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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
 

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ravi197699

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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,
 

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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,
 

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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.
 

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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
 

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ravi197699

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Updates , Scrubber running
 

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ravi197699

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More Pictures
 

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ravi197699

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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
 

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