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Any experience with Algae Turf Scrubber (ATS)?
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JamisonSmith
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I read through the 50+ pages regarding the concept and some of its results on the Reef Sanctuary page. I am considering making one to run on my system because I am having a hair algae outbreak and thought it would help to get on top of it. The article had some great information about it. I think that someone posted the link on BRS recently which is what made me look into it.
dcforester1
Finally enjoying my tank
Leroy is running one with good result. Shoot him a PM, hes always willing to talk/help.
Reeferer
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JamisonSmith
Non-member
Try this link and plan for a couple of hours to read through the entire thing. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...ver-replaces-skimmer-refugium-everything.html
It has figures for what people are seeing for results, as well as images of people's setups. Pretty interesting read.
It has figures for what people are seeing for results, as well as images of people's setups. Pretty interesting read.
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diverbh4
Swimmin With The Fishies
ya i was reading this as well. definitely sparked my interest since it is claiming to have the benefits of removing phosphates/nitrates without taking out all the goodies in the water column like skimmers do
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diverbh4
Swimmin With The Fishies
they are saying it would be cheaper to do a bucket version than plumb a refugium. and also eliminate possibilities of having chaeto/other macro algae floating in your tank
also a refugium would be better to keep a reproducing pod population which the Algae filter does lack
*shoulda multiquoted sorry
Leroy
Pres. NE Matchcover Club
I am testing an Algae Turf Scrubber with very good results. I run my lighting for 8 hrs after my refugium lights shut off. The algae needs a photosynthesis time to grow as well as an off cycle. It only cost a few dollars to build and set up easily running off my manifold from the return pump. What I have noticed is my frag disks and plugs under T5's no longer build up algae.
DoctaQ
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i have a mini ats sitting on top of my hob, its just a plastic mesh that i scratched up with a rock and rubbed some algae on, lit it with an led and its grown to cover the whole thing, its pretty slow, no doubt but i used mine to target specific algaes.
i used to have this black beard lookin stuff so i seeded the scrubber with that, and it spread and now i have none in my tank, hair algae is gone too, i still have this red wirey stuff and along with some macro, its all i have in my tank, i might go ahead and re-seed it with some of the red wirey stuff to see if it will work for me again.
i used to have this black beard lookin stuff so i seeded the scrubber with that, and it spread and now i have none in my tank, hair algae is gone too, i still have this red wirey stuff and along with some macro, its all i have in my tank, i might go ahead and re-seed it with some of the red wirey stuff to see if it will work for me again.
Leroy
Pres. NE Matchcover Club
Here's a website with a lot of ATS discussion. http://www.algaescrubber.net/forums/
I ran 1 for about 8 months, didn't notice much of a change in water quality. Even purchased a pre-grown pad. But as others have mentioned, easy to setup/build/maintain. Just make sure the lights are strong enough and close to the pad. I built mine from the reef sanctuary link also.
Enterprise
Non-member
I have a accidental one growing on my pyramid type return on my Neo Nano. I still have hair algae but the tank is still too new to tell a difference.
