General news about this site Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:53:11 +0000 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:53:11 +0000 Algae Scrubbing https://www.algaescrubbing.com/forums/site-announcements.18/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:19:27 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-davis-s.979/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-davis-s.979/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
Submit another ticket please!]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:45:17 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/trouble-registering.941/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/trouble-registering.941/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
If anyone is having difficulty registering a user account, please fill out the "Contact Us" form (link at bottom of...

Trouble registering?]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:59:22 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/join-the-turbos-aquatics-support-group-on-facebook.940/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/join-the-turbos-aquatics-support-group-on-facebook.940/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
But if you are just not a big on forums and/or email, join the Turbo's Aquatics Support Group on Facebook!

Turbo's Aquatics Support Group | Facebook

This group is open for anyone to join - whether you purchased an Algae Scrubber directly from Turbo's Aquatics, or if you bought it second-hand!

Also remember to Like and Follow the Turbo's Aquatics Facebook Page...

Join the Turbo's Aquatics Support Group on Facebook!]]> Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:53:21 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/website-downtime.937/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/website-downtime.937/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
So no one person was "suspended" - it was the website itself. This was due to some suspected spammer activity, and you can thank some spammers from the Republic of Moldova for that. Over 65% of the traffic for the last month has come from one IP address. But that wasn't the main issue, it was just suspected.

The issue had to do...

Website Downtime]]> 3 Sun, 04 Jun 2017 21:19:27 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/new-server.886/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/new-server.886/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
Planning to make a few "structural" change to the forum also, to simplify it a bit more, like Combining sub-forums so there are fewer & make use of thread prefixes instead. But, no rush on that, many other things going on in life...]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:16:22 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-a-nossoff.870/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-a-nossoff.870/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
Please sign up for a gmail account and email me from that. The issue is with your service provider, who is aggressively blocking email from just about any source.]]> Sat, 18 Jun 2016 17:31:07 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-yahoo-e-mail-users.822/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-yahoo-e-mail-users.822/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo please read and follow this guide!

Yahoo (along with several other email providers) use aggressive anti-spam tools to help protect you. Unfortunately, some of the "rules" that these tools use quite often treat most forum-generated emails as junk.

In order to ensure that you receive the e-mail alerts from the forum for things like replies to threads you are watching, conversation messages (PMs), mentions, and especially the initial account...

Attention: Yahoo e-mail users]]> 2 Sat, 11 Jun 2016 04:12:58 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-gmail-users.824/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-gmail-users.824/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo please read and follow this guide!

Gmail (along with several other email providers) use aggressive anti-spam tools to help protect you. Unfortunately, some of the "rules" that these tools use quite often treat most forum-generated emails as junk.

In order to ensure that you receive the e-mail alerts from the forum for things like replies to threads you are watching, conversation messages (PMs), mentions, and especially the initial account...

Attention: Gmail users]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2016 03:24:51 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-aol-e-mail-users.823/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-aol-e-mail-users.823/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo please read and follow this guide!

AOL (along with several other email providers) use aggressive anti-spam tools to help protect you. Unfortunately, some of the "rules" that these tools use quite often treat most forum-generated emails as junk.

In order to ensure that you receive the e-mail alerts from the forum for things like replies to threads you are watching, conversation messages (PMs), mentions, and especially the initial account...

Attention: AOL e-mail users]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2016 02:07:49 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-hotmail-or-any-microsoft-e-mail-users.821/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-hotmail-or-any-microsoft-e-mail-users.821/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo please read and follow this guide!

Microsoft (along with several other email providers) use aggressive anti-spam tools to help protect you. Unfortunately, some of the "rules" that these tools use quite often treat most forum-generated emails as junk.

In order to ensure that you receive the e-mail alerts from the forum for things like replies to threads you are watching, conversation messages...

Attention: Hotmail (or any Microsoft) e-mail users]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:51:20 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/banned-from-the-algae-scrubber-site.217/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/banned-from-the-algae-scrubber-site.217/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
I guess it was only a matter of time.

I did not do anything that I felt was inappropriate besides making a blatant point about the growth sequence of one user's SURF2 scrubber, to which he had just posted several reasons that might explain his poor growth, and I basically was the one that forced the point that there had to be something else...

Banned from the Algae Scrubber site]]> 63 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:22:59 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-tapatalk-users-try-the-mobile-browser-version-please.730/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/attention-tapatalk-users-try-the-mobile-browser-version-please.730/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
The reason I am bringing this up is because I am seriously considering removing Tapatalk. While I haven't personally had any major issue with it (from the perspective of a site administrator) it is reportedly horribly coded and there appear to be a lot of security-related concerns. They have done...

Attention Tapatalk Users: Try the mobile browser version please!]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:05:17 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/turbos-aquatics-donates-to-the-reef-savvy-fundraiser-for-st-jude-give-thanks-walk.499/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/turbos-aquatics-donates-to-the-reef-savvy-fundraiser-for-st-jude-give-thanks-walk.499/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
I got an e-mail about this raffle to raise funds for the walk, and thought "Hey, no Algae Scrubber?"

Fixed that.

http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=2262257&fr_id=21012&pg=personal

https://www.facebook.com/Turbos.Aquatics

Sorry to all you waiting for an L2. It's a good cause, I hope you'll understand!]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2014 21:12:35 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/please-report-any-bugs-here.461/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/please-report-any-bugs-here.461/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
Thanks
Bud]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:57:18 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/algae-scrubber-thread-links-sub-forum-updated-format.415/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/algae-scrubber-thread-links-sub-forum-updated-format.415/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo Algae Scrubber Thread Links sub-forum designated for linking to other content outside of this forum.

Now, when you start a thread, you will be prompted to add a Location prefix in the title of the thread.

I also moved a few threads that I had worked on a while back into the public forum (for the "Mega" and "Lowest Cost" thread links).

Please, if you have a forum that you...

Algae Scrubber Thread Links Sub-forum - Updated Format]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:20:30 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/announcing-algaescrubbing-com.402/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/announcing-algaescrubbing-com.402/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo www.algaescrubbing.com

As long as I can get the details straight, this will happen this week, possibly today.

2 years ago, I set up this forum primarily for promoting my products and supporting my customers. I always have stated that it was open to all hobbyists. However it occurred to me that some might hesitate to post questions or pictures of their systems if...

Announcing Algaescrubbing.com!]]> 4 Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:57:50 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/turbos-aquatics-is-now-a-sponsor-on-3reef-com.198/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/turbos-aquatics-is-now-a-sponsor-on-3reef-com.198/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
http://www.3reef.com/forums/turbos-aquatics/]]> Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:24:16 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/congrats-for-making-reefbuilders.190/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/congrats-for-making-reefbuilders.190/ invalid@example.com (Ace25) Ace25
http://reefbuilders.com/2013/08/30/turbos-aquatics-turbo-hf-scrubber/]]> 2 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 14:56:29 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/like-our-facebook-page.189/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/like-our-facebook-page.189/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Turbos-Aquatics/574573072581734?ref=br_tf]]> Tue, 13 Aug 2013 19:17:41 +0000 https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/visit-the-turbos-aquatics-booth-at-macna-2013-in-miami.130/ https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/visit-the-turbos-aquatics-booth-at-macna-2013-in-miami.130/ invalid@example.com (Turbo) Turbo
This will (to my knowledge) be the World's First algae scrubber booth at a major aquarium convention! If you are planning to go to MACNA and are interested in purchasing a scrubber, there will be a killer deal for those who attend the show. This deal is only available to attendees of the show!

I am also...

Visit the Turbo's Aquatics booth at MACNA 2013 in Miami!]]> 2