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  1. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Here are some interesting technical points taken out of the current issues of Advanced Aquarist: Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine - Feature...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 20, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  2. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Well you need to take care of the fish first, of course. You did not add any chemicals to your system when you added your screen (as long as you...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 19, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  3. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    jski711 on the RS site says his scrubber fixed up his pH: "my ph was dropping too low because i wasn't running my skimmer. the skimmer would help...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 18, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  4. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Nothing wrong with black algae; look at the pics of the LFS test earlier in the thread... pure black. Here's the last pic before it's first...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 17, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  5. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Reminder Of The Day: Yellowing of the water: This is due to cleaning or scraping the screen while the screen is still in the tank water system...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 17, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  6. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    I just finished up some diagrams of the most-used screen installations. The overflow-feed is good because it usually has a very large flow capacity,...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 16, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  7. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Today's build of the day is another one made from a gravel vac. These are easy because you don't need a special cutting tool to cut the slot in the...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  8. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    You are right, I meant Phyto Feast Live by Reef Nutrition, which I also use.
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  9. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    I chose an algae screen because my previous setup of skimmer, gfo, carbon and polyfilters could not get the algae off of my rocks and back wall (was...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  10. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Iraf that's good that you get zero N and P in your tanks. You won't be needing to change your filtering anytime soon.
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  11. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Thanks for the link to the "real" algae. I'm sure the readers with N and P problems are happy that you are trying to help them, by showing them what...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  12. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    A Reader Pulls the Plug! "Scuba Pro" on the UR site has some good results to tell; here are his complete posts: 9/3: Santamonica after reading...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  13. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    For those interested in algae filtering: After having run my screen(s) for a while, I'm noticing an interesting situation with the nitrate that...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 13, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  14. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    From the first paragraph of this thread: "IF anybody has not yet hooked up their refugium or skimmer, or was JUST LOOKING to get rid of these...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 13, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  15. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Iraf: I don't know, the bucket took about an hour to build. And I had all the parts except the plastic canvas screen, which was $1 at the sewing...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 13, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  16. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    It's Time For The Santa Monica 120 Acrylic! Ok it's time to move my screen from the ugly bucket by the sink (with hoses, wires, timers, etc) to...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 11, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  17. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    The Power Of Light. Here's an interesting growth sequence. This fellow started out with just a low power NO tube, on one side. After switching to...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 10, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  18. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Yes I thought that was the purpose of the Eco? Didn't it come with lights? One problem with the Eco design is that you can't removed the paddles to...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 10, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  19. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Santa Monica. I have already asked you not to badmouth members of other forums. Please refrain from doing so and also please keep our forum...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 9, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  20. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    This one is a very nice build from someone who knows how to work with acrylic. It's another elevated-screen setup, and the main advantage of his is...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Sep 9, 2008 in forum: I made this!
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