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    My 1st Scrubber

    Have been reading this forum for quite a while now, and have decided to build myself a scrubber for my tank.

    I currently have a 275L tank with 110L sump. I run bio-pearls in a reactor and also a skimmer.

    My nitrate is always 10 or higher and phos is 0.03

    Bio-pearls are expensive, so my main reason for a scrubber is to save money aswell as try to finally have 0 nitrates, as I have never achieved this.

    I feed my tank between 1 cube a day and also a pinch of flake, but I would like to get some more fish, so would increase feeding to 2 cubes a day.

    Current stock is:
    Female Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus)
    Yellow Eye Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)
    2x Ocellaris Clownfish, Tank Bred (Amphiprion ocellaris)

    I was planning on lighting double sided, and maybe using the flow from my return (need to calculate the flow rate).

    So far I have bought the screen, 2x clip on lamp holders and 2x 30W bulbs.

    I was thinking of a 5x5 screen, so would these bulbs be ok, or is it overkill?

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    Just need to order a bit of pipework and off I go.

    Will update this thread as and when some action happens!!

    Thanks for looking

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    Welcome.

    Should work fine with 6" reflectors. Might be easier though with CFL floodlights.

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    Yes, I forgot to mention I will be using reflectors

    I did look for CFL Floodlights but couldn't find any, will see how it goes

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    I havent done anything yet with this as I am getting xmas out of the way first.

    I did calculate that my return pipe provides a flow of 800 LPH, so I may use that instead of a pump.

    Decisions, decisions !

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