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That may be true to a degree for waterfall scrubbers, but it's certainly not always the case for horizontal or slanted scrubbers.

I believe the reason why waterfall scrubbers are so effective is...

I'm not referring to water absorbing co2 from a bubble, I'm referring to your image stating that the algae strands come in direct contact with the 'inside' of the bubble.
If you could point me to...

Do you have any scientific papers to back this up SM? This doesn't make sense to me. I can't see how the surface tension of the bubble would allow the 'inside' of the bubble to become exposed to the...

Sounds good, how much do you feed per day?

Am currently in the process of producing a simple waterfall algae scrubber, capable of removing 2 cubes of frozen food per day.
Prototype will be on its way from China soon.

Pricing is still TBA,...

Did the horizontal scrubber have red LED's? What was the setup?

How well did the horizontal scrubber work compared to the waterfall scrubber?

You can buy JBL sieves that will catch amphipods and copepods

Any update re this? Have you got it set up yet?

Thanks. Yep I've posted there too :)

So your horizontal algae scrubber didn't produce enough pods in your 10g?

:) Thanks
Can I ask the size of the algae scrubber on the pod/QT tank? Do you think if you halved the size you'd still get enough pods? Was your mandarin in the 40g?

Yep but I'd say a huge reason algae doesn't grow in the display tank is because of the lighting, completely different than what's in a scrubber. Just like if you used only white/blue led's in an...

But culturing pods is a pain. If an algae scrubber can provide ample pods for a Mandarin then this would simplify things greatly (no need for a separate tank, feeding is automatic etc).
Surely...

Has this actually been proven? (the need for exposure to oxygen), there is oxygen present in the water of course anyway. Algae happily grows submerged in the display tank. Could it not be that the...

Hi all,

I'm wondering if anybody has direct experience with a waterfall (horizontal/vertical) in a nano tank with a mandarin fish? Say 40 gallons or less (where a mandarin would definitely not...

I could get one to you for 10usd (including the mesh) or less as it should fit in a large envelope. Shipping from NZ internationally is quite reasonable.