Jason's Tank Journey

[jason2459]

Also, HOLY MOLY!! This is the most satisfying WSR cleaning yet! What does WSR stand for again?

lol I had to look it up. I couldn't remember.

WATER STREAM REFUGIUM.

And they call them Algae Clean Scrubbers. (ACS)

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[jason2459]

Life's been busy. Day behind on cleaning the WSR and it was "FULL"

 

[jason2459]

Day late and a dollar short again.

Got around to cleaning the Turbo's ATS. Just a crazy amount again.

Thick


Nice luscious green


Amazing it goes from this clean of a screen every time to a huge mound of algae


It's bigger then it looks it pictures too. A huge overflowing handful

 

[Dburr1014]

So, I guess that's the "quick" recap to to this point.

I've been doing a lot of home DIY renovations and one of the items that needed relocated was the aquarium. The new space needed a shorter tank and we decided to buy a new tank this time. It's my first new tank.

I went with Planet Aquariums ordered through a LFS.


I went with a canopy again as I still have curious cats that would cause problems with out one.

The new tank has two center back holes for mounting an external overflow box and two returns.

Nice!

I just ordered a planet 150g.
I have some questions, not sure you can answer, lol.
Are you still using the tideline external overflow? Do you know what bulkheads are in the tank? The ones for the internal/external transition.
I'm pretty sure the external bean is 1"

My LFS wasn't sure and I've emailed him several times. (I think I have the wrong email) I'm going to have to call... Again. LOL

 

[jason2459]

Yep, I'm running the external that came with it. I believe it's two 1.5" bulk heads from tank to over flow box. Then inside the external box are three 1" slip bulkheads. And on the back glass are two 3/4" threaded return bulk heads.

 

[Dburr1014]

Yep, I'm running the external that came with it. I believe it's two 1.5" bulk heads from tank to over flow box. Then inside the external box are three 1" slip bulkheads. And on the back glass are two 3/4" threaded return bulk heads.

How much flow do you push though it?
Any noise at all?

 

[jason2459]

How much flow do you push though it?
Any noise at all?

Around 800-900gph. Some but not much. It's mainly the flow through to the external box I hear. Raising the water level up helps.

 

[Miami Reef]

@jason2459

How many hours do you use your algae scrubber?