Currently I am running a scrubber using a bubble wand and a one sided screen that is about 32 sq. inches.
It grows a good crop of algae - which I harvest every 14 days - I run the scrubber 18 hours/ day.
I feed roughly 1 good pinch of flake or the equiv. once per day in pellets or other food. This is about one cube of frozen per day from my calculations. Again, rough.
The DT still has a good crop of hair algae as well. I pull out several handfuls of this stuff every two to three weeks, which cuts it back, but it keeps growing nicely.
I would like to get enough algae growth in the scrubber - or add another one - to basically outgrow the DT.
I have tried cutting back the lights in the DT to cut back the algae. All that does is inhibit the growth of my corals [mostly Xenia]
I have a clean up crew with some really hungry turbo snails that do a good job on the glass, but don't seem to like to eat it from the rocks.
So.. What would happen if I raise the area of the scrubber - maybe make a waterfall - to add an additional 24 to 48 inches of scrubber area?
I really would like to get more corals, feather dusters and so on and up the feeding - get a good healthy robust colorful tank going.
I have to feed something because of the 3 fish I have. A clown, a damsel and a very large Engineer Goby who digs tunnels all through the tank.
This means I cannot starve the tank and keep nutrients low.
I would rather go the other way.
Comments?
Rick