Help - ATS on top af aquarium

[jane]

Hello
I'd like to build an ATS above my 260L aquarium. Are there some who have also built an ATS on top of the aquarium?
Have tried to look for a thread with this, but could only find pictures and instructions for building the aquarium - there are some who can help me?
Greetings jane

[SantaMonica]

Check in the designs...
http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?28-Hundreds-of-Scrubber-Designs

[kotlec]

I have done it for my FW cyclid tank. It is semihorizontal. Screen made of piece of plexiglas that I roughened as much as possible. I can make photo if you like.

[Rumpy Pumpy]

Something I'm considering.

Recently bought a tank to replace my current display (which has a lot of scratches and is about 15 years old), and have been considering whether to drill it for my existing sump based scrubber or build a new one which would attach to the wall above and behind it (and could be concealed with a picture hung in front).

But I'll probably end up drilling it and keeping what I have as the easy option.


I used to have a horizontal one built into the hood above the tank and that worked very well for a time.

[kerry]

I have done it for my FW cyclid tank. It is semihorizontal. Screen made of piece of plexiglas that I roughened as much as possible. I can make photo if you like.
I have one on my 150G FW. How is the nitrate control? I am still getting nitrate but not near as much. I went from 2 weekly water changes to one every 2-3 weeks.

[Floyd R Turbo]

I did it on a tank I had temporarily set up while a customer's new tank was being built.

Go to post # 149 in this thread: http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?683-ATS-for-120-Reef to see a few pics of it. Top of tank main problem is bubbles from the water returning into the tank. I have come up with several ideas about how to resolve this issue, but haven't really implemented/tested any. I just know why the problem exists and I had a couple methods of jury-rigging a temporary setup to make it manageable.