ReefCentral already blocks AlgaeScrubber.net... if somebody posts it on a thread, it is automatically changed to "clayboa". I think they do this in PM's too, but not sure. But now looks like they're are even blocking searches for scrubber info; if you do a search for "algaescrubber", you get "We're sorry, you've encountered an error". Maybe it's just me, but I get the same error if I search for:
scrubber
scrub
ats
turf
walter
adey
Can some of you try it and see what you get...
Any reason why RC is doing this at all? Aren't we all to help or "eradicate" harmful nutrients from our closed system ... probably RC sponsors are threatened by these natural and less costly method and from fear that they might not make any profit from any nutrient removal media sales?
Correct... there are 3000 stores in the U.S alone that sell skimmers (and other nitrate and phosphate removers), and there is at least one person at each store that is on the forums. Plus the people at the manufacturers and distributers. So that's a lot of people to complain. And they want you to spend more on your tank, not less.
Wow,
that is absolutely amazing!
Just tried a search and all it gives is a blank white page - tried with non-'scrub' search and it went fine.
I was amazed, actually, to find a forum somewhere in Africa you were posting on - got pretty nasty and was eventually closed - my thought then was that you are being targeted.
Well, we appreciate what you are doing! I am sure that the cost of an AS, especially DIY, is far less than any company can get for a PS, which is - all data invovled, pretty obsolete.
It is sad that we are a bunch of reef enthusiasts being governed by corporate America.
Unfortunately Money talks ... :twisted:
Paul
RC is one of the most messed up "emotionally" forums I have ever come across. It seems to be one mass of clashing egos raging in a pot. They're over-the-top concerned about selling and advertising. Anything that could even vaguely be imagined to someone making a dime gets erased instantly.
The place has about 100 moderators who seem to randomly eject postings. I had a friend sign up and ask about a LED seen on ebay. Because he did this on his first post he was permanently banned, this was in a 300 post thread that had perhaps 30 other links to ebay.
The place is messed up.
I agree the place has problems. I did a search for 'algae' and got a list pretty quick, then did a search for 'scrubber' and got a blank white page. Then I searched for 'algae scrubber' and then got a list of links.
here is a thread that is going on right now:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... e+scrubber
I just repeated the 'scrubber' search and it went through this time.
Another new ATS thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthrea ... t=scrubber
I love the scrubber old-timers who have all the answers: Scrubber smell, nutrients don't get low, they color the water, etc.
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