I'm doing an experiment... I have two 15gal AIO nano tanks both with three chambers in the back, intake/filtration/output as is typical. I'm interested in putting a long thin LED bulb about 12" or so on 24/7 in the intake chamber (instead of a filter sock which I have removed). This chamber is...
Blade Hybrid Algae Reactor 16
• Purchased a turf scrubber to deal with a heavily polluted tank with nitrates of 55ppm and heavy hair algae.
• Tank is 92g volume so I purchased the 16 version as headroom and the 10 inch might not benefit as well due to the tank being heavily stocked.
Over the...
Sites like Kickstarter and Indigogo are the public domains TV version of Shark Tank. Numerous products are pitched for public buy-in and once in a blue moon you will see an aquarists related item.
Have you got anything worthwhile from these sites for your hobby?
A newish tank (2 months old) with low nutrients and no algae, has low pH 7.8-8.0. It is a 30G tank running a canister filter (crazy, I know) with SeaChem Matrix and ROX activated carbon. I dose live phyto twice per day.
There is no sump
There is no skimmer
There is no space under the tank for...
Hi averyone,
So i had a ball of chaeto in my main tank for few moths, but it died due, i think, to the lack of light with coral growth, so i wanted to add a little "refugium" in my Max Nano (and i had my 1st nutrient spike because of the chaeto dying, i think) so i bought a Tunze Eco Chic and...
Hi all,
I have a magnetic scrubber and a razor-scraper that employ with good old regular muscle/elbow-grease when cleaning the inside of the glass. It's not HARD work, just time consuming and pretty detail focused to get it all nice and clean.
I was wondering if you have a tips or tricks...
I would have assumed that this question was asked before, but I didn’t see it anywhere. But, I’m sorry if it’s a repeat and I just missed it.
‘Soon I will be ready to set up a 50g reef aquarium, with a 20g sump. My plan is to incorporate a refugium into my sump. I’ve read a lot of articles and...
Hi all,
I installed an algae-scrubber on my 150gal about 5 months ago, and I love it. Since then, my skimmer has collected about 1-inch, MAYBE, of skimmate. So now I'm wondering if I should just remove my skimmer altogether...
Has anyone replaced their skimmer with an algae-scrubber...
Tank - 150-gallon euro with ~20-gallon sump
Lights - Radion XR15 Pro x4, 9-hour for radion
Algae scrubber - the reverse of light schedule with a 60-minute overlap on each side
Dose 25.6 ML of BRS soda-ash via Neptune DOS every 3hrs +/-35%
Hybrid Sodium Hydroxide bubbler/CO2 (BRS Soda-lime media)...
Hi all,
I'm going to give Algae scrubbers a try. I am looking at the Santa Monica HOG (bubble type) or a Clear Water (plumbed type).
Has anyone had experience with one kind vs the other? I'm interested to hear your experiences with either specifically those manuf/models or just between the...
Can anyone let me know if I've made a mistake
I'm currently using a co2 scrubber on my skimmer
I'm also recirculating the co2 scrubber from the skimmer cup
This creates a bit of moisture in the scrubber housing and then this gets sucked into the skimmer air intake silencer
I was emptying the...
Howdy, I have an algae scrubber. Every week or two I take out the screen and cut off 90% of the algae. This yields at least a quart size baggie of algae loaded with copepods. I toss the algae in the trash but I hate losing all the pods that I could be putting in my tank. Anyone have a...
Is there any use in a reef for spent soda lime or a way to rejuvenate it to use it again?
I have medical grade that changes colors, probably what BRS uses but didn't get from them.
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220 gallon 6' aquarium with black stand ($600 obo)
2-Coral Box CP-9 wave makers with wireless controllers ($70 obo)
1- Jaebo IPX8...