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This is a work in progress. But currently I want an algae scrubber but all the designs I’ve seen looks crappy or are just way out of my price range. I wanted one that wouldn’t take up a ton of room in the sump and that wouldn’t splash water all over the place. So I designed this rough sketch last night.
I found some 3v-6v hobby motors that run 3-5rpm. At 3 rpm each half of the disk will be submerged every 10 seconds. Should be enough to keep the algae wet while also making it easier to run high light on the algae. The other positive is this would just sit on the side of the sump and take up next to no room. This design calls for a 11in disk, while doing some research it seems a 7x7in square is enough for 250 gallon tank. This has more surface area that that. The other reason I designed this is to make cleaning easier. The actual disk will probably be secured with a plastic pin of some sort. Making removal easy.
Thoughts? Any ideas on how to improve the design? Most of it will be 3d printed.
I found some 3v-6v hobby motors that run 3-5rpm. At 3 rpm each half of the disk will be submerged every 10 seconds. Should be enough to keep the algae wet while also making it easier to run high light on the algae. The other positive is this would just sit on the side of the sump and take up next to no room. This design calls for a 11in disk, while doing some research it seems a 7x7in square is enough for 250 gallon tank. This has more surface area that that. The other reason I designed this is to make cleaning easier. The actual disk will probably be secured with a plastic pin of some sort. Making removal easy.
Thoughts? Any ideas on how to improve the design? Most of it will be 3d printed.