HOG3xx

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Customer's HOG3 or 3x or 3xx in a well-seasoned saltwater tank. Growth like this is not common on new tanks with new rocks, which normally get more of a light brown slime to do the filtering. Air tubing at the bottom should be kept brushed clean:
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Here's a customer's HOG3 or 3x or 3xx in saltwater, looking through the sump glass, with the growth light removed. The Green Grabber® strings are shown touching (and rubbing) the glass, and when bubbles are rapid this has the effect of cleaning growth off of the glass so that more light gets through.

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This customer's HOG3 or 3x or 3xx in saltwater shows a combination of slime and green hair. The Green Grabber® strings have most of growth, and should be cleaned by scraping the strings with your fingers. The Green Grabber rock textures can be brushed in a sink, but don't brush the strings because your brush will get stuck in them.

For freshwater, the HOG models without strings are best because freshwater only grows super slimey Spirogyro species, and must always be brushed in your sink because it's not thick enough to pull out by hand. So by not having strings, you don't have worry about your brush getting stuck in strings...

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OK, this is more thick green growth then most people will get, but this customer's HOG3 or 3x or 3xx in saltwater is still fun to look at. This is mostly Ulva Fasciata, which looks like Easter basket filler; you can tell it's not Ulva Lactuca because there are no big "leaves", just thin strands...

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Customer's HOG3 or 3x or 3xx scrubber® in saltwater showing green hair algae attachment to the Green Grabber® strings. Sometimes growth attaches more to the Green Grabber® rocks (slime does this) and sometimes attaches more to the strings, like this one. One note about this particular growth, is that it is very light green color, meaning it needs more iron (just like spinach). So you could feed more nori seaweed, or dose some iron, or just double your feeding.

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Customer's HOG scrubber® which could be a HOG2, 2x, 3, 3x or 3xx, but you can't tell without knowing if there are strings inside, and without knowing how many LED's are in the light. But the growth is definitely in saltwater, and it looks like it is all Cladophora species. The pathway down the middle is probably where bubbles found a way to travel through, and, the space at the top is the waterline inside the unit (a small air pocket). This amount of growth is between 2 and 3 cubes of feeding per day.

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Customer comments:
http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?3770-Customer-comments-of-HOG3xx-HOG3x-HOG3-HOG2x-HOG2-HOG1-3

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Dark slime in a HOG3 or 3x or 3xx from a saltwater tank. Once again it's important to remember that dark slime filters the best. It holds the most nutrients, but must be brushed cleaned more often (3 to 5 days).

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Update: Since the Fusion 700 air pump is no longer available, the Danner AP-4 is now recommended for most scrubbers, except the SURF4 or 4x which can use a Danner AP-8, and the SURF8 which needs a large single-outlet pump.

Note that all HOG and DROP models have 1 air inlet, therefore the 2 outlets of the Danner AP-4 pump can be combined into 1 with a "T" or "Y" fitting, and this will give you a lot of air which can still be reduced with the control knob. If you don't want to combine the outlets, then the smaller Danner AP-3 pump has only 1 outlet, but it also does not have a control knob.

https://www.dannermfg.com/supreme-oxy-flo-low-volume-air-pumps

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This anemone tank has a HOG3 or 3x or 3xx on the front of the chaeto compartment in the sump. The light is from the chaeto light, hanging above the sump.

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This is a freshly baked algae casserole. I mean, it's actually the saltwater growth of a HOG3x or 3xx

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Feed your fish from your scrubber.

Free, fresh, and does not add nitrate or phosphate to the water like normal feeding does.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOERmld_8mY

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This is about as good of an example of dark green slime that you can get. This HOG3 or 3x or 3xx is pull out of a saltwater sump, with probably very high nutrients, which is what causes dark green slime. More http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?3740-Slime-is-the-best-filter

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January 1 means circuit #1 in the HOG3xx. This is for less red light, when new, or when nutrients are low. Also for backup.

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