SantaMonica Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) Time for a neat contest: The person who can guess what new aquarium product this is (and even better, what it does) wins the first one Serial Number 0001 Actually the first one will be a rough DIY version, to get feedback from people running it in different systems, but it still should work great! To enter, post here and say what the thing is or does. The most accurate and complete guess will be picked soon. Hope you win! Edited December 1, 2019 by SantaMonica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 I'll try the obvious guess, is it an algae scrubber for nutrient export?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Entered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadAShark Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, xxkenny90xx said: I'll try the obvious guess, is it an algae scrubber for nutrient export?? Well that would have been my guess too. Now I don’t know what to guess lol. Edit: I’ve got to guess it’s an algae scrubber that is completely enclosed, with particularly high surface area to make it more efficient. Of course, it is used to remove nitrates, phosphate, and some level of organics in the water. I see that it appears to have some sort of removable tray or the like at the bottom? Curving inwards to make it easier to pinch and pull out? Maybe to remove algae? It could be a light too but I feel it’s more likely a sort of tray you can pull out, do some work on, and put back in. Whatever it is, it seems like it slides all the way back (and makes up that surface) so I wonder if that bottom is actually the top of the product? That’s my guess, if that even counts. Edited December 1, 2019 by LadAShark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Entered! Algae however does not remove organics; it adds organics such as vitamin c, amino's, glucose, and of course pods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Looks like a giant pod hotel. Edit: Actually, a giant pod TRANSPORT hotel. rip off the black tape on the bottom, put it in your tank, allow the seeded pods to proliferate and mix into your system. Edited December 2, 2019 by obrien.david.j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyInside Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I'm going with an algae scrubber for AIO tanks, like the waterboxes and red sea aios. Looks like it would fit in one of the chambers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfishlover Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Submersible water quality monitor for sump tanks with digital LED display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I'm going to guess a bio block for AIO tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 obrien Entered! CrazyInside Entered! Saltfishlover Entered! (wow sounds cool) Pennywise Entered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 All in one algae scrubber to be in sump or overflow box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Entered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadAShark Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, SantaMonica said: Entered! Algae however does not remove organics; it adds organics such as vitamin c, amino's, glucose, and of course pods. It can, on the contrary, remove certain organics as the algae can utilize them for growth. That is part of why some people have serious algae growth despite low NO3 and PO4. Still, primarily a consumer of NO3 and PO4, but they still do need carbon in various forms for growth. For example, thiamine is commonly taken in by many forms of algae, but algae can also sequester various carbon compounds that are similar enough to metabolize and synthesize the vitamins another metabolites they need. Edited December 2, 2019 by LadAShark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Inorganic carbon, yes, mostly from the alk. Not organic carbon, on a meta level anyway. Of course I'm not talking about mixo's like dinos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 It’s the black box for when your tank crashes. Kinda like when planes crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadAShark Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) 15 minutes ago, SantaMonica said: Inorganic carbon, yes, mostly from the alk. Not organic carbon, on a meta level anyway. Of course I'm not talking about mixo's like dinos. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706373/ Not only are there a significant number of auxotrophs (autotrophs with a mutation that forces them to acquire a particular nutrient, hence not truly autotrophs), there is also a common misconception that even true autotrophs cannot or do not sequester organic carbon. The classification is that they do not need an organic carbon source like heterotrophs do, not they cannot make use of organic carbon sources. You are confusing autotrophs with obligate autotrophs, which many algae species are not. It would be fair to say that many species of organisms will not refuse a free meal that lands at their footsteps, and there is an inherent advantage to being able to be opportunistic. Edited December 2, 2019 by LadAShark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregonic Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Gravity fed algae scrubber for an AIO, aka no pump down flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 A tank black box; now we just need a tank audio recorder. Oregonic Entered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Ok here are the current guesses:http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?3730-Contest-Guess-what-this-is&p=41317&viewfull=1#post41317 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krux Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Algae scrubber designed to drop in to a filter sock holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Entered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40glnuvo Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 It is a filter that has a pump inside you place it in the bottom of a tank that has no sand and it cleans detritus so you tank is always clean🤯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonica Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Entered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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