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Thank you for the input. I guess I should reconfigure.

Oh, right now the scrubber is covered in red cyano.

i don't know if it's worth posting a picture. I have two surge tanks roughly 2ft wide by 3ft long 9" deep with two 4ft T5 HO lights 4-5 inches above the screen. I have roughed up plastic screen...

I don't have any hair algae growing anywhere in my system.

Ok, this is my third tank that will be using only algae as filtration. Previous tanks were only 40 gallons and my scrubbers worked great with a deep sand bed. This tank is 180 gallons with water...

Has anyone had issues finding the right kind of air stone?

I've tried two different models so far and they both don't seem to work properly. The first one is flat with a plastic base and only...

What did you make that out of - I can't tell from the picture.

I just tried to make something out of a larger pvc pipe slipped over the main pipe (sort of a sleeve). If I make the groove large...

I've been through the long list of scrubber designs and I don't see many people with light guards for their slots. I guess I'll have to see what I can come up with to design a light guard.

Thanks...

Has no one else had this issue?

I notice a decrease in water flow coming out of the the pipe from my ATS around three days after a cleaning and slowly gets less and less. Its hard to tell how the flow is on the screen with the...

I have absolutely no green hair algae in display but I still have to clean the glass every two days. The stuff on the glass is not green, its more of a powdery white. I do have these little brown...

Scrubber is growing a type of brown hair algae.

My scrubber has been up and running for about 2.5 months..give or take. The first few cleanings I was getting a nice green hair algae but not it...

Does anyone know if algae absorbs nutrients through its roots, the rest of the organism or both?

I just have to vent......
I've been a frequenter of this forum and I started on Marine Depot forum. I've been keeping saltwater tanks since 1991 and fresh water since since 1978. Anyway, I have...

I have a new tank that has been set up for a month and a scrubber that has been running for 3 weeks. I started with rock and sand that had been cycling in a plastic bin for about 4 months. I have...

Does anyone know why the pipe has to be mostly submerged? Will it work if its above the water - mostly regarding the horizontal version in the graphic. Also, I am using a 1.5" bulkhead that drains...

Thank you so much for the reply - I will definitely give this a try.

Help!
I am setting up a new tank with a basic vertical scrubber built over the top of the tank. The scrubber is 3.5"X27" on a 47 gallon tank. 600 gallons of water is pumped up 1' to a 3/4" pipe...