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An excellent YouTube vid on a DIY waterfall ATS.

Discussion in 'Algae Scrubber DIY' started by atoll, Sep 17, 2015.

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  1. atoll

    atoll Member

    One of the very best designs, I based my own ATC on it.
     
  2. Turbo

    Turbo Does not really look like Johnny Carson Staff Member Site Owner Multiple Units! Customer

    Good video, the only exception I would make is to not use just sandpaper to rough up the screen. That's a decent first stage, I use a wire brush crimp attachment on a drill at low/med speed (which gets the shine off, deep into the holes) and then a saw blade in 1" concentric circles, gets your screen much rougher

     
  3. atoll

    atoll Member

    I used a hacksaw blade dragged across the surface of the screen to rough mine up.
     
  4. Turbo

    Turbo Does not really look like Johnny Carson Staff Member Site Owner Multiple Units! Customer

    The blade I use in the video above is a Stanley sharp-tooth wood saw blade. It has sharp pointed teeth that tear up the material and leave it prickly, similar to using a hole saw except it doesn't easily snag and tear the canvas.
     

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