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    it seems i must have found an old article when...

    it seems i must have found an old article when they thought the turf was best. at any rate my scrubber just grows the red turf and is doing the job, keeping everything down at near zero.
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    green hair verses red turf

    my question is why does everybody choose to grow the green hair instead of the red turf algae? i cant seem to grow anything but the red turf and i dont have none of all these different set-ups in...
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    works tops, nitrate went from steady rising to...

    works tops, nitrate went from steady rising to 1ppm and phos went from solid green to undetectable in a month or so. i use a full screen with 50 to 75 watts cfl depending on the readings.
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    you dont need nothing but a screen ruffed up and...

    you dont need nothing but a screen ruffed up and some cfl lights, drop it in your fuge where it will float and hang the light over it, done.
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    floating scrubber

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    not sure the pics went thru but any way, how come there is no thread on horizontal floating scrubbers? they are way less expense, grow red turf instead of green hair and work as a...
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    yessir.

    yessir.
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    florida

    florida
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    is it actually on the surface? If so you'll have...

    is it actually on the surface? If so you'll have to submerge it a bit.[/QUOTE]
    it averages 1/4 to 1/2 inch under the water, may need to bump up the light, so far its growing green all over tho....
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    floating screen scrubber

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    couple pics of the latest set-up i came up with, will run the return across the top of it too soon as i get to it. its a 20 gallon long fuge with rock piled under neath and bare bottom,...
  10. no sir, not yet, just came up with it and got it...

    no sir, not yet, just came up with it and got it going recently, may do some today for you, its raining so it may be a good time. just set it up maybe 2 weeks ago and the screen is covered so we will...
  11. [QUOTE=SantaMonica;31449]Coming soon: the SURF2...

    [QUOTE=SantaMonica;31449]Coming soon: the SURF2 (tm) floating surface scrubber... "It Floats Like A Boat!" (tm)
    already have one built and using it, just screen floating on the rite amount of foam...
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    i woud say its nots happening there its just the...

    i woud say its nots happening there its just the nitrogen gas has rissen to that point working its way out to float to the top and in the air.
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    even if you do have a deep sand bed it can still...

    even if you do have a deep sand bed it can still only do so much, so if the prob is detritus causing nitrates in your bed from being over loaded but you strictly never clean it then your gonna be in...
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    just a quick thought on sandbeds and mess7777,s...

    just a quick thought on sandbeds and mess7777,s prob, 3 inches or less only have aerobic bacteria which just turns nitrite into nitrate, 3 inches and more then has both aerobic and anaerobic which...
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    completely redone the sump and scrubber, i...

    completely redone the sump and scrubber, i believe this is going to be a great set up thats easy to service. light is freshwater pink bulb, scrubber surface is 2- 2 1/2 x 9 inch pieces of ruffed up...
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    from what i here, read and what not, 3 inches or...

    from what i here, read and what not, 3 inches or less clean it or 3 inches and more dont. mine is 3 in the front down to 1/2 inch in the back, kinda leaves me borderline. the crazy maroon just plain...
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    there is no clean up crew other than 5 starfish,...

    there is no clean up crew other than 5 starfish, banded coral shrimp and a few pods. all snails and crabs i put in there just die. i can and did this week again, go thru and completely stir up my...
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    well goin skimmerless, looks as tho the sump had...

    well goin skimmerless, looks as tho the sump had been a nitrate sink, only 2 inches of gravel with low flow. all the detritus is just settleing in there, i stir it up once a week but there,s so...
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    ok, sounds like you feed a little more than i do...

    ok, sounds like you feed a little more than i do so i probbly need to cut one the same size as yours. how often do you clean yours and do you take it all off or do half at a time or?
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    i was tryin to go by the new guidelines, said use...

    i was tryin to go by the new guidelines, said use a 12x16 for horizontal, mine is at 45 degees, its between horizontal and vertical. i put in 1 gram a day of pellet. how much food do you put in...
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    I would say to cut the screen at least in half...

    I would say to cut the screen at least in half and see what happens then keep trimming it until you get the best results.[/QUOTE]

    hey kerry, i posted on the last page that i did cut it down to...
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    well i down sized from 16x12 to 8x12, should...

    well i down sized from 16x12 to 8x12, should double the flow over the surface, same screen so its pre-seeded, pump is 265gph so it may be a little low on flow but half the screen is under water,...
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    thanks joel, have to look into those, searched...

    thanks joel, have to look into those, searched there before but must have been putting in the wrong words.

    55g. mixed reef
    30g. mixed reef
    10g. reef only
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    i weighed the food i put in today, comes out to...

    i weighed the food i put in today, comes out to half a gram once or twice a day. gonna work on calculating the size tomorrow.
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    so what size one sided screen at 45 degree,s...

    so what size one sided screen at 45 degree,s would you recommend santa?
    also where did the page go that used to tell all about the scrubber basics, seems it used to be called- every thing you need...
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    called walmart and knitting stores here and none...

    called walmart and knitting stores here and none of them had a clue what i was talking about.
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    [QUOTE=kerry;19493]Most of the problem with the...

    [QUOTE=kerry;19493]Most of the problem with the horizontal is the light. I have a 2.75x6.75 screen lit with a 23w CFL and its flow is taken from a HOB filter spill way.

    i used to have 2 rigged...
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    yes its one sided but its 2 times the size...

    yes its one sided but its 2 times the size required also.
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    my tank

    hello all, just joined, here are some pics, the tank is a 55g with a 10g sump. running a seaclone 100 thats filtered back onto the scrubber. the scrubber surface is 15w x 12deep made from a sheet of...
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    thats some crazy growth your getting, probbly...

    thats some crazy growth your getting, probbly take a year for mine to grow that much.
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