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  1. Re: Working with Acrylic...feel free to ask me any questions.

    I heard that turning your blade for thin plywood backwards does nice with thin plastic. Is there any truth to this?
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    Re: My DIY Scrubber (Cyanobacteria?)

    Hi drP,

    Welcome to scrubberland :lol:

    do you have some more pics of your setup?

    How new or old is the setup?

    cyano is nothing to panic about. It is actually quite healthy, a bit...
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    Re: LED powered scrubbers

    I had been using a 225 red/blue panel from ledwholesalers. I bought the 180 red/blue screw in bulb and now using that.

    Most that growth was with the 12 x 12 panel as I just changed to the bulb...
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    Re: LED powered scrubbers

    Led Growth progress

    I decided to clean half today. Trates were about 10, this is the lowest trates I have ever had on a tank. I have updated the led to a spot type bulb which is more concentrated...
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    Re: Culturing Phytoplankton

    worley, I'm wondering, do rotifers eat phyto?

    I am most likely going to try and raise some clowns if my pair spawns. Thinking of setting up something like what your doing. I have read some fish...
  6. Thread: Copperband woes

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    Re: Copperband woes

    So how is he? start eating? ich?
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    Re: Generation 4 scrubber idea

    Yea, so that means I could feed the heck out of it, then add co2 to further accelerate growth, and use the calcium reactor also. (warped theory)

    But I guess that some say when you run a heater,...
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    Re: Generation 4 scrubber idea

    yep, but dig this.

    How many refers use a calcium reactor? Now with the calcium reactor, you need the co2 correct? Well algae need co2 and food to grow. Hmm, must read up on the calcium reactor...
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    Generation 4 scrubber idea

    I ran across this video and thought maybe a gen 4 design is worth considering

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d41miNUu ... =rec-HM-r2
  10. Thread: Screen lighting

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    Re: Screen lighting

    SM, if those diffuser sheets came in thick sections, they could be used for the housing. Most of the stuff I have seen is very brittle however, and that would not be cool if you cracked it while...
  11. Thread: Screen lighting

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    Re: Screen lighting

    Hmmm constant current regulator circuit, shouldn't be too expensive or complicated.

    The one inside my light panel is quite small and relatively few components. I can always borrow some circuit...
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    Re: Scrubber Marketing

    I get fairly good response talking to a couple of different places here. It usually boils down to product liability for them guys.

    So ready to run-except turf right?

    Might be easier to...
  13. Thread: Screen lighting

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    Re: Screen lighting

    kcress- my panel does not have white led in it. I do not know if it is giving optimal growth, but I have not tried with any other light source.

    For powering your panel, why not use a phone...
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    Re: Create Surge for overflow sumps

    Well, I have suspended the surge for now. Seems all my growth was getting washed off. Maybe after I get the turf established a little I will crank it up again.
  15. Thread: Screen lighting

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    Re: Screen lighting

    So if you note the major growth area, this all happens at a distance of over 5" from the grow panel. Individual bulbs are spaced about 1" apart. With the addition of the small chunk of diffuser, you...
  16. Thread: Screen lighting

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    Re: Screen lighting

    Did I hear someone call my name? :lol:

    http://greenpinelane.com/lights_main_menu.aspx

    http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/PHOTOSYN ... INTRO.HTML

    These links may have been posted already.

    I...
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    Looks like the cam idea has advantages and disadvantages. The main disadvantage will be for durabilty/longevity. Most wave timers work with an integrated circuit and thus no contact points to wear or...
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    Re: Hexagon LED scrubber

    I figured on using about 200 or so led's and light both sides of the small hex (10" tall X 7" wide) for my 29 gallon tank. And probably around 500 or more for the 16x9 hex for my large tank.
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    Re: Hexagon LED scrubber

    Ah the advantage is that the led needed about six inches to spread out enough to overlap when all faced the same direction at a 90º angle to the scrubber.
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    Re: Create Surge for overflow sumps

    OK, this is how it works, but using my sump and not a separate scrubber system. You should be able to see how the surge works, and better understand the design. Just get creative is all. Below is a...
  21. Thread: It's me!!!

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    Re: It's me!!!

    LOL, bought my panel at feebay from led wholesalers.

    So far I have the green slime in spots corresponding to particular colored rows where where the blue and red overlap best. I started a new...
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    Re: Hexagon LED scrubber

    But for a truly slimline you could run the lights almost parallel to the scrubber screen. A slight angle and you can see the footprint of the light changes tremendously. Now your red and blues can...
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    Hexagon LED scrubber

    So this is what I have in mind to blend the light better. Use your imagination on the pics below. I intend to drill the hex and glue the LED right into the tank, then use wire jumpers to build the...
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    Create Surge for overflow sumps

    This is a relatively simple design. You put pump and reservoir inline on the overflow, but before the scrubber. The pump in the reservoir is on a timer so that continuos sump feed pump keeps running...
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    Re: Scrubber Marketing

    Yes, nano scrubbers. I was just looking tonight for led's to purchase bulk. I found one place that sells a blue 450 nm 5mm for 12¢ a piece, and red 640 nm 5mm for 8¢ not including shipping etc....
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    Re: Scrubber Marketing

    Well my intention is to put a compact all in one into production. This is why the led is important to me.

    I have a site http://concreef.com/items on which I will sell my man made reef sculptures....
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    LED powered scrubbers

    As Santa knows, I have been playing with the led for growth.

    I need to know the specs for lighting so I can choose the proper led combo.

    Here is a page with some info, but I am having some...
  28. Thread: It's me!!!

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    It's me!!!

    Yep I'm hear and spamming the boards http://zywie.com/laugh.gif

    But seriously, I do like the concept of the scrubber and have some great ideas in the works.

    I guess I am the first to power with...
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    Member #6 that's ME

    I have messed with forums alot, set em up, found great free software and tried alot.

    Brand spanking new board it looks like. OK, just a suggestion. I really find the SMF forum much easier to...
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