Barleychown Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Has anyone here ever done a DIY turf scrubber? I would really like to try one and am looking for any tips or pointers before I try to build one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Im to assume this is for a planted tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barleychown Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 Not really, more along the same thought as a refugium (from what I understand) for nutrient control and pod production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrylics Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Prolly more effort than they're worth IMO unless you are using this as essentially a sole source of filtration. You'll want several species of algea in the mesh to remove a wider variety of "wastes" from the water. Getting good laminar flow down the sheet is critical, if you don't water will follow the path of least resistance and not get "scrubbed" at all. Run carbon after the ATS to get rid of the yellowing of water. Get the book "Dynamic Aquaria" by Walter Adey & Karen Loveland. Adey worked at the Smithsonian doing ATS systems. The systems were/are met with some debate but good fun and you'll learn a lot Do a Google search using "ATS" & "Adey" as criteria, you'll get lots of opinions and lotsa facts, in general - alotta good info from knowledgeable folks. HTH, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Ancient thread resurection Prolly more effort than they're worth IMO unless you are using this as essentially a sole source of filtration. You'll want several species of algea in the mesh to remove a wider variety of "wastes" from the water. Getting good laminar flow down the sheet is critical, if you don't water will follow the path of least resistance and not get "scrubbed" at all. Run carbon after the ATS to get rid of the yellowing of water. Get the book "Dynamic Aquaria" by Walter Adey & Karen Loveland. Adey worked at the Smithsonian doing ATS systems. The systems were/are met with some debate but good fun and you'll learn a lot Do a Google search using "ATS" & "Adey" as criteria, you'll get lots of opinions and lotsa facts, in general - alotta good info from knowledgeable folks. HTH, James Talk about resurecting a old thread. I found this pretty intresting thread on turf scrubbers that people are experimenting with over at saltcity.com. Might be something to think about if someone gets bored. Try it. These guys are doing it and its working for them. http://www.salt-city.org/showthread.php?t=6980 Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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