管理养分是保持健康,平衡的礁石水族馆中没有多余藻类的最重要方面之一。奇怪的是,这样做的最好方法之一就是鼓励algae to grow in a separate part of your aquarium system, and this is often achieved by way of a dedicated algae scrubber.
藻类洗涤塔通常会混淆避难所,应优先考虑特定藻类的生长,并在我们的经验中成长Chaetomorpha是为此目的的最佳候选人。我们已经尝试了每种种植混合物的方法,以及最成功,最有效和有效的大量方法是以一种旋转的,翻滚的方式。
这种方法可使大量的水穿过整个混合物,旋转运动都可以防止碎屑在其内部积聚,还可以使藻类的所有侧面暴露于明亮,强烈的生长灯光。造成藻类种植混沌的藻类方法的唯一“缺点”是,我们经常必须收获大量的绿色物质,每7至八天收获大约五加仑的部分压缩藻类。
如果我们不经常收获,藻类的桶将停止旋转并积聚碎屑,同时照亮藻类的某些区域,并在照明其他部位的情况下,但我们保持在其顶部。But one benefit to the ‘tumbling chaeto’ method is that since it’s just in a chamber of the sump, we can easily access it without having to turn off pumps or disassemble a reactor and when something is simple and easy, you’re more likely to do it as needed.
For this second video on the tumbling chaeto reactor we answer some of the questions that were raised in our first video, hopefully clarifying how simple and effective this approach to phytoremediation can be in a reef aquarium system.