Since the dawn of mini reef tanks, exporting nutrients to keep aquarium water clean has always been one of the most important tasks to having a successful, thriving tank. Between activated carbon to protein skimming, carbon dosing and denitrification, algae scrubbers have been in the conversation of nutrient export since the beginning but it’s making a big resurgence with the increasing popularity of chaetomorpha reactors.
Chaetomorpha Reactors are one of the more interesting newer developments in the reef aquarium hobby. Some models like thePax BellumA.R.I.D. are the hot rods of chaetomorpha reactors, but there’s plenty of simpler and cheaper ways to get concentrated macroalgae scrubbing from basic media reactors.
毕竟,坦克上有灯光和专用室以生长大量藻类的储罐之间的性能和功效差异很小。毫无疑问,某些复杂的Chaeto反应堆对成长的大宏观的使命进行了精心调整,但是,任何带有灯光的旧反应堆都会使您达到90%的途径。
A perfect example is this LED-wrapped media reactor created by Ricky Tang of UPLights. With a stockpile of flexible LED strips at his disposal, Ricky took aSeaSide Aquatics双媒体反应堆并将其包裹在蓝色和红色园艺LED带中。蓝色和红色的LED非常适合驱动光合作用,虽然它们可能很弱,但它们是如此便宜,以至于包裹一连串的一连串可以轻松照亮整个媒体反应堆的身体。
One big consideration with using these off the shelf LED striplights is to limit any exposure to moisture. These non-waterproof strips will not only be damaged by exposure to moisture, but could also be a fire hazard since they are not completely sealed like some other dedicated aquarium LED light sources.
然而,这种DIY Chaetomorpha反应堆在水箱外的专用区域中应非常有效地生长大型藻类。种植大量的Chaetomorpha并去除水族馆水中的废物滋养的大藻类是非常有益的,这是一种营养的出口,永远不会过时。