Algae Scrubber with LED Lights on Salt Water Reef Tank

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OG`s Fishroom - 6 years ago

Cool video check out my fish channel, lets sub each other up! Thanks OG

Nick Buis - 6 years ago

Sweet tank bro love it

GCCCP - 7 years ago

im trying to do what you did with your doser. Did you drill a hole in that fridge ?

pauls reef - 7 years ago

Do I need to improve anything on the scrubber I posted on my YouTube?

Libi Magaña - 7 years ago

Dam that's amazing!! Your so smart I love it

Vado Velocity - 7 years ago

can i buy this setup with the lights included ?

Vado Velocity - 7 years ago

also the mini frige do u have a video on how its set up?

Beau Bourque - 7 years ago

I'm digging the organization beautiful setup and tank. #goals

jurgen Boes - 7 years ago

dont you even have a protienskimer in there?

Manuel Lopez - 7 years ago

Hello awesome aquarium do you have the diagram and name of parts and led so I could make one?

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Joe Shmoe - 7 years ago

What are you pulling out with the water changes?

rafiqul chowdhury - 7 years ago

nice system

Man Cave Reef - 7 years ago

I really love the cabinets around the tank. I'm thinking doing something like that. can you send me a picture of it. Very nice set up.

UPSIPO - 7 years ago

I guess this "set up" , will not "fit" in my living room

UPSIPO - 7 years ago

Thumbs up ,

Brady Hubbard - 7 years ago

Still having success with only 10 gallon water changes every 2 weeks? Is the ATS really that great for the reef?

Marcel Martins - 7 years ago

Sensational !!! Congratulations!!!

William Carino - 7 years ago

I want to be you when I grow up.

Deepak Srinivas - 8 years ago

is it 12inches/6inches screen...thank u for ur reply

Deepak Srinivas - 8 years ago

wat size is the screen....ATS....and how many watts led ur using.....

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Steve - 8 years ago

looks like Frankenstein's lab.I'd have to take two days a week off work to attend it...wouldn't be a lot easier to just have the scrubber slide into the side of the tank?

wurfag - 8 years ago

why would you put it inside the tank when you have a sump? :s

Fredrick Johnson - 8 years ago

Best setup I've seen, and the tank looks beautiful

Vapesters Lounge - 8 years ago

awesome set up an fiktration

ellison torres - 8 years ago

get some rabbit fish to eat those algae. btw we use that same algae as bait to fish rabbit fish.

REEFER JAMES - 8 years ago

Great Job!

worlukk - 8 years ago

great video and beautiful tank and setup !

Mike Newhook - 8 years ago

Mine is 11 days old and is still brown...noticed yours was green the majority of the startup...and tips? Does it have to be enclosed?

steve lane - 8 years ago

For people asking. This system requires no skimmer....what the skimmer does is remove fish waste that your corals need to thrive. The algae scrubber is a natural (algae) filtration which once it`s run in....maybe 10 to 12 months you should see next to no algae in your tank and even very little on the glass. The scrubber is scraped or harvested about every 10 days and the lights are usually on 16 hrs a day.

steve lane - 7 years ago

Quite straight forward really.

Essie S - 7 years ago

Gabriel Q the algae in the scrubber strips phosphates and nitrates from the water so there aren't any nutrients for algae to propagate in the tank

john faur - 7 years ago

Gabriel Q it out competes algea anywhere else in the tank

Gabriel Q - 7 years ago

Could you explain how something like this would reduce algae in the tank?

Briar Fox - 8 years ago

That is a bunch of equipment! What are the dimensions of your tank? I had a client that had a 220 gallon tank and it was much bigger than this one.

Mike Newhook - 8 years ago

This is awesome! You run no skimmer?

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Jon Bonez - 8 years ago

where did you get the led lights?

Jon Bonez - 8 years ago

where did you get the led lights?

Reef Calvetti_ - 8 years ago

not skimmer?

Jorge Figueroa - 8 years ago

+Rodrigo Calvetti It seems like the scrubber is doing all the work

Beth White - 8 years ago

Great set up! But aren't you worried some electricals may fall down from the top of your unit into your sump and electrocute your fish?

