Hanna Phosphate Checker user here. I have a 40 breeder mainly LPS/softy reef with your basic CFL-lit scrubber. My phosphate level is usually in the 0.02 - 0.07 range. I don't have a liquid nitrate...
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Hanna Phosphate Checker user here. I have a 40 breeder mainly LPS/softy reef with your basic CFL-lit scrubber. My phosphate level is usually in the 0.02 - 0.07 range. I don't have a liquid nitrate...
About 19 months for this 40 breeder. Virtually no water changes, except to add water lost to selling livestock or accidental floods.
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I like the new digs! Tapatalk please! :)
Hey Bill. You can use anything you like (non-toxic of course), but the material must have enough irregularities on the surface for the algae to adhere to. Otherwise it falls off and pollutes your...
I'll take all of the above 'drawbacks' over all the drawbacks of traditional filtration thank you. I voted the salt spray since I had to choose one.
I use Rescue Tape for that same purpose and it works well for me: http://www.rescuetape.com/
That's an interesting concept johnarky, however if your scrubber is going inside your stand and not visible from the outside, I don't see the need for built-in fans in the first place. You could just...
Hey Ace! Remember me from CCRK? Nice looking unit you have constructed: I hope it works well for you. I was curious how you handle water changes these day? Do you do them at all anymore?
Also, I...
What are you using to measure your phosphate? Hanna meter?
Voted! Bump!
I'm trying my best to help a local Reef Central member with his ATS questions:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showt ... st18392188
It sounds very doable. As I understand your design, the mat would be rolled up and stuffed down inside the tube, and the tube holds it in place as it unfurls. Cleaning would be easy: take out the...
Very impressive, Floyd (or Bud)!
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