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More harvests from the floating surface scrubber: Santa Monica Filtration SURF2 UAS - Even more subsequent cleanings in saltwater - YouTube
Try putting a diffuser cap over it. Or short it out so it does not light.
There are only 1, 2 or 4 leds, so making one of them blue would be too much blue. And it doubles the types of leds to carry, and increases making...
I say that because a horizontal is self-limiting; the more growth, the more the water is blocked. For the same effort and less space you can do a...
Well you could do alternating photoperiods, but actually I meant cleaning time; it more important to always have a batch leftover after cleaning....
Because you always want a large amount of algae photosynthesizing at all times. Photosynthesizing is filtering.
Multiple smaller scrubbers are always better than one big one. I have four on my reef pool, with no other filters and no water changes.
Yep just black ABS plastic.
Here's my attempt at getting some printers for aquarium parts: The 3D Printed HOG Scrubber - For Self Sustaining Aquariums by Santa Monica —...
Summary of 3D printing links: Endless things to print: Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects General forum for all printers:...
The ABS material for the Replicator 2x is about $40 per kg.
The low cost printers don't print supports anyway, at least not with dual-extruders and PVA. So you'd have to design-in some breakaway supports with...
3D printing your aquarium parts For those of you serious DIY folks, you may be interested in how you can make your own plastic aquarium parts by...
Come tell us what you think about our new HOG scrubber Kickstarter... The HOG Scrubber - For Self Sustaining Aquariums by SantaMonica —...
Yes.
It is an Upflow :) So far for SW, it's been far superior in growth. And certainly the easiest and fastest to clean.
Rock is brand new. Does not even have any periphyton yet. Probably phosphate is leaking out.
I'm building a "prettier" one for better pics, but here's what I have so far... First harvest: Santa Monica Filtration SURF2 UAS - First harvest...
Using 3 of them now on my reef pool.
Thanks :) Ok here it is... http://www.3reef.com/forums/algae/how-build-floating-surface-algae-scrubber-147110.html
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