Jerrylepp - Algae turf scrubbers

You will be very unhappy if you build that version. There is a reason that for 30 years people said scrubbers were bulky, noisy, splashy, and that they yellowed the water. You will get all that with a dumping-bucket version.

Use the modern version that was discovered in August 2008; it has solved every problem:

http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/...eplaces-skimmer-refugium-everythin-51120.html

...except use "plastic canvas" for the screen, and rough it up with a hole saw:





Many things have been discovered about how to build and operate scrubbers in the last 1.5 years. Search around for them. Here is a top end acrylic:






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