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Santamonica, aren't you feeding your scrubber algae back to the animals?

If you are scrubbing, you should be testing. I use a salifert kit and dose 30ml per day of Thrive potassium. This supplement isn't very concentrated which is why I got it, for use on a dosing pump....

I don't think you have enough induced voltage to cause problems, though it could be introduced at random and wasn't present at the time. It would still be a good idea to put a ground probe on the...

If you have a grounding probe, take it out. Stick the ground probe of a multimeter in the ground pin (the bottom on) of a surge protector strip plugged into the wall. Stick the positive into the...

Kotlec, looking at your pictures, I would be testing for stray voltage.

This is very true. Anybody who is dosing a carbon source or harvesting macro algae as a replacement to water changes needs to be dosing potassium. I would even recommend running higher than natural...

It is not too low nitrate or phosphate. It's possible that the dying algae has initiated a miniature cycle. Test for ammonia and nitrite. Also test for phosphate with a low range kit. Algae may be...

I have to agree with you. I couldn't even begin to tell you how many times the word "magical" has been used in arguments to belittle turf scrubbers by those who are against them. Sadly, I feel like...

A tank which doesn't have any means of detritus removal will eventually break it all down and "get rid of it" if you are stocked lightly, how often does that happen though? I personally believe that...

I honestly feel that almost all cases of display algae outbreaks and old tank syndrome are due to detritus accumulation. It you don't have good flow, you at least need a power head which you can...

I thought that we were discussi f the fastest way possible. To make it fast, you need to starve out the hair algae. When it dies, both organic and inorganic matter will be released. Which the...

I think that you are correct about combining filtration techniques as each may perform functions which make up for the other's shortcomings. Unfortunately, people usually only find the answer which...

You're quite welcome.

You aren't supposed to notice anything from the picture other than the fact that my acros are extremely colorful with unmeasurably low inorganic phosphate levels. I have...

I've done a lot of research on bacterial cleaving, both theoretical and proven. Unfortunately, for the most part, the factual evidence of this is usually not directly related to the marine aquaria...

Bacterial cleavage, huh? Sounds sexy.;)

0.00ppm phosphate here:
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You have to remember that phosphate has both an inorganic and an organic...

I tighten them by the base. I use the 40w cfl bulbs which have very fragile spirals and a sturdy base. When I turned it on, it made the same "pop" you would hear when a iridescent light blows and it...

I run it for 18 hours. I am due for a new bulb, bought one a week ago and it blew the very first time I turned it on so I put the old one back in. :-(

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Very nice! How are you maintaining phosphate at 0.5 now with the ATS? Is nitrate a limiter in your tank now holding you there? How are you keep cyano and nuisance algae out of the display?

Do you have any pictures of your tank? With all of my SPS, I closely monitor calcium, alkalinity and magnesium but I recently got a calcium reactor to take care of all of that so I only have to test...

I also do realize that the pictures of the browning are lower quality (iPhone 5 camera). They really were as brown as portrayed. I didn't pull out the DSLR to take pictures back then because I wasn't...

I guess this is going to boil down to an issue of "agree to disagree" from personal experience. I'm sure there is a combination which can achieve success through processes which we do not know about;...

SPS corals get most of their "food" through photosynthesis (from zooxenthallae). I do target feed my corals and broadcast feed the rest of the tank. The scrubber's function requires the food to break...

Personally, I think that an ATS and a protein skimmer complement each other very well. A skimmer only has the capability to remove organic waste as it is hydrophilic. Inorganic waste is hydrophobic...

Thank you.

All it takes is the wrong light for it to not grow anything. The thing that bothers me the most is that they treat it like the little piece of plastic is somehow CREATING NUTRIENTS! People believe it...

Mine also may not be RC TOTM worthy but i wouldn't mind a nomination! :-)

I feed 2-3 times a day rather heavily with 14 fish in my 90 and the tank is full of SPS! I keep getting told that my tank is eventually going to crash because of nutrients but they can't identify the...

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Recent cleaning
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Growth...

I can't tell you how many times I have someone or a group of people who have a great understanding of the biological processes in our reef tanks, completely overlook extremely simply facts and...

You could use any of the available waterfall ATS units sealed in an acrylic box and hang it above/behind the tank. I'm building two right now, one for myself and one for my cousin. Acrylic is rather...

You could potentially do that but you are still best off just going with the traditional acrylic box lit from both sides. Any time that you have mirrors or reflectors, you have to worry about...

I work with these. You are much better off with the traditional designs which everybody is already using. The reason for this is the complete lack of intensity that the edge-lit LED acrylic panels...

Turf scrubber construction:
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This is my first scrubber build. It is installed on a 90 gallon display tank along side a Reef Octopus Extreme 200 with a Bubble Blaster HY3000s pump and a 100 micron filter sock. This tank was...