I have a great Turbo Aquatics Algae Scrubber. I get large softball sized balls of hair algae every 5-7 days. Water overflows the scrubber within 10-15 days due to too much algae growth.
I'm looking to travel more in the next year starting with a 15 day tour of Europe next year. Possibly a month or more at a time in the winters after that. I need a much simpler to manage phosphate solution for a large tank. (340 gallon display 75 gallon sump) .
Plus the algae turf scrubber doesn't keep up with phosphates. With routine logged testing with Hanna ULR tester, I'm raising an average of .001 ppm per day. Possibly more. I supplement that with 5-10 ml per day of Lanthinum chloride into my Reefmat 1200.
I have a denitrator, a converted Nu-Clear cannister filter to a pile of matrix rock. My nitrates are constant at 10-20 ppm. Hanna HR tester.
Is there an easier to maintain (than a traditional ATS) for guests to come in and within 2 minutes pull some algae and walk away. I'm also personally getting tired of cleaning the screen too. It's taking 10-15 minutes everytime to clean it.
I've looked at the Surf 4s, which seem enticing, but for my level of phosphate management I'd need like 8 of them. Which, then becomes a chore to keep clean as well, not to mention room in the sump for that many, then cost on top of that.
Looking at creative ideas for phosphate management that I could trust a non-reefer to manage. My corals are all looking amazing and fish doing amazingly well, and don't want to be gone for three weeks and see everything going downhill. Or spend 6 months recovering things.
I'm looking to travel more in the next year starting with a 15 day tour of Europe next year. Possibly a month or more at a time in the winters after that. I need a much simpler to manage phosphate solution for a large tank. (340 gallon display 75 gallon sump) .
Plus the algae turf scrubber doesn't keep up with phosphates. With routine logged testing with Hanna ULR tester, I'm raising an average of .001 ppm per day. Possibly more. I supplement that with 5-10 ml per day of Lanthinum chloride into my Reefmat 1200.
I have a denitrator, a converted Nu-Clear cannister filter to a pile of matrix rock. My nitrates are constant at 10-20 ppm. Hanna HR tester.
Is there an easier to maintain (than a traditional ATS) for guests to come in and within 2 minutes pull some algae and walk away. I'm also personally getting tired of cleaning the screen too. It's taking 10-15 minutes everytime to clean it.
I've looked at the Surf 4s, which seem enticing, but for my level of phosphate management I'd need like 8 of them. Which, then becomes a chore to keep clean as well, not to mention room in the sump for that many, then cost on top of that.
Looking at creative ideas for phosphate management that I could trust a non-reefer to manage. My corals are all looking amazing and fish doing amazingly well, and don't want to be gone for three weeks and see everything going downhill. Or spend 6 months recovering things.