[quote=“dunk, post:396, topic:2892”]
I’ve been reading on rc about them they say 12x12 per cube a day so if you feed one cube of food you need a 12x12 scrubber with 13 watts of light I think I will be adding one on the future[/quote]
“They” are always the king of all knowledge. Especially the “they” on rc. verdict_in
This would be the same case for size of refugiums or how many pounds of liverock you use.(or even 1" of fish per Xgallons of water or Xwatts of lighting per X gallons) You can’t really make an accurate rule of thumb as every system is a very different living system.
“A cube of food” rule… ::bs:: Ask any company that sells mysis shrimp why you should buy their brand of mysis shrimp and you’ll quickly believe their food is completely different then the competitions and better for your tank. If all brands of mysis shrimp are different and you thrown in the formulated frozen foods… Cube of food can’t at all be used as a unit of measurement.
As Rosti said every little bit helps and he is sure it is helping because algae is growing on it. If you set up one and are never able to grow algae on it then it isn’t helping much. If you pull tons of algae off all the time that algae may have otherwise grown on the walls of your display.
It was 1" of fish per gallon just like it “was” 1 watt per gallon. But we have improved and learned. Since algae scrubbers are new I will follow the 1cube per 12 sq inches. There are people who are smarter than me over there that have had a scrubber for years and even though scrubbers have been around a long time they are pretty new for us. If you have a better way of a good starting size I’m all ears. But if not I’m starting With the rule of thumb. I don’t just want it in my system I want it to be as good as I can get it. The cube thing makes sense to me, and yes all food is different of course I know that. At rc these people are talking about photo inhibition on scrubbers due to too much light and because the scrubber is too large. I will be adding it to a 150g dt with about 250g of sump what size should I make it?
If you ask me how big of a skimmer to get, i will tell you get the biggest one you can afford/have room for. Same for algae scrubbers, make it as big as you can. i think its very hard to over skim of over scrub our closed systems.
[quote=“dunk, post:396, topic:2892”]
I’ve been reading on rc about them they say 12x12 per cube a day so if you feed one cube of food you need a 12x12 scrubber with 13 watts of light I think I will be adding one on the future[/quote]
“They” are always the king of all knowledge. Especially the “they” on rc. verdict_in
This would be the same case for size of refugiums or how many pounds of liverock you use.(or even 1" of fish per Xgallons of water or Xwatts of lighting per X gallons) You can’t really make an accurate rule of thumb as every system is a very different living system.
“A cube of food” rule… ::bs:: Ask any company that sells mysis shrimp why you should buy their brand of mysis shrimp and you’ll quickly believe their food is completely different then the competitions and better for your tank. If all brands of mysis shrimp are different and you thrown in the formulated frozen foods… Cube of food can’t at all be used as a unit of measurement.
As Rosti said every little bit helps and he is sure it is helping because algae is growing on it. If you set up one and are never able to grow algae on it then it isn’t helping much. If you pull tons of algae off all the time that algae may have otherwise grown on the walls of your display. [/quote]
So jon can you give me any info to help? Other than saying to size per cube is ::bs::
“At rc these people are talking about photo inhibition on scrubbers due to too much light and because the scrubber is too large.”
This doesn’t make a lot of sense, but I’m not going to bother with dissecting it.
My recommendation would be to make it 12.2345cm by 26.234cm because based my calculations for the amount of calories you are putting into your tank converting that to grams of protein based on the Newton squared law of science… This should avoid photo inhibition as long as you use a 16.25watt bulb heavy in the green spectrum and stick to the peppermint schnapps(the vodka is for Ken’s tank)…
Sarcasm. Seriously ignore what I said and go with Rostis hands on expeirence.
[quote=“Rosti, post:404, topic:2892”]
make it as big as you can.[/quote]
All I was saying is don’t over complicate things. You can not put a formula on a biological system as complicated as this. If you have room for a 12" scrubber go for it. If you only have room for an 11.5" scrubber don’t get frustrated and give up on the hobby.
Anything living in your sump at this point Rosti? Besides macro, works, and crustaceans? (thinking pipe-fish or similar?) Let’s get another peak under the hood.
Your tank never ceases to amaze. Enjoy the JF piece maybe one day when it grow out and I will come by and ask for a piece of it I will miss the bonsai my favorite sps.
How did you build your algae scrubber Rosti? I think i understand everything except what holds the plastic mesh into the slit in the pvc pipe? Also, do you notice any reduction in flow from your overflow because of it?
Your tank is beautiful as always ::drool:: definitely an inspiration
[quote=“ponies99, post:411, topic:2892”]
Also, do you notice any reduction in flow from your overflow because of it?[/quote]
Reduction from flow in the overflow would = tank overflow. I’d imagine if that was noticed then a fail safe was not built in. [/quote]
I know it would cause an overflow, that’s why I was asking him if he had problems with it. Does he have to clean the tube out when the cleans the scrubber or is it not a problem.
If I am correct last time I went and saw Rosti he told me you just clean the screen. I can not remember how he had the screen in the pvc pipe though. I know he was happy with it when I saw him and I might eventually do the same setup as him as we both have the same sump so it should not be hard.
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I will miss the bonsai my favorite sps.