几乎只要礁石坦克就已经存在，迷你礁饲养员已经采用了各种形式的藻类来控制和减少水族馆水的养分。The popularity of using micro or macroalgae for this purpose has waxed and waned over the decades but more recently we’re seeing quite a resurgence of dedicated algae growing chambers, and we’ve recently developed a unique approach to getting the most from an aquarium algae ‘scrubber’.
首先，我们想指出，新的礁石水族师的激增一直在混合养食物和藻类洗涤器，使用它们都好像可以互换，但事实并非如此。一种refugium应该专注于为小羊皮动物（远离掠食性鱼）提供庇护所和繁殖地。藻类洗涤器，尤其是大型藻反应堆，can对于所有这些小动物来说，它是一个重要的无意避难所，但重点应真正放在优化藻类生长上。
有了这两个观点，我们相信现场的旋转质量Chaetomorphawhich has become a nearly solid living cylinder of macroalgae in our main system sump is about as optimized as you can get. We’ve developed a dedicated reaction chamber in this sump using no extra equipment with a number of benefits that helps this barrel of algae grow very fast, and very dense.
我们估计每小时通过该腔室有1,500加仑的实际1,500加仑，而供给这一部分的一排孔产生了非常strong rotating water movement. The spinning motion of the live dense algae generates very strong water flow around and throughout the living algae filter, and it has the added benefit of exposing all sides of theChaetomorphathe bright Tunze LED striplights.
Speaking of which, we are extremely fond of the diffused,submersible form factor of the Tunze LEDs碰巧的是，这些灯在淹没时奔跑几乎是明亮的两倍。我们知道，如果我们使用Tunze专用的园艺光谱，我们可以 *获得更多的增长和光合作用，但是我们希望看到我们健康的藻类发光的绿色，而不是科学的粉红色或紫色。
In this configuration the algae barrel grows extremely dense, functioning both as a very effective nutrient and carbon dioxide remover, but also an excellent form of phytoremediation. Every time we harvest this algae we are also permanently removing a vast array of unwanted heavy metals and other pollutants that can build up in some marine aquarium systems over a very long period of time.
这个专用的旋转室不仅会从碎屑中生长出贝吉祖，而且藻类是可以进入的，并且可以直接收获，而无需任何反应器打开或维护。令人惊讶的是，Tunze LED条带在其表面几乎没有藻类，这可能是由于藻类的巨型球完全胜过。
一种side from that, the spinning barrel of algae is extremely photogenic and totally hypnotic to watch in motion. We’ve piqued a lot of interest with this particular approach of concentratedChaetomorphaculture so we’ll be sure to do some follow ups to explain and describe more about how this algae chamber behaves and performs over time.
