New scrubber design contest

SantaMonica · 2026-07-20T04:24:02-0400

Contest!

Win a new model Santa Monica scrubber!

Whoever gives the best guess of what the new product is (from the three drawings shown)... wins it.

Winner can be anywhere in the world; will ship.

Entries can be from anyone, anywhere; no limitations.

TWO entries per person.

Contest will run for one week: Monday July 20 to Sunday July 26.

Winner announced on Monday July 27.

The product has never been shown before, so this is a great chance to see how creative your thinking is. The more detailed the guess is, and of course the more accurate it is, determines the winner. Details can be about function, shape, size, color, placement, design, materials, price, variations or anything else you can think of.

To enter, post your guess in the comments, INCLUDING the tank you would use it on. Since you can have two entries, it's good to have an earlier one and a later one. If you see a reply "Entered!", then your entry was accepted; if not, you can try again.

Hope you win!

Biokabe · 2026-07-20T05:33:58-0400

Self-contained, external algae scrubber. Top slides off, similar to the Slip 0.7, exposing dual lights on either side. The front panel pulls out, allowing for harvest of turf algae. Likely with one or more screens (Green Grabber) inside. Water is fed from the top, waterfall-style, with a return pump located at the bottom to send water back to the tank, either to the sump or to the display tank, designed to be usable for either AIO or sumped tanks. As per other Santa Monica filters, no water pump/air pump is included, allowing the end user to choose their own pump for customized flow through the filter. Lights are likely the GEM5 or a new variant.

Materials... likely the same 3D printed ABS used in other Santa Monica filters. Likely offered in 3-4 sizes - I'm going to guess the model numbers would be EXT2, EXT4, EXT8. Pricing... probably $450 for EXT2, $1100 for EXT4, $2500 for EXT8.

If I win, I'd use it on my Tsunami 90g tank. Sure, I already have a SURF2 in there but nothing wrong with overdoing it.

SantaMonica · 2026-07-20T05:37:55-0400

Entered!

VintageReefer · 2026-07-20T07:00:42-0400

External scrubber similar to the rain
Hanging screen
LEDs on multiple sides for dual sided growth

I would use it on my frag tank, a Home Depot bin. There is no plumbing or aio chamber. I have a surf2 floating but would love to have something external to free up space. The surf2 is the primary filtration on this tank, there is only a small 3-4lb piece of live rock. Bare bottom. No skimmer.