Steve - 8 years ago

you can buy polarity belts for the fish ..they'll be OK as long as they don't touch..each other.

Sky&Sea 4K - 8 years ago

the fish might actually be completely fine, since they're not earthed, and the charge will flow through the path of least resistance

John Smith - 8 years ago

nice tank man.

Jake Carpenter - 8 years ago

I like how you made more of a "coral reef" verses a tank loaded with too many fish. Great job!

Steffan Jansen van Vuuren - 8 years ago

Pristine...wow

dj xcentric dj xcentric - 9 years ago

what spectrum lighting are you using?

Robert Fernandez - 9 years ago

Thanks for the vid! Do you have a write up of this DIY? Is there a rule for how big does it have to be for a specific tank? Like 120 or 300 gallon tanks?

nmjhd1234 - 9 years ago

Since you stripped the water of nutrients do you have to feed your corals? Especially lps. Ive read lps dies off possibly from the water being too clean.

Michael Schmitt - 8 years ago

did you watch the video? maybe the mini fridge hooked up to dosing pumps will answer your question

Felix The Cat - 9 years ago

Where do the LEDs come from? their red?

Arnold Adolfo - 9 years ago

very nice scrubber.... need to know what kind of sheet do you use please..

Quimerateck - 9 years ago

are algae scrubers only for salt water acuariums?, im new in this.

Manny Santana - 7 years ago

Quimerateck no they are for every possible know to man tank, pond or etc....saltwater or fresh. yes even turtle ponds or aquariums.....they would love the green.

Frank - 9 years ago

what's the size dimensions of the screen?

FLC* Gaming™ - 9 years ago

all that and NO FISH HARDLY...BRO INVEST IN SOME NICE FISH.....ENJOY THE TANK....I understand u want to Coral to be the star BUT DAMN!

TheMirelyght - 8 years ago

+FLC* Gaming™ (#1 Call Of Duty CLAN) just from the few seconds of him panning over you could easily see at least 8-10 fish.....to many people over stock their tank with fish then it crashes or becomes an unbearable chore because of the amount of maintenance it requires. here he has to do very little maintenance, has quite a few fish and awesome corals....dont know what more you want but if you want giant schools of fish go watch nat geo or something....

Andrew Artiaga - 9 years ago

Do you do water changes at all with this setup?

Lazy Ass Reefer - 7 years ago

Watch the video.

TheMirelyght - 8 years ago

+Andrew Artiaga he said in his video every 2 weeks 10 gallons....man half the questions i'm reading are easily answered just by watchin the vid

halozone3 - 8 years ago

Probably does, just not as often.

yudruln8 - 9 years ago

question the whole time you had the algae scrubber its only been on 12hrs and off 12hrs? I watch the other video of the start from scratch till now

GhostCrisp86 - 9 years ago

Nice setup

Dean B - 9 years ago

Nice!..I use a algae scrubber too!

John Alex - 9 years ago

I really like that design. That's an incredible setup. Can I ask what you are using to hold your live rock in place like that?(epoxy putty?) I like the separation.

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Romy de Jesus - 9 years ago

I emailed your website twice regarding ats plexi box and the led light but nobody is answering my email.

Jason J - 9 years ago

That is definitely not a 220 Gallon Tank.. looks like a 135-150G

AK Aquatics - 9 years ago

6x2x30inches is 220 gallons

jeff mays - 9 years ago

O my my my my!!! Where is all the filtration? lol! I'm beside myself! I can't believe it!!

El Gringo - 9 years ago

you can run a reef tank with tons of live rock on nothing but a few powerheads or a skimmer output, the rock is the biological filtration. if the protein skimmer input has a few sponge layers then that will do for mechanical filtration in truth

Vandius - 9 years ago

Algae can filter and he has bags of stuff maybe carbon in the refugium.

Prince Littlewolf - 9 years ago

any idea how much you invested in your system without the tank and livestock?

Wooden Tool Man - 9 years ago

That's awesome! I'm an algae scrubber lover to lol

carlito password - 9 years ago

Hi, did you make the algae scrubber? if so, do you make & sell it to the public? Thanks!!

