Giving thanks for cleaner waters: What do you use to clean the water in your reef tank?

[Cichlid Dad]

What resources would you recommend for a DIY algae scrubber?

 

[Wave Whisperer]

Fleece roller, skimmer and refugium for me.

 

[David Carp]

I utilize filter socks, refugium, protein skimmer, DIY denitrification reactor w/vodka dosing, activated carbon & GFO in a dual reactor and weekly water changes.

What is the size of your tank? How long and how much vodka do you dose? Daily?

 

[AlexandraDreadlocksPanda]

Skimmer, fleece roller, UV, and ozone. I'll set up a refugium eventually but the tank move was only seven weeks ago and my nitrates are still low.

Exactly the same here. I always think SPS seem that little bit healthier with the addition of a little Ozone…

 

[Paul B]

What resources would you recommend for a DIY algae scrubber?

I don't know of any resources for them, I just built it out of one of those needlepoint things and water flows over it into my tank

 

[vlangel]

Macroalgae and activated carbon. Works for me!

 

[LPS Bum]

I have a ReefMat 1200 and an RSK 300 skimmer. The ReefMat is so efficient that my skimmer is essentially just a giant air stone.

As for how clean is too clean, I prefer to suck out as much garbage as possible. I can always feed more fish or coral food if need be.

 

[jpmazzone]

I only have a 20 gallon tank so I let the bio load in the rock, corrals and sand do the work!

 

[shadyraro]

Skimmer, Reefmat 250, Pax Bellum and Carbon in a reactor

 

[nursingcoral]

Skimmer, refugium, polyfilter .

 

[blazn]

What is the size of your tank? How long and how much vodka do you dose? Daily?

120 gallon DT with 55 gallon sump. I built my denitrification reactor a few months back and it took approximately 50 days to build up the bacteria to the point it was reducing DT NO3. Once I had my NO3 level where I wanted it, I found it took 12ml/day of vodka to maintain it. I dose 6ml twice a day via doser.

 

[gmflex]

2 tanks
205 gallon.. Sump with filter socks , chemi pure elite , octopus protein skimmer.. No water changes .. Just top off..
210 gallon .. Reef mat 1200 , chemi clean , octopus protein skimmer .. No water change .. Just top off..