Why have scrubbers caused so much anger by so many people?
These people are angry because: 1. They are employed by, or they are a relative/friend/spouse of someone who is employed by, a manufacturer/distributor/retailer of skimmers. There are over 3,000 stores in the U.S. alone that sell skimmers, with several people working at each one. That’s a lot of people to post anti-scrubber comments online. And they are paid to do this. 2. They have a lot of money invested in their skimmer and other equipment. So they feel ripped off to find that a cheaper piece of equipment can do a better job of removing nutrients. It makes them look unprepared. 3. They were around in the 1980’s and 1990’s when scrubbers were built and operated incorrectly. Scrubbers back then caused yellowing. Scrubbers today don’t. But these people have not used a modern scrubber, so they think all scrubbers still operate the same. 4. They don’t understand how scrubbers works (and they are not going to learn.) They think that skimmers remove Ammonia, Nitrite, Inorganic Nitrate, Ino
These people are angry because: 1. They are employed by, or they are a relative/friend/spouse of someone who is employed by, a manufacturer/distributor/retailer/installer of skimmer/filtration/waterchange/additive products. There are over 3,000 stores in the U.S. alone that sell these products, with several people working at each one. That’s a lot of people to post anti-scrubber comments online. And they are paid to do it. 2. They have a lot of money invested in their skimmer and other filtration equipment. So they feel ripped off to find that a cheaper piece of equipment can do a better job of removing nutrients. It makes them look unprepared. 3. They were reefing in the 1980’s and 1990’s when scrubbers were built and operated incorrectly. Scrubbers back then caused yellowing and clouding. Scrubbers today don’t. But these people have not used a modern (after August 2008) scrubber, so they think all scrubbers still operate the same. 4. They don’t understand how scrubbers work, and they
