My rimless 57 gal oceanic illuminata build.

Apet66 · Jul 17, 2013

Made some progress today. Put a lid on the overflow, shortened my drain tube and got the algae scrubber up and running. All in all, a good day!

gmoney243 · Jul 17, 2013

Looking good. Dont forget to show off your growth after a week on tha algae scrubber.

Apet66 · Jul 17, 2013

Will do Mike. I'm anxious to see how it works. Thank you for all your guidance with it!

schooleyosis · Jul 20, 2013

Glad you got that drain line shortened. Looking forward to your scrubber results.

Apet66 · Jul 20, 2013

Thanks Ryan! I'm not seeing any signs of algae growth on the screen yet. I don't know if its rough enough. The skimmer is definitely pulling out gunk.

iiluisii · Jul 20, 2013

Give it some time

gmoney243 · Jul 20, 2013

Yea u wont see.much at first then bam lots of algae

Apet66 · Jul 20, 2013

iiluisii said:
Give it some time

gmoney243 said:
Yea u wont see.much at first then bam lots of algae

Thanks guys, patience isn't one of my strong points. Lol.
I've wanted to build a scrubber for about 7 months. Now that I have it I want algae on the screen! :banghead:

gmoney243 · Jul 21, 2013

Youll get tired of cleaning it real fast haha

Apet66 · Jul 21, 2013

Lol, your probably right Mike. I really want a mandarin dragonett. I've read an algae scrubber is the best way to grow pods.
I can see the first signs of algae growth on the screen this morning. :thumbup:

pickupman66 · Jul 22, 2013

Lots of rock and fuges are the best for pods IMO. I built a large pod condo in my sump out of those plastic currogates signs. It does a good job. If I shake it, they fly off like roaches! Lol. I plan to make another soon. Ill take some pics.

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Apet66 · Jul 22, 2013

pickupman66 said:
Lots of rock and fuges are the best for pods IMO. I built a large pod condo in my sump out of those plastic currogates signs. It does a good job. If I shake it, they fly off like roaches! Lol. I plan to make another soon. Ill take some pics.

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I'd like to see some pics of it. I want that mandarin dragonett bad. I was so close to picking one up last night at the meeting. Ryan was my voice of reason though. I basically have a brand new system and it needs to mature.

schooleyosis · Jul 22, 2013

Patience wins the reef race.

Apet66 · Jul 22, 2013

The reef today.

schooleyosis · Jul 22, 2013

That's lookin' really good Tony. I love that feather duster. I might have to go get one!

Apet66 · Jul 22, 2013

schooleyosis said:
That's lookin' really good Tony. I love that feather duster. I might have to go get one!

Thanks Ryan! Yeah that feather duster is pretty cool. I want a coco worm also but they're a little more sensitive than a feather duster.

bknapp · Jul 22, 2013

Apet66 said:
I'd like to see some pics of it. I want that mandarin dragonett bad. I was so close to picking one up last night at the meeting. Ryan was my voice of reason though. I basically have a brand new system and it needs to mature.

Great advice, give it at least six months if not a year before adding one. I had to get rid of mine when I set up my 110.

pickupman66 · Jul 22, 2013

Look at this video. I made this but just ziptied them together and put a rock on top to hold it to the bottom of sump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAlEt4NUo4o

pickupman66 · Jul 22, 2013

OH and that Video is from GARF. I got my idea from them. I basically to 10 5x5 squares and stacked them and held together with zip ties. set them flat in the bottom of the calmest area of my sump and put a piece of live rock on top of them to weight them down. I now see TONS of pods cruising my sump. I am sure they get sucked into the return pump on a very regular basis.