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Inoneear · 01-26-2010, 11:19 PM

The most important part....ease of cleaning!

So this is what I came up with. Simple to remove and replace while the filter is running.

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With the screen attached. First attempt.

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And this is what is wrong with this design.

A "sock" with high flow.

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You don't want water flowing out the back of this screen. It's a waist of flow and filtering capability

So, this is round #2 for the screen.

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I've modified this a bit lately by moving the bolts out to the edge of the filter.

And with lighting you get this...

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Time to clean!

The rule of thumb is to clean your screen every 7 days or sooner if you have quick thick growth.

With my four screens, I can clean each one separately every 2 days without shocking the tank or loosing filtering capability.

Now on the back side. No flow [or very little] you get no algae. That is good.

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So, -you want 34+ gallons an hour per inch of width of screen.
-Scrape your screens. The rougher the better!
-3000k lighting
-clean screen every 7 days [if used for salt water tanks rinse in fresh
water to kill pods that are living on the screen and eating the algae,
which could cause yellowing of the water. That is also the reason
you shouldn't clean the screens in the tank.
-Rinse well before replacing in tank so loose algae doesn't fall off.
You want to remove everything the algae filtered out of you tank,
not replace it with this algae.

01-26-2010, 11:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Inoneear Inoneear's Photo Gallery Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 83 My location Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 0 Times Said "Thanks" 1 Times Was Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Bucket Algae Scrubber The most important part....ease of cleaning! So this is what I came up with. Simple to remove and replace while the filter is running. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] With the screen attached. First attempt. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] And this is what is wrong with this design. A "sock" with high flow. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] You don't want water flowing out the back of this screen. It's a waist of flow and filtering capability So, this is round #2 for the screen. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] I've modified this a bit lately by moving the bolts out to the edge of the filter. And with lighting you get this... [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] Time to clean! The rule of thumb is to clean your screen every 7 days or sooner if you have quick thick growth. With my four screens, I can clean each one separately every 2 days without shocking the tank or loosing filtering capability. Now on the back side. No flow [or very little] you get no algae. That is good. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] So, -you want 34+ gallons an hour per inch of width of screen. -Scrape your screens. The rougher the better! -3000k lighting -clean screen every 7 days [if used for salt water tanks rinse in fresh water to kill pods that are living on the screen and eating the algae, which could cause yellowing of the water. That is also the reason you shouldn't clean the screens in the tank. -Rinse well before replacing in tank so loose algae doesn't fall off. You want to remove everything the algae filtered out of you tank, not replace it with this algae.