And so ends my algae and the scrubber chronicle. I will continue to post pictures on how the scrubber is doing, but there is no more algae in my tank. This thing really works and I will continue to use this as my only source of filtration on the tank
If anyone wants a scrubber like the one I have below, I...
Over the past couple of days, I have noticed that a lot of algae has started to grow in my sump (as mentioned earlier), so I decided that it was time to rethink my design and go with something that stands alone. So far, here is what I have come up with.
First, I tried this:
I liked the idea of a lid so that...
Ok, so this algae scrubber has now been running since 8/7/2009 and the impact it has had on my aquarium is stunning. More and more algae seems to be disappearing daily and I think its safe to say that this filtration works! I’m hoping that all the algae from my aquarium will be gone within 2-3 more...
Cleaning day has arrived once again. I had to take it out a little early this time due to heavy growth on the top of the screen which was restricting flow. It has been almost a month without a water change and nitrate and phosphate levels have not budged from...
4 days after the first cleaning and its almost ready to be cleaned again! Also, I havnt said anything about my chemical levels, but my nitrates and phosphates are 0! Scrubbers ftw
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Front and back of the algae scrubber 3 days after cleaning. As you can see, its making a come back and will need to be cleaned once again in a few days.
Front of Algae Scrubber
Back of Algae...
Im behind on my updates
This is when I cleaned the screen on the 23rd. You can see the before and afters. You are supposed to leave a little algae on the screen so new algae has a place to stem from, and its hard as hell to clean off that screen...
Today is going to be a little different. I took the pictures from day 1 and new pictures from this morning and I made some side by side comparison images. The difference in just 8 days time is tremendous and it is even pretty easy to tell that the algae in the DT has weakened considerably. Take a look for...
Forgot to take a pic of the tank and clean the screen, but my time is limited with work so it makes it tough. Here is more progress of the screen growing...
Here are the results as of this morning. I removed the screen to clean it, but the algae is really stuck on there well and I couldnt get too much off. When I get home from work, ill take another stab at it.
As you can see, significant algae growth occurs daily. When I get home today, I will post pictures of...
Heavy algae growth has started on the back now and tomorrow will be the first...