Hi Team,
First of all thank you for all of the great posts on this forum, this has been a great place to go and grab information. I built a quick and easy upflow scrubber a couple of weeks ago and would like some feedback on how it is doing so far. It is set up in the first section of my refugium and is running from the corner to the separating glass. I used a full 13x18 screen and 2 80 watt Spiral Bulbs, that is the actual wattage. Anyway, I have done the initial 2 scrubbings at 8 days and 15 days, and wanted feedback in regards to the algae that I am seeing. I know that it takes a while to establish hair algae, but want to make sure I am headed in that direction. My tanks runs very high on Nitrates, so this is my attempt to reduce that problem in the long term. Just a couple of things about the tank, it is a 180 gallon set up, with a 40 gallon sump(usually between 20 - 30 gallons of water in it), and a 55 gallon refugium (probably 40 gallons of water in the tank). Thanks ahead of time for any feedback or advice that you provide. I have a couple of ideas for improvements, as I get the time to make them......but wanted to get this going and show my friends that this actually works.
Regards,
Lee