Eric Stephens - 9 years ago

The best algae scrubber I've ever seen where can I buy one?

tven85 - 9 years ago

really fantastic. what a simple idea, executed expertly. au naturale.

Hunter Johno - 9 years ago

Wow nice set up an amazing looking tank

Joe Scrivens - 9 years ago

free salad every 3 weeks LOL

Santa Monica Filtration - 9 years ago

There are all different types of scrubbers, some complex and some simple.

Puff Daddy Reef - 9 years ago

Rock and roll it is export time!

IceTurf - 10 years ago

This looks insanely complicated for an aquarium.

abreezeducttesting - 10 years ago

You have a nice system
The drain to your sump has a lot of air coming down to your sump I would use a ball valve and reduce flow so the pipe is under water or full siphon. then you need a second drain for emergency. This is a way to eliminate air and the drain is silent.

Kerry Dollaway - 10 years ago

Hi I must say that you have a wonderful tank and great filtration system, Please tell me, what is the coverage area of those LED lights? My screen is rectangular: 20 inches Wide by 10 inches long. Would two of these light bars work on each side? Or would I need more light bars per side? Any recommendations or help would be greatly appreciated...

sbazain - 10 years ago

Do you have problems with oyster feast giving you high nutrients

sbazain - 10 years ago

Do you have problems with oyster feast giving you high nutrients

Santa Monica Filtration - 10 years ago

I remember back in 2008 when I first got that much growth; it was a good day :)

As for bubble algae, yes an algae scrubber will remove the nutrients that all algae, including bubble algae, need to grow. The algae scrubber needs to be sized, built, and operated correctly, of course.

Freddy Delgado - 10 years ago

Can this work for bubble algae ?

hzuiel - 10 years ago

What it does, is attract algae to grow somewhere that can easily be harvested, which starves algae in other places of nutrients. If your algae scrubber grows a lot of algae for you to harvest, the bubble algae should starve.

jjiron706 - 10 years ago

I'm impressed with your whole setup, filtration and feeding are carefully crafted. I would like to see more of the tank.

paul elliott - 10 years ago

BUT ALGAE IS HEAVEN 2 EAT FOR THE BODY, GROSE IN THE SEA AMAZING HUMANS HAVE TO LEARN WHAT IT IS..........

Lee Mitchell - 10 years ago

Is there a way to order 1 power supply and 4 lights as opposed to having 4 lights with 4 power supplies?

Beto - 10 years ago

How many watts are you using ?

severe weather - 10 years ago

You oughta dump that weeks worth of algae in your local pond the turtles will thank you

Brian Story - 10 years ago

I like it. I see me doing this in the future.

torosax - 10 years ago

Hey there, quick question for ya... I just recently installed a "floating algae scrubber". I looked at the LEDs on your website and wondered if there's any possibility of getting a shorter strip.. the box I have is only maybe 7-8" long and I don't want to light up any other part of the tank other than the scrubber section.. Any help would be great!

Ridwan Lay - 10 years ago

hi, do u use 2 of " LED Grow Light Bar" for each side, so all total 4 light bar, is it?

Team Expressions - 10 years ago

On the scrubber shown, yes it has 2 LED light bars on each side. However, it only had 1 on each side for many months and grew algae just fine as well. The extra light when the other 2 were added made the algae grow thicker and longer.

orange crushz28 - 10 years ago

Great tank ...awesome filter system....

MUD BLOOD BEER - 10 years ago

Dude, awesome, but clean the algae off every 7 days !!!???

Popa Mircea - 10 years ago

beautiful algae

Fabrizio Bortoletto - 10 years ago

hi, where did you get that black box to support the pvc and the light?

Expressions-LTD - 10 years ago

A jig saw, table saw, and sand paper will allow you to build exactly what you need. You'll need the special glue for Plexiglass- also on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096TWKCW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0096TWKCW&linkCode=as2&tag=expressions-ltd-20

Expressions-LTD - 10 years ago

The scrubber box I built from 1/4" Plexiglas, and used black spray paint designed for plastic. You can order Plexiglas from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009AEAFIE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B009AEAFIE&linkCode=as2&tag=expressions-ltd-20

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