Author: Santa Monica Filtration

The great thing about a scrubber is that it grows exactly what many fish eat naturally. Even fish that you think would not eat algae, such as some cichlids, will... Read more.

Now for nutrients. Nutrients are defined as inorganics, not organics. The word “nutrient” is sometimes confused with “nutrition”, and maybe... Read more.

Now for some basic differences: The first and maybe most important difference is that chaeto reactors grow only in saltwater (fish only, fish with live rock, or... Read more.

All macroalgae operate the same, chemically. They all use light photosynthetically, absorb nutrients from the water (i.e., filtering), and grow biomass. Just like... Read more.