RAIN mounting

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This customer mounted his RAIN2 (tm) scrubber on a 1" grey pvc pipe on the right side, into which he added a 1" bulkhead to attach to the RAIN2 drain. The bottom of the grey pipe has holes for water to go out. You can't see what is holding the pipe up, but it is probably an end cap cemented to a plate.

The RAIN2 is fed water by flexible tubing attached to some pvc fittings, which feed into the 1" black waterfall pipe which you can't see inside the dome lid.

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This RAIN2 sets on rails across the top of the sump. But as you can see from the size of the drain pipe, the drain could have been the mount instead.

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Since the RAIN2 (also the RAIN4) has submersible lights that can be lowered down to the waterline, it frees up all the space above it. And since the optional pole mount for the RAIN2 (included with the RAIN4) uses only a 2" vertical pole, all the remaining space below it is available for sand, rock, media, pumps, or fish. And no shelf needed at all!

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RAIN2 (tm) down low low low to the water line. Dead silent because no dropping of water. Unaffected by rising sump water. And you can lift the whole unit out with one hand to take to your sink if needed.

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RAIN2 waterfall scrubber, first eight weeks in newly cycled saltwater tank.

Note that this particular one is mounted on a 1 inch vertical pipe in the sump, which uses the included 1 inch adapter to fit up into the bottom of the RAIN2 tray (this is not the same as the optional 2 inch pole mount)

The black case blocks all red light. And red light is used because it grows the most.


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https://youtu.be/PqJiw97qOqA

Algae scrubbers, otherwise known as "chaeto killers" because of the high filtering capacity compared to chaeto reactors, have the fastest and strongest rate of removal of nutrients from aquarium water of any type of natural algal filtration. All natural reefs, lakes and rivers are naturally filtered by algae.

The RAIN2 is the smaller RAIN, available with 1, 2 or 4 of our GEM5 (tm) lights.

The RAIN (tm) waterfall algae scrubber is the first new design from anyone anywhere since we introduced the first waterfall design in the year 2008. Back then it was simply designed to fit under the tank that we had at the time. It took a lot of time to remove and clean, and had other issues, but it was not for sale so it did not matter.

Since then all waterfall designs for sale by anyone have copied that design. That original design was ok at the time (you can find it posted on forums by searching "waterfall turf algae filter cheap and easy to build santamonica forum"

Well, now it is 2021 and almost all the shortcomings of that original waterfall design have been overcome with our new patented (10,655,095) RAIN designs. From the Green Grabber® 3D printed screen, to the underwater submersible and safe low-voltage (but high wattage) UL listed GEM5® lights, to the optional pole mount super low space requirement mounting system, we really hope you like the RAIN2.

Some RAIN videos:

RAIN one-handed screen removal and replacement (47 seconds)
https://youtu.be/zbgbCCpiJGc

RAIN2 with one GEM5 light, first scraping:
https://youtu.be/I5mG_uid4Ms

RAIN tray:
https://youtu.be/zVa650-QPTM

RAIN2 water pipe and screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zHgcsxi7U

RAIN2 dome lid cover and lights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba5Hy9gr4FI

RAIN2 mounting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83_loN1d-Ng

RAIN2 unboxing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ2itYGFFUo

RAIN2 first view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo0kOIns0GE



Other videos of interest:

SURF8 harvest with one strong light, and one regular light:
https://youtu.be/XfAMbQ3P6gE

SURF8 light-comparison harvesting test:
https://youtu.be/qb4Gi1OKCs8

SURF8 Unboxing and Installation:
http://youtu.be/RjNwPOn9AHg

SURF8 overview:
http://youtu.be/ZmYW2_jP7pk

SURF8 sound, and stability:
http://youtu.be/mYnCSI7Q7cg

SURF4 first 17 days of growth:
http://youtu.be/sFtQXIlM8h8

SURF4 overview:
http://youtu.be/fLTtOQUzmxY

SURF2 many harvests:
http://youtu.be/miWb4R8ajXw

DROP1.4 installed on a saltwater pond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxK28lUq4I

HOG1.3 from New to Green, in 3 Cleanings:
http://youtu.be/utu2SADmj2g

HOG1.3 unboxing and installation:
http://youtu.be/IWX6UGmSyV0

SURF2
http://youtu.be/LlL1xvll1r0

HOG1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ed-RD8S6U

HOG.5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14culabk7k


More info, instructions, and purchases are available at:
www.Santa-Monica.cc


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Can't tuck more scrubber into a tighter space than this:

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This RAIN2 is set up high on the optional pole mount, so that it can be lifted off the mount and taken out with one hand. No lifting dripping screens out of a box; no disconnecting fittings; and zero chance of electrical shorts with the GEM5 lights.

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This RAIN2 waterfall scrubber is tucked down into a sump compartment, but not all the way down to the waterline.

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This RAIN2 waterfall scrubber looks to be slightly below the waterline in the saltwater sump, which is fine because its GEM5 lights are submersible and can go to the bottom of the sump if needed.

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This RAIN2 (tm) waterfall scrubber is sitting on a pole mount in a saltwater sump. If you wanted to run the tank as a natural reef with lots of food particles in the water for the corals to eat, you could remove the roll filter, or the skimmer, or both.

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#algaereactor
#algaescrubber
#ats
#ballingmethod
#biopellets
#bulkreefsupply
#canisterfilter
#carbondosing
#chaeto
#chaetomorpha
#chaetoreactor
#coralvue
#fleecefilter
#fluconazole
#freshwateraquarium
#gfo
#nitrate
#phosphate
#pelletreactor
#plantedtank
#premiumaquatics
#proteinskimmer
#reef2reef
#reeftank
#refugium
#rollfilter
#saltwatertank
#tritonmethod
#turfscrubber
#zeovit

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The RAIN4 (tm) goes down down down into the sump, saving lots of space, and can go down under water if needed.

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This is a rare situation where a pole mount is not used, but a regular shelf on the top of the sump is not either. Instead this RAIN2 is on a shelf halfway down the sump.

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Here is a nicely made DIY pole mount for a RAIN2, and a drain bulkhead added too. Note the microwave ready to cook algae.

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How to get the most silent scrubbing into the tightest space: RAIN4 lowered down to the waterline.

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