1st question was why an ATS? Once I figured out the benefits to an ATS I had to have one. It took a lot of research, homework, and talking to knowledgeable folks such as laffingcrow from SD Reefs to figure out what system was right for me (Thank you Brian, you helped me out tremendously).
I ended up going with an AQUA Clear 70 conversion to an ATS. It has been on my FRAG tank for 2 months now and working like a champ. Works so good my skimmer was not getting anything. So I took the skimmer off.
Why did I go with an ATS? Several reasons, it is on my FRAG tank and I overfeed mainly because I want to get good growth. It was causing my tank to have a lot of hair algae. My water quality was not as good as it should be forcing me to do 2 water changes a week (I still do just because but I could push it out to 2 weeks or more with no problem).
Here are some sources that I did some research on when I was looking for the system for me:
http://www.algaescrubber.net/forums/...c.php?f=9&t=68
http://www.algalturfscrubber.com/
Just do a google search for algae turf scrubber and thousands of sites pop. There are some threads on SCR. Just search for scrubber.
I ended up going with an AQUA Clear 70 conversion to an ATS. It has been on my FRAG tank for 2 months now and working like a champ. Works so good my skimmer was not getting anything. So I took the skimmer off.
Why did I go with an ATS? Several reasons, it is on my FRAG tank and I overfeed mainly because I want to get good growth. It was causing my tank to have a lot of hair algae. My water quality was not as good as it should be forcing me to do 2 water changes a week (I still do just because but I could push it out to 2 weeks or more with no problem).
Here are some sources that I did some research on when I was looking for the system for me:
http://www.algaescrubber.net/forums/...c.php?f=9&t=68
http://www.algalturfscrubber.com/
Just do a google search for algae turf scrubber and thousands of sites pop. There are some threads on SCR. Just search for scrubber.