Chaeto Reactors compared to Algae Scrubbers - Page 2

holdyourlight · 03/13/2018, 05:55 AM

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Kevin Guthrie · 03/13/2018, 12:22 PM

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ATS was hands down out competing my chaeto.

I remember others reporting this in previous posts. Implies to me that hair is more efficient at removing nutrients than chaeto, so go with hair. But either one will take phosphate and nitrate down to zero if the system is big enough.

Bent · 03/13/2018, 12:35 PM

I’m glad to have read this. I’ve been considering cramming a bunch of Cheat in my empty reactor and wrapping LEDs around it.

SantaMonica · 03/14/2018, 07:48 PM

There really needs to be an air/water interface somewhere, to get fast algal growth. A simple coating of growth inside the reactor is not that. The bubbles will provide that, and will re-route as growth fills in, so perfect flow in all areas in not critical.

Scrubber_steve · 03/15/2018, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SantaMonica

There really needs to be an air/water interface somewhere, to get fast algal growth. A simple coating of growth inside the reactor is not that. The bubbles will provide that, and will re-route as growth fills in, so perfect flow in all areas in not critical.

I imagine the higher the metabolism of the algae, the more important the air/water interface would become.

and fast metabolising algaes are what you want to filter water effectively

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Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	I’m glad to have read this. I’ve been considering cramming a bunch of Cheat in my empty reactor and wrapping LEDs around it. __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

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SantaMonica Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santa Monica, California, USA Posts: 2,511	There really needs to be an air/water interface somewhere, to get fast algal growth. A simple coating of growth inside the reactor is not that. The bubbles will provide that, and will re-route as growth fills in, so perfect flow in all areas in not critical. __________________ Inventor of the easy-to-DIY upflow scrubber, and also the waterfall scrubber that everyone loves to build: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1424843