Clear Water Scrubbers is a local business in Olathe, KS that was created to help fresh and salt water aquarium owners as well as pond owners manage algae. We sell high end algae scrubbers that are a filtering device ( not to be confused with a scrubber pad that is used to clean glass) which uses light to grow algae; in this process undesirable chemicals are removed from the water. Our algae scrubb
ers give you the ability to operate your tank or pond the way that oceans and lakes operate: using natural filtration in the form of primary production. Both iron fertilization and ocean nourishment are techniques that boost the primary production of algae in the ocean, which consumes massive amounts of nutrients and CO2. It is the same consumption of nutrients that algae perform in an aquarium or pond. An algae scrubber filters water by moving water rapidly over a rough, highly illuminated surface, which causes algae to start growing in large amounts. As the algae grows they consume nutrients such as nitrate, phosphate, nitrite, ammonia, ammonium and even metals such as copper from the water. These nutrients are usually a problem in aquariums and ponds because they cause nuisance algae to grow. It can also cause sickness and/or other aquarium fish, invertebrates and corals. An algae scrubber allows algae to grow inside the filter instead of in your aquarium or pond.This removes excess nutrients (scrubs the water) diminishing nuisance algae in your aquarium or pond. The algae that grows in the algae scrubber can be removed, or fed back to livestock.
