Introducing the new Turbo Algae Scrubber! (Rev 4)

[Turbo's Aquatics]

All of them, even Rev 1! But you have a Rev 4...which begs the question, why are you asking?

Since I haven't been in touch with many of my older customers, and I know that some have left the hobby, etc, I'm going to be sending out a very short Survey Monkey thingamajig that you have to fill out in order to get the scraper. I want to keep that really super very short, like 1 page / 3 questions type of thing

 

[cono]

Lol thought I had the 2

 

[cono]

Lol thought I had the 2

Sorry

 

[Mandrew]

Where can I get one of these? And how much are they?

 

[cono]

Ask the professor of the scrubber WI h is Floyd

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

Where can I get one of these? And how much are they?

Check my signature for my website link

Lol thought I had the 2

You have L2, Rev 4

 

[cono]

Lol

 

[Black Pearl]

Did you get any shipped out today?

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

I'll be shipping 5 L4s and 2 L8s this week for sure, would have had them ready to ship tomorrow but during the week, I have to squeeze out my time. An issue with the L4 slot pipe injection parts forced me to spend a lot of extra time making the older style slot pipes until the part gets fixed so that killed off all yesterday evening.

Thankfully the issue was resolved, there was a broken part in the ultrasonic welder. But I've gone through nearly 300 defective parts lately which has been mind boggling my frustrating.

Then, there was an issue I recently discovered with the lids - one dimension ended up being off just enough to cause the lids to pop off. It wasn't an obvious issue with the initial sample parts but it was with the production parts, which is really odd.

Believe me....I've been busting my $&@ every day

 

[Black Pearl]

Oh I believe you just checking

 

[Smite]

Only time I love the sight of GHA, ha!

L2 is one of my favorite purchases for my tank. Well thought out and easy to maintain.

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

Only time I love the sight of GHA, ha!

L2 is one of my favorite purchases for my tank. Well thought out and easy to maintain.

Awesome growth!

 

[PJS]

Only time I love the sight of GHA, ha!

L2 is one of my favorite purchases for my tank. Well thought out and easy to maintain.

I'm looking forward to growing grass like that!

Santa just left my house!!

@Floyd R Turbo Thanks for all you do and the new tool to help achieve a healthier tank, much appreciated.

This is one happy 47 year old kid!

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

Been too busy to keep up with posting much!

Eye Candy

Batch hit the trucks on Friday & Monday

I modified my drain control valve to eliminate the in-line flap (the nylon thumbscrew swells up and seizes over time) and re-position it to the end of the pipe. I changed it to being incorporated into the bubble blocker attachment, and changed the control device to be one that is possible to control the position of the valve without having access to the drain/flap. Done by using a syringe, tubing, and monofilament (50 lb test fishing line). I'll likely refine the idea a bit, but it works well, it's inexpensive, and is pretty simple to customize.

 

[Black Pearl]

Hey Bud, Don't know if its been answered before but what flow rate should be used on the L4

 

[Black Pearl]

ok, I dialed it up till I got flow out of the second drain then dialed it back until there was flow exiting the main drain only, will this sufice

 

[Black Pearl]

My set up. Feed from the manifold, put a ball valve on main drain

 

[Turbo's Aquatics]

Nice install!

At first you only really need enough flow so that you have good even coverage, which is probably less than 400 GPH delivered to the screen (probably 350ish, maybe less). Once you get growth kicking in, you can increase flow and light intensity.

How you have it described is likely about right, but flow through the bottom drain depends on the valve setting also, so that's hard to judge - go for just enough flow for even coverage and then adjust the drain valve

 

[Black Pearl]

Got it, Thanks

 

[805reef]

Are we still allowed to swap out the first batch L2's for an L4 or L8? I'm thinking I want to get rid of my skimmer and switching to the ATS only.