aquamn1999
06-02-2012, 05:00 PM
Hi all this is my first post. I have talked to Floyd R Turbo about having him making me a 4 cube a day scrubber, well at least to be put on his waiting list. So in the mean time I decided to make a scrubber until I get the LED one from Floyd. I told my fiancée lets go were going to Wally World I gotta pick up a few things. Let me tell ya that wasn’t a smart move on my part. I took a little while to find the right items to use for my set up. All the while she is filling up a cart with stuff for me to buy for around the house. I thought the scrubber was going to cost around $30 and it did but with her there it wound up costing me $150.
Anyway I found a plastic file folder storage box that was the perfect size for my 4 cube a day screen ( 6” x 8”). Than it took some time to find some type of clear plastic container to protect the fluorescent bulbs. I finally found clear plastic food storage container. The kind people put sugar in or tea bags, etc. and leave them on their kitchen counter . Long story short I built the scrubber and spray painted the file storage box black to block all the light. Enough talking now time for the pictures.
The completed scrubber
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Emergency Overflow on Left
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Random Pics
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Day 0
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Day 5
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Today Is Day 7 and Time For The First Cleaning
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Thought I snap a few pictures of my tank. It's 350 gallons 8'L x 3'W x 2'H. I should of cleaned the acrylic before I took these but who cares. I only clean the light algae film on the acrylic one a week with the magnet.
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Anyway I found a plastic file folder storage box that was the perfect size for my 4 cube a day screen ( 6” x 8”). Than it took some time to find some type of clear plastic container to protect the fluorescent bulbs. I finally found clear plastic food storage container. The kind people put sugar in or tea bags, etc. and leave them on their kitchen counter . Long story short I built the scrubber and spray painted the file storage box black to block all the light. Enough talking now time for the pictures.
The completed scrubber
2514
Emergency Overflow on Left
2515
Random Pics
2528
2529
2530
2531
2532
2533
Day 0
2523
2524
Day 5
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2526
2527
Today Is Day 7 and Time For The First Cleaning
2519
2520
2521
2522
Thought I snap a few pictures of my tank. It's 350 gallons 8'L x 3'W x 2'H. I should of cleaned the acrylic before I took these but who cares. I only clean the light algae film on the acrylic one a week with the magnet.
2516
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