Diy Algae Scrubber

Now i need to know if the experiment is worth continuing or if i d be better off ending it.

Diy algae scrubber. Diy magnetic algae scrubber the spiderman scrubber. See more ideas about scrubbers algae aquarium algae. Many of these diy algae turf scrubber setups are so successful that they no longer use expensive equipment like protein skimmers media reactors bio pellets etc. My scrubber was diy and only ran for a few months before a kalk overdose wiped the screen clean.

Inspired by the nitrate phosphate removal thread thread i took an old second hand hob filter and built a liner for the inside out of plastic canvas sanded on the inner surface with coarse grit sandpaper to give more surface area for algae. Hello everyone after getting sick of cleaning algae from my tank having moved house to a high nitrate area i decided to build an algae scrubber for my brackish setup. Unfortunately the hair algae which grows on a scrubber trapped the kalk paste in its fibers and the localized ph increase killed it all off. Nov 12 2013 explore jared anwyl s board diy algae scrubber followed by 336 people on pinterest.

However as i don t have a sump or room in my hood i decided to create a light t. Old cpu heat sink 4 pieces of binder clips 4 pieces i connected them in such way. Heat sink for led lights. Preparing led lights installation.

Proxy glue was used for gluing the led lights to the heat sink. The algae turf scrubbers would grow millions of baby pods enough to feed mandarin gobies. These diy models were wonderful. Using a scrubber was what got me more interested into the water change less methods to reef keeping.

A few weeks ago i started an experiment.