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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #50 on: June 12, 2011, 11:03:23 »
lol, its not a lot of work, you clean it once a week just like a skimmer

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #51 on: June 12, 2011, 11:09:06 »
Seriously considering doing this!  Getting the goods from Mike in a few weeks!  :D

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #52 on: December 04, 2011, 11:07:35 »
Well, i been reading up on some things over the past few months on RC and such. I feel pretty good today kowing that over a year ago i was correct with what i was doing compared to what they were telling me i was doing wrong at the time. But thats how advances are made, breakthroughs happen, etc.

The general "rule of thumb" (remember, i told you guys how much i dont liek to follow rule of thumbs for some things because it could be a simply dumbed down form for the "general" population that just wants something to work, not saying people are dumb, just some/most dont want to get technical with their equipment, etc). But my screens that i made for myself and several others have been, according to their standards, undersized and underpowered.

Well seems that a new revision was made and their new revision requires smaller screens than what i made and less power. lol, i actually oversized mine based on what i noticed with using the scrubber over the past ~2 years to handle what in the future could be a large bio-load.

Algae scrubbers in the begining were based off your display tank size, now they are being based on the bio-load, which is what i argued several months, almost a year ago, and was told "NO" and slapped on the hand for.

I'm done ranting how, just glad to see that the evolution of this is getting better and someone else prob got the credit for what i was arguing.

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #53 on: December 04, 2011, 20:55:02 »
Does it have to be vertical with water flow on both sides?

I have an idea for one in my sump but it would be at an angle with water flowing down one side.

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #54 on: December 04, 2011, 21:05:02 »
If you do single sided it has to be twice as large, so yes if you want to do a horizontal you can

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #55 on: December 04, 2011, 23:24:28 »
How much surface area is recommended for a 75g?

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #56 on: December 05, 2011, 06:58:48 »
Still interested in this, but not sure where we would put it!  Sump, fuge are both full....

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #57 on: December 05, 2011, 11:31:48 »
theres room in the fuge room, trust me

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #58 on: December 05, 2011, 11:46:54 »
But where???

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #59 on: December 05, 2011, 11:49:38 »
i would have to take a look at the room again but theres a place for it, they dont take up much room.

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #60 on: December 05, 2011, 11:53:10 »
Ok, perhaps I should sign up to see if I can be one of your beta testers!  :)

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Re: Kenn inspired Algae Turf Scrubber Discussion
« Reply #61 on: December 05, 2011, 11:57:47 »
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