Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, part 1-4

ohh thanks.... and about the marine depot... i don't have any experience to buy though internet. and i don't have the credit card :(

so.. i planning to buy from a local shop.... but the setting time here in a minute....
 
What's the largest tank that this type of scrubber is currently running on? I'm going to visit a friend in a couple weeks and he has two 2600 gallon tanks I'm talking to him about trying scrubbers on. He also has 2 225s and a 300 gallon that I think would benefit from it as well.

I'm waiting on a coworker to bring his Dremel for me to use this week. Once he does, I'll be making my bucket scrubber for my 40 breeder zoo tank.
 
I've personally visited a 700gal that is running now, and a few folks are building 1200, 2000, and an 8000. Some koi ponds too. The bigger ones are easier because they usually have no corals to deal with.
 
Update:

Someone came up with a great way to attach Rug Canvas. Rug Canvas is the highest performance screen material; it is preferred over Plastic Canvas because Rug has small fibers that algae can attach tightly too. This means you get growth faster, and you get more growth sticking to the screen after cleaning (thus, no overly-cleaned bare spots). The problem with Rug is that it's a flimsy material, and the edges tend to unravel. It also won't last forever. So consider it more work, in order to get the highest performance.

Anyway, this idea is very simple, but I've not tried it. So you might have a plastic canvas version as a backup, in case you can't get the Rug working properly. You'll need to make the slot wider, to accomodate the plastic rod. The trick will be getting the right "fit" between the rod/screen, and the slot, so that the water flows smoothly. It will be trickier than a simple plasic canvas, no doubt. So plan on experimenting with it for a few days in the bathtub.

You can get Rug Canvas at any crafts/sewing store. Also, you might need to sew/glue/hotmelt/etc the loose edges so that it does not unravel.

RugCanvasAttach.jpg
 
hmm.... didn't have any update???

i just wanna to ask.... why my nitrate reader still between 35 - 50
but my phospate really low... 0,5

since my top up water phospate > 3-5.... it's really good...
but how come nitrate still not going down?

the algae work really good.... and i clean the screen every week....
 
I'll have an update tomorrow. Was just picked as TOTM elsewhere, and need to fill out their info.

You say your phosphate is .5? That is very very high. But phosphate is always much smaller that nitrate. When your nitrate comes down to 20, your phosphate will probably be .25.

But I think you answered your own question. If your top-off water is 3 to 5, it's going to take a mountain of filtering to get that down after each waterchange. My suggestion: Stop waterchanges for one month and see what happens. And spend that time reading up on RODI :)
 
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