I was going to suggest upping your flow rate over the plates to promote green hair algae instead of the slime but if your nitrates are in check then guess slime works just as well. Thanks for a great video and ur tank is gorgeous!
I know it takes a lot of time BUT I also think it's important to actually use things for a length of time to really test it out. There are A LOT of "open box" tests and "I just got this food in the mail and they love it" videos. Cheers!
That's so kind of you to say! Long term testing is the only way to be sure of the results you will get, especially when you put something like this into the contained ecosystem of a tank.
So that’s a salt application. Noticed no chato on v2? Any way if you did put chato on it wouldn’t it need to be in a box of sorts? As I’ve seen submerged algae scrubbers for fresh develop a more fuzzy algae rather than goop.
There will be a 3.0 version to take the best features of each. If I made the bottom deeper in version 2 I could put chato down there and that could help but there would still be issues with this. For freshwater I would probably use a fast growing plant with a larger container. I will have to work on one. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts on this
Omg you have a reef tank can you show us I'm into reefing but I watch you because you do a lot of diys and I love that I found you on RUclips and been hooked ever since thanks so much for doing what you do I love seeing all the cool stuff you come up with and I have learned so much from you keep up the good work thanks all the way from Canada brampton Ontario
Have you thought of adding a kind of pass through baffle before the cheato and doing a mechanical filtration against that baffle so the water would thus have to pass through the mechanical filter, then the baffle then into the cheato? That would catch a lot of that "dirt" you mentioned and be a lot easier to clean rather then taking the cheato in and out every single time to clean it, it'd probably act as a water polisher also. I'm a freshwater keeper but just an idea I had during your video
Hey William. Thanks for watching. The dirt is part of the inevitable build up in this style of filter even if I had a prefilter. Even if I could somehow keep it from building up I would have to take out and prune the chaeto regularly. Thanks for your thoughts on this. Much appreciated
Somewhat off topic question. how do you get into becoming a service guy for aquariums? like how do you find customers and what are the requirements to do the job ect? im looking for a part time job and i think i would enjoy scrubbing peoples aquariums for some side money. but idk where to look to find people looking for someone to come to their house/business and work on their tanks.
I should probably do a video on this. The short answer is lots of leg work. I went to everywhere that I thought would want or might have an aquarium and got my name out there. I also got to know all of the local lfs and let them know what I was up to. On top of that I did a bunch of advertising and home shows. It takes time but eventually you develop a clientele. Hope that helps
LOL I was trying to figure out how #2 was keeping that tank that clean, but then you said you had a regular filter running on it as well... That's a homemade UV filter, right? That's really amazing, even though you point out the flaws! You're like Scotty in engineering... you're a miracle worker! Taking what you have, making it work, and not blowing the bloody ship apart!!! lol :-)
Same... I was wondering what the lazy man's filter is. Had a few different power outages and around 12hrs+- could bt more was asleep for one of them, but was bad enough that my tanks got bad enough it killed the snails. Taken quite some time for them to get the Nitrates back down. Since the last big outage added air/foams to the tanks so if anything does happen when away, something is still happening.
I really do need to make play lists so things can be easier to find. Here is a link to that filter ruclips.net/video/-DK6iBinJ2I/видео.html .Thanks so much for your kind words!
@@wobblysauce I left the link to that filter above so you can have a look. Fortunately that power failure happened in the summer otherwise it would have been a different result for sure.
@@FishmanEricRussell - Ah that makes since if it was emerged plates. I made a submerged algae scrubber for a large tank (260 gallons) that was kept in a sump. Had a similar issue with a prolonged power outage even though the algae didn't dry out it was enclosed in the stand and didn't get light for about 4 days. The algae died back significantly and seemed to take a little longer with regrowth than I thought it originally took. All these years I thought it was just my imagination but guess not now. I used an old window glass and some stainless steel screen door mesh to start mine. But back then we didn't have the LEDs so I started with a 150w spot light and once established reduced it to a 100w bulb. Seemed to work okay for a couple years. I broke it in a move one day and just never got around to rebuilding it.
Is it normal that the algae is red? Also is the chaeto more or less effective then the algae? edit. Read another comment and want to agree that I appreciate that you come back to old projects to let us know how they are doing. A lot of RUclipsrs promise updates and never give them.
That's the problem with short updates. I meant to mention the poorer flow rate through this version of the filter. As the filter gets dirty it results in areas where less desirable algae can grow. It doesn't seem to have much affect on a larger system like this one but that is something I will have to address for a 3.o version. Thanks for watching and mentioning this
Still working on the details but so far I prefer the flow through with the macro better and the chemistry of the tanks seems better. It just requires more chambers. The downside of it is it also requires more regular maintenance. There is definitely a 3.0 in the works and another update. Thanks so much for watching
I toyed with the drum filters that rotated due to the flow of water and found that they tended to seize up with time. I have been thinking of using stepper motors in a number of builds including drum filters and will get to them sometime soon. Thanks for watching.
@@FishmanEricRussell lol... I've seen any number of motor types. One guy uses windshield wiper motors. The closest I've been to stepper motors was in some of the first graphical plotters. Dot matrix printers probably use steppers. I'd just be happy with not having to DIY the space shuttle in my garage.
@@Shalmaneser1 As in all things finding a balance is the trick. Larger pore size will handle dirtier situations without clogging. Smaller pore size will clean out more but with a dirty situation may clog easily.
Cheato 😱. I need to get me some cheato 😱. Damn that stuff grow fast. Dirty means it’s working 🤭.do you use that algae to feed anything? Wow that tank is soo clean 🤭look at the size of the clam 😱😱😱
I was going to suggest upping your flow rate over the plates to promote green hair algae instead of the slime but if your nitrates are in check then guess slime works just as well. Thanks for a great video and ur tank is gorgeous!
Thanks so much! Glad you like it
That is so cool!! You are very talented! That is a beautiful tank!! Thanks for sharing! Full view!
Thanks so much Ash for your kind words!
I know it takes a lot of time BUT I also think it's important to actually use things for a length of time to really test it out. There are A LOT of "open box" tests and "I just got this food in the mail and they love it" videos. Cheers!
Much appreciated as always!!!!
I love the things you work on and experiment with. I find testing over time is really the key to knowing whether anything is truly successful.
👍💕👍
That's so kind of you to say! Long term testing is the only way to be sure of the results you will get, especially when you put something like this into the contained ecosystem of a tank.
Thats a fantastic mechanical and nitrate filter
I'm so glad you like it!
So that’s a salt application. Noticed no chato on v2? Any way if you did put chato on it wouldn’t it need to be in a box of sorts? As I’ve seen submerged algae scrubbers for fresh develop a more fuzzy algae rather than goop.
There will be a 3.0 version to take the best features of each. If I made the bottom deeper in version 2 I could put chato down there and that could help but there would still be issues with this. For freshwater I would probably use a fast growing plant with a larger container. I will have to work on one. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts on this
Fish man grew his own filter! What? You’re the man! 👍
Lol! Thanks guys!
Omg you have a reef tank can you show us I'm into reefing but I watch you because you do a lot of diys and I love that I found you on RUclips and been hooked ever since thanks so much for doing what you do I love seeing all the cool stuff you come up with and I have learned so much from you keep up the good work thanks all the way from Canada brampton Ontario
Have you thought of adding a kind of pass through baffle before the cheato and doing a mechanical filtration against that baffle so the water would thus have to pass through the mechanical filter, then the baffle then into the cheato? That would catch a lot of that "dirt" you mentioned and be a lot easier to clean rather then taking the cheato in and out every single time to clean it, it'd probably act as a water polisher also. I'm a freshwater keeper but just an idea I had during your video
Hey William. Thanks for watching. The dirt is part of the inevitable build up in this style of filter even if I had a prefilter. Even if I could somehow keep it from building up I would have to take out and prune the chaeto regularly. Thanks for your thoughts on this. Much appreciated
I love the idea of testing over time too. This share was a good one. Thanks Eric, Bless up
Much appreciated Raliegh!
Somewhat off topic question. how do you get into becoming a service guy for aquariums? like how do you find customers and what are the requirements to do the job ect? im looking for a part time job and i think i would enjoy scrubbing peoples aquariums for some side money. but idk where to look to find people looking for someone to come to their house/business and work on their tanks.
I should probably do a video on this. The short answer is lots of leg work. I went to everywhere that I thought would want or might have an aquarium and got my name out there. I also got to know all of the local lfs and let them know what I was up to. On top of that I did a bunch of advertising and home shows. It takes time but eventually you develop a clientele. Hope that helps
LOL I was trying to figure out how #2 was keeping that tank that clean, but then you said you had a regular filter running on it as well... That's a homemade UV filter, right? That's really amazing, even though you point out the flaws! You're like Scotty in engineering... you're a miracle worker! Taking what you have, making it work, and not blowing the bloody ship apart!!! lol :-)
Same... I was wondering what the lazy man's filter is.
Had a few different power outages and around 12hrs+- could bt more was asleep for one of them, but was bad enough that my tanks got bad enough it killed the snails.
Taken quite some time for them to get the Nitrates back down. Since the last big outage added air/foams to the tanks so if anything does happen when away, something is still happening.
I really do need to make play lists so things can be easier to find. Here is a link to that filter ruclips.net/video/-DK6iBinJ2I/видео.html .Thanks so much for your kind words!
@@wobblysauce I left the link to that filter above so you can have a look. Fortunately that power failure happened in the summer otherwise it would have been a different result for sure.
Okay so I think I missed a video or something... What issues did you have with version 2 and the power outage?
Hey J! During the power failure version 2 dried out and it took much longer to come back to a useful level as compared to version 1.
@@FishmanEricRussell - Ah that makes since if it was emerged plates. I made a submerged algae scrubber for a large tank (260 gallons) that was kept in a sump. Had a similar issue with a prolonged power outage even though the algae didn't dry out it was enclosed in the stand and didn't get light for about 4 days. The algae died back significantly and seemed to take a little longer with regrowth than I thought it originally took. All these years I thought it was just my imagination but guess not now.
I used an old window glass and some stainless steel screen door mesh to start mine. But back then we didn't have the LEDs so I started with a 150w spot light and once established reduced it to a 100w bulb. Seemed to work okay for a couple years. I broke it in a move one day and just never got around to rebuilding it.
Is it normal that the algae is red? Also is the chaeto more or less effective then the algae?
edit. Read another comment and want to agree that I appreciate that you come back to old projects to let us know how they are doing. A lot of RUclipsrs promise updates and never give them.
That's the problem with short updates. I meant to mention the poorer flow rate through this version of the filter. As the filter gets dirty it results in areas where less desirable algae can grow. It doesn't seem to have much affect on a larger system like this one but that is something I will have to address for a 3.o version. Thanks for watching and mentioning this
The Saltwater tank is looking Great.
Do you think Microalgae or Macroalgae works better in devices like this?
Still working on the details but so far I prefer the flow through with the macro better and the chemistry of the tanks seems better. It just requires more chambers. The downside of it is it also requires more regular maintenance. There is definitely a 3.0 in the works and another update. Thanks so much for watching
Love your work! A man after my own heart. Onwards and upwards. 😀👍
Thanks so much!!
Wow, I can't believe you have no other filter on there, very nice
Have you looked at building a rotary drum filter?
I toyed with the drum filters that rotated due to the flow of water and found that they tended to seize up with time. I have been thinking of using stepper motors in a number of builds including drum filters and will get to them sometime soon. Thanks for watching.
@@FishmanEricRussell lol... I've seen any number of motor types. One guy uses windshield wiper motors. The closest I've been to stepper motors was in some of the first graphical plotters. Dot matrix printers probably use steppers. I'd just be happy with not having to DIY the space shuttle in my garage.
As far as I determine, the commercial RDFs use around 60 micron filters, what do you think of going smaller? Say with a pair (60/30) of RDFs?
@@Shalmaneser1 For a rotating drum any DC motor would be fine. The steppers are for another project and I was just going to keep things uniform
@@Shalmaneser1 As in all things finding a balance is the trick. Larger pore size will handle dirtier situations without clogging. Smaller pore size will clean out more but with a dirty situation may clog easily.
Why dont you use the alge from the beginning and lay it on the tree acrylics and change that .... instead of growing algee on plates
The macro algae doesn't grow on the plates unfortunately. Thanks for the thought and for watching
I’m gonna need to make something like this
Let me know how it goes
Cheato 😱. I need to get me some cheato 😱. Damn that stuff grow fast. Dirty means it’s working 🤭.do you use that algae to feed anything? Wow that tank is soo clean 🤭look at the size of the clam 😱😱😱
Hey Angelo! Chaeto is great for any refugium style for sure. Hope you're surviving the heat?
Fascinating, so instead of trying to prevent algae, you're growing it as a way to keep nitrates low because the algae will consume it? Awesome!!
It's an interesting filter stile for sure. Thanks for taking the time to come by and watch
That's a beautiful salt water tank
Thanks so much Joe. Loved that video on the story behind your goggles!
interesting
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