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Originally Posted by SantaMonica
Your design is pretty much the same thing I came up with after I posted my first video of my test 10 gallon.... Great minds think alike.... :)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SantaMonica
Your design is pretty much the same thing I came up with after I posted my first video of my test 10 gallon.... Great minds think alike.... :)
When?
It doesn't matter when ... I just think it's neat that SM,s design and mine are similar and him and I didn't do any communication together until I posted a Vid on Monsterfishkeepers.Quote:
Originally Posted by herring_fish
I'm not here to start an argument....SM has the patent on it anyway...Congrats SM.....cheers.... :)
Patent pending :)
I'm not tying to start and argument. I have a similar mind as well. I was just wondering then.
The HOG was a nice little idea from last year... was going to wait until later this year to post it but some other folks were almost there already :)
That looks like a very good design. I may have to try this on a nano tank I have. I ran an algae scrubber for years and finally had to tear it apart because it worked too well... It produced so much algae that I couldn't keep up cleaning it. My tank looked spotless but the problem I had was my algae scrubber kept overflowing. This was just a design problem and I intend to fix it and get the scrubber back up and running. Good site BTW!
Yep the cool thing about an in-tank UAS is that overflowing = stuffed fish :)
OK. So I'm completely new to the algae scrubber scene and am interested in trying one. I have a 20 gallon sump on my 75 gallon reef tank and it seems that no matter what I do I can never seem to keep my nitrates and phosphates in check. I was wondering exactly what do I need to get one of these started? Is it just a screen, air pump, air stone strip, and light? And I see that the screens are angled, so I'm guessing that the air stone goes behind the screen so the bubbles roll up the back of the screen right. Sorry I have so many questions but this seems very cool and was highly recommended by a friend in my reef club. Thanks in advance for any advice and guidance.
Yes they are that simple. Screen does not have to be tilted, however:
http://www.algaescrubber.net/Post1.jpg