screen directly in the aquarium

[jnad]

Hello!

Is there anyone who has tried to let the screen go directly into the main display when using a on top of aquarium algae scrubber??

Will this cause any problems such as bubbles in the water? Or other issues?

jnad

[kerry]

IF you can get the flow coming down the screen right you will not have to many bubbles. I have mine built into a 6G acrylic tank (above the 40G display) drilled with a 2" hole toward the bottom. My screen just touches the water which is about 2" deep and causes a few large bubbles that surface quickly. I do not see any micro bubble issues with it, I plan to build my FW scrubber with the screen entering the space where a hang-on filter would go. I figured the biggest issue would be not letting the algae grow so much that it breaks away from the screen and falls into the tank. I am sure it will create a few bubbles but they should be large enough to surface quickly seeing it will be in a corner where there is not to much current. If you do not want any bubbles in the display this is probably not the design you should use.