Whats better: Coiled Denitrator or Algea Turf Scrubber?

So i would like to make one or both of these. I have an algea problem and in need of something. Now i have heard that the ATS removes other things like phosphates and nitrates. Does the CD do the same and which would be more efficient??

 

I think the turf scrubber is mroe effective and removes more nutrients. Also no need to wait for it to cycle. But the Coil is less messy and less maintanece.
Why dont you try a refugium??! Its prob easier then the other two and just as effective?!

 

I have a fuge with some cheato and sea lettuce in it but really dont seem to help. I had it on my 90 gal. for around 2 months which isnt a long time but i just moved to a 135 gal. and was thinking a fuge and one or both of the others.

 

Perhaps its your lighting?
I tempoarily used a hangon fuge on my tank. I used one of those clip on PC lights that was 6700K with the feather calupera. Whilst using it my Nitrates and Phosphates were reduced to zero.
I took it off tho cos it was ugly, and swapped it for a phosphate reactor.

Anyway just a thought??! I think lighting is the key to the fuge.

 

For lighting i have 2 39 watt T5 HOs with one pink (for freshwater plants) and one 10K which i should replace i guess for a lower K value not sure maybe i will just hook the fuge up and spend a little money for a phos. reactor like yourself, iv always had my eye on one anyway.

 

My ATS scrubber only needs maintance for about 5 minutes, once a week. Took about an hour to build. I don't have a denitrate coil so I can't say how effective it is by comparison. I feel that the low maintance and cost make the ATS scrubber an winner. Lighting is important, but I just use the clip-on lights from home depot and add some 5500k 27 watt bulbs. I use two for the ATS, and one for the chaeto in the refugium.

 

bump, i think a bit mroe input would be nice here!

 

Are you making your own RO/DI water? Do you use a phosphate reactor?

 

Before you adventure into CD's and ATS's, why dont you try and find out whats causing your algae problem? Are you over feeding, what are you using for top off, are you doing WC's, do you regularly clean your filter system, do you have a cleaning crew and lastly, have you tested for Po4 and No3?


Luna

 

a denitrator would only remove nitrates and converts them into nitrogen gas. I think the scrubber would be more efficent but also make more noise.

but your fuge should be able to clean your water pretty well also.
what is the lighting on it?
how many gallons is it?