DIy Algae Scrubber.. Simple Cheap Design

[ravi197699]

Hello reefers, Here is my DIY Algae scrubber that has been running for over 2 years and it has been working great with plenty of harvest, I am planning on building bigger since I have upgraded to bigger tank.. I made this out of Wood which is sealed with 2 part epoxy and glass from lowes, 1" bulk head for drain and ball valve to control the flow, DIY 1w red led fixture which is on both sides of scrubber. I clean every 2 weeks with plenty of green alage,

Thanks,

Rav

 

[Dre]

Very innovative man. It's unbelievable how they get people to buy $300+ algae scrubbers...

 

[Reef Reaper]

Nice

 

[ravi197699]

Thanks guys, I am building bigger and I will hand this to my friend so he can use this for his 220. I will be posting pictures of the larger one, It will be same length but 10 inch wide,

 

[iliriano]

Can you post link to a vid if you have one. Thks. Look interesting

 

[ravi197699]

Well today I went to Lowes and bought 6x1 wood and i am building double the size of this one to support my current system, I cleaned my harvest today and it was more if not same algae which was 2 weeks growth... I will posting pictures of the the same newer one once I start building,

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

What kind of algae?

 

[ravi197699]

Green Hair algae

 

[iliriano]

Well today I went to Lowes and bought 6x1 wood and i am building double the size of this one to support my current system, I cleaned my harvest today and it was more if not same algae which was 2 weeks growth... I will posting pictures of the the same newer one once I start building,

Can wait to see it. And by the way nice light work.

 

[ravi197699]

Here are the pictures of the larger version of my algae scrubber, It is double the size of the one I already have running, Screen on this one will be 12" x 24", Plenty of surface area to grow GHA.. More pictures are coming as i make progress

 

[iliriano]

Looking good

 

[vashawn]

any updates?

 

[ravi197699]

I have uploaded the pictures, next is to seal the glass with epoxy which is scheduled for tomorrow...

 

[oh207]

This is where hair algae belong. :thrash:

Awesome DYI design.

Rav

 

[ravi197699]

Thanks, i should have the bigger version up and running this weekend

 

[ravi197699]

Updates , Scrubber running

 

[ravi197699]

More Pictures

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

It is my understanding that hair algae puts out some pretty nasty chemicals that inhibit growth and cause all kinds of problems for the invertebrates that we keep...

 

[iliriano]

It is my understanding that hair algae puts out some pretty nasty chemicals that inhibit growth and cause all kinds of problems for the invertebrates that we keep...

-------1 that negative not plus 1. The only thing is that it will clean the water way to much. And you have to feed more in order to keep some lps.

 

[ravi197699]

I am on heavy side when it comes to food so I have no issues with that, I have been using algae scrubber from many years and never had any issue with chemicals or keeping invertebrates, right now i have 5 xl cleaner shrimps that I bought when they were tiny and 2 salifoot crabs and snails, never had issue keeping them.. I have only seen positive results