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  1. SantaMonica
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    Micro-Small Algae Remover System for Nano's: Free!

    Part 2 of 2 o Removes both nitrate and phosphate, unlike rock/sand (which removes only nitrate), or phosban (which removes only phosphate). o...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 25, 2008 in forum: Algae
  2. SantaMonica
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    Micro-Small Algae Remover System for Nano's: Free!

    Part 1 of 2 Micro-Small Algae Remover System for Nano's: Free! It's called a Turf Algae Filter, and it works in salt or freshwater. Takes just a...
    Thread by: SantaMonica, Aug 25, 2008, 3 replies, in forum: Algae
  3. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Here is the first screen builder ("varga" from another thread) to reach the cleaning stage: [IMG] Some comments from him along the way: "Mine...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 25, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  4. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Here the first pre-grown installation I've seen (except for mine)... jski711 on another board said: "I can't believe how well this DIY thing worked....
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 23, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  5. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    I think you've got the idea. Only thing I might add is when fighting cyano, since it can fix it's own N out of very low amounts in the water (as...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 21, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  6. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Here's a neat screen that someone just built. Since there was no vertical room in his sump area, he asked about horizontal options and I showed him...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 20, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  7. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Phayes what's your N and P now? You only need 120 sq in of screen... a perfect size for a 5 gal bucket, or just hang the screen over your sump.
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 20, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  8. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    It does not "go back into the tank". The bucket is not "creating algae" out of nowhere; the stuff to make the algae is already in your water,...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 20, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  9. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Week 1 Screen Growth Here's some results for the turf bucket that was built for the main (not nano) build thread. Below are the pics of the screen,...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  10. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    billm: That's the Eco Wheel. You could build something similar, but the screen is much easier. pharmer: Glad you find it useful. bawest: You...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  11. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Pics? SPS? Skimmer?
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  12. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Here's another cool screen just built by someone, designed to be over the sump and drain down into it. He says after he adjusted adjusted the flow,...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  13. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Ok here are the results of the 5 gal nano test. First, here is the tank, which has 3 pounds LR, a SSB, along with a purple lobster, a starfish, and...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 15, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  14. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Here's an interesting one that someone just built... said it took him just a few minutes: [IMG]
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 14, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  15. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Cool... how come you did not use one again?
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 14, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  16. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Yes I too saw phantoms of turf-this and turf-that (but I never had the book), and there was never enough info in one place to figure out what was...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 11, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  17. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    It's on the first page of the original post. Been turf-only for a month; took the first week for the N to get to zero.
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 11, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  18. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    It COULD hang above the tank if you want to put it up high (after all it does not hold water, so it's light), but you don't have too. The advantage...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 11, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  19. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    I don't think turf is magical, except for the fact that it processes the highest amount of N and P per unit space than any other algae, and anything...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 11, 2008 in forum: I made this!
  20. SantaMonica
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    Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, Everythin

    Yes, as I mentioned in my post, a lot of the mechanisms of turf have indeed been on the forums for a while. I read most of them going back to 2000,...
    Post by: SantaMonica, Aug 10, 2008 in forum: I made this!
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