfish was reef safe

[crister13]

I have certainly found them to be, but I have coral not full blown invert reef.

[Floyd R Turbo]

Originally Posted by Madreefer420

I'm going to make one of my remote refuge that is gravity feed from tank to refuge to ALGEA scrubber but I'll use a huge PVC tube cut in like half with the screen suspended like a half inch off the surface (depending on running level) and that way no addition pumps are needed will polish water as it comes outa the refuge also

Sounds interesting. What do you mean about the PVC cut in half, like a trough? Hard to picture, do you have a sketch?

[Madreefer420]

Originally Posted by Floyd R Turbo

Sounds interesting. What do you mean about the PVC cut in half, like a trough? Hard to picture, do you have a sketch?

Yea just like a little trough prolly won't be in half though I'll prolly only cut a quarter to a 1/3 of the top and sit a piece of plexiglass over it and sit my light there and I'll prolly January glue river the the edges so it won't slide since I'll need to get in it to clean the old ALGEA out

[Floyd R Turbo]

wow man you completely lost me there. Your autocorrect is on fire!

[crister13]

Hahaha January glue a river lol.

[Madreefer420]

Lmao oh **** wow that was terrible ok where did I leave off I think glue a rubber edge on so the plexi glass won't slide around. I really gotta start proof reading lol

[Floyd R Turbo]

So you're making a horizontal trough scrubber fed by the outflow of your refugium, correct?

[Madreefer420]

Yep just like you said