75g Display is getting a new friend

[Pauliefish]

So after running a skimmer rated for a 150 tank, running gfo, carbon and a five, I have decided to take the dive into scrubbers. All my friends have built their own and have nothing but great results for their tanks. So I stopped at my local hardware store and hobby shop to pick up the required materials. I start the build tonight, ill give everyone an update tonight when I get home and start building it!

Also I'm on my phone so sorry for any failed spelling and grammar!

Paul

[SantaMonica]

Welcome aboard :)


carbon and a five

What is a five?


All my friends have built their own

So instead of Facebook, maybe there should be ScrubberBook :)

[Pauliefish]

Thanks, meant fudge!

[Pauliefish]

So I built my algae scrubber today!! have to let it set for the night (had to make shift some things with silicone). Dont worry I used 100% silicon and does not have any mildew inhibitors in it!

Alright so off to the pics!

Supplies:
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268919_10150229521246288_586326287_7782826_3052665 _n.jpg

Testing Screen size:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263673_10150229574036288_586326287_7783333_6360057 _n.jpg

Water flow test: Pretty good I think, most of the screen is flowing evenly. Now this could vary with my pump which is a maxi jet, but that's why i have the ball valve.
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/261573_10150229573916288_586326287_7783330_4854507 _n.jpg

Everything Drying:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268118_10150229577741288_586326287_7783364_7058778 _n.jpg

Everything together:
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268046_10150229600016288_586326287_7783606_4172044 _n.jpg


Now to let everything sit for the next 12-24 hours before it goes in the sump!

[Pauliefish]

In it goes!

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/269825_10150229803501288_586326287_7785676_119721_ n.jpg

[itzrulez]

paulie, your lights looks realy white, whats the color temperature?
i'm not sure, but i think that 2700k~3300k are the best...

[Pauliefish]

Its partially my camera, they are daylight bulbs. So they are not ranked the best, but they are ranked OK. It will get the job done and since I am also running a skimmer I am not too worried. Since I am just testing it out for now I did not want to put too much money into it. I already had half the materials, all I needed was 10 dollars worth of PVC. So if things start working really well, I will prolly replace the daylight bulbs with "soft" or "warm" bulbs.

[SantaMonica]

Move the bulbs in so that the reflector touches the screen. This will put the bulbs about 3" from the screen.

[Pauliefish]

Hopefully I can get them that close. And thanks!

[Pauliefish]

Two days still nothing on the screen :(

[SantaMonica]

If you have not moved them closer yet, that's why.

[itzrulez]

just clean your algae display,sump...
them, the place that algae is going to stick, is the screen!

[Pauliefish]

Oh wow! Crazyest thing, I checked the screen today and its forming A LOT of stuff. It must of happened overnight! So excited to see some results. The lights are off right now, but tomorrow I will post some pictures, hopefully there is a lot more growth!!

[Pauliefish]

So little update, I almost nuked my tank from the algae scrubber. Something got in the piping and caused water to slowly shoot out of my tank and be refilled with rodi water. This caused my salinity to drop. Luckily for me I only keep my top off unit with 3-5 gallons of water, so my salinity didn't drop to much. Did drop enough that my corals were all pissed but should be ok.

Modded my AS so that I have a fish net filtering through the water before it gets to the pipe, this should stop the same problem from happening again.