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

wow that looks very sharp!

I wonder if it would work with the light in the middle, and a screen on each side?
the screens would only be one sided, but there would be two of them, and they could be cycled.. probably wouldn't make much difference just an idea..


On a different note I see theres and interesting development on the original post over on rc. The guy from inland aquatics has appeared, and he seems to have silenced the atf critics. Its a shame he didn't show up earlier, before the thread degenerated.
 
The light-in-the-middle is possible, but not sure how efficient it would be being one-sided. A version of this could be a doughnut screen with the light in the middle; the screen would open up for cleaning, but while operating would seal-off the light. There would be a tradeoff, I guess. Somebody try it! :)

Yes I saw the RC stuff. Would not have mattered if he came in sooner though, I don't think. Personal attacks are personal attacks, and they are allowed on RC.
 
SM, The personal attacks come from those who can't think out side the box, or jealousy that they didn't have the idea first. Now that I have this 90 gal tank and the hood filter/light combination isn't going to be efficient enough, I'll be building a new hood and running a sump and maybe a wet/dry tank in the bottom. If this prove out to be a solution to many water changes, you can bet I'll install one. I am wondering if the lighting could be provided with LEDs rather than CFLs. I'm thinking GREEN and that is scary! :D Also LEDs would cut down on any heat problems.
 
I have been looking into the LED's as well, less power, less heat. The hydroponic growers seem to like them, and since it is just photosynthesis, (not a coral spectrum) probably ok for marine plants.
 
I really don't know about LED's. If they can grow plants, they might work. I do know that everyone who has tried a screen and not had great growth, it was always the lighting that was the problem. Increase the lighting, problem solved. I know LED's aren't cheap, so maybe you can start with what is proven to work, 23W CFL 5100K, for under $10 each. Then if all goes well, change one side to LED's, and if that works, change the other side. I personally love LED for any application they can work in.
 
Well they worked for him. LED's are something I want to study. One cool thing about them is they can be lowered into the tank to light up the sides of a reef.

My nitrate is always zero, unless i do an over-feeding test, or as i posted above, if I start getting a slight creeping rise to about .1 or .2, at which point feeding more actually brings it back to zero (clear on Salifert).
 
Did you see the amount of light his hood is putting out? Just 6 Luxeon stars at $6.99 each and a single Buckpuck at $14.99. Now, granted his tank and hood are Hex and only 24" wide at the widest point that's still a lot if light when compared to his fluoresent light.
 
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