Algae Scrubbers: Do they really reduce algae?

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Good new! Found one of the last few clearwater branded scrubbers back in stock at an online store, so grabbed one. Arrived this afternoon and installed it on my lunch break. Very pleased with the build quality! "Seeded" it with some hair algae I pulled from my display in hopes of speeding up the initial phase of getting things going.

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Good new! Found one of the last few clearwater branded scrubbers back in stock at an online store, so grabbed one. Arrived this afternoon and installed it on my lunch break. Very pleased with the build quality! "Seeded" it with some hair algae I pulled from my display in hopes of speeding up the initial phase of getting things going.

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How have been things going on your new algae scrubber I'm considering the same upgrade. Thanks for any info you can provide!
 
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How have been things going on your new algae scrubber I'm considering the same upgrade. Thanks for any info you can provide!
It's been setup for about 3-4 weeks, so it's just now starting to get past the "slime" stage and starting to grow some green turf algae. Not enough to affect nutrient levels yet though. It takes a bit for the algae scrubbers to take off and get going with lots of thick algae. I was actually panning to make a post with a pic of it today cause I'm wondering if I should scrape it yet, or just let it keep going till it's actually completely covered.
 

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