10/20/2026
HOG3 Customer Comments
"Everything is going well with the HOG3, thanks for your continued support" -- Louis Martin, Moreno Valley, California
"I’d say my HOG is working pretty well. Not bad for 7 days of growth" -- swinneysreef on IG
"Hog3 is working fine" -- Damon Jensen
"Both of our HOG3 units are working great" -- krisatboussard on ebay
"Put HOG 3 in tank 6 weeks ago, started to grow algae in a few weeks. All is good. Happy with results so far" -- Ray Ossi, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
"My HOG3 is working great. Nitrate 2, and phosphate .02, so I'm really happy with the scrubber" -- Mario Ortiz, Spain.
"It took a little while but this guy is collecting stuff like crazy. My glass is much cleaner and I do less frequent water changes and all my fish and coral seem to be happy. Highly recommend" -- Amazon Customer
"all good had hog 3 for long time that is cool as well thanks" -- 4045mandy on ebay
"I have it [HOG3] on for about 20 hrs a day. I removed the skimmer on the tank now. The scrubber is the only thing on the tank, along with my powerheads. I’ve attached some photos before I cleaned it out the other day. I love it so far. I can see a different in my tank" -- TristanStoelb, Vincennes, Indiana, USA
"I'm using the HOG3 on 250 litre Red Sea Max with protein skimmer and carbon. The HOG3 is hanged on the left side wall. I'm try to feed the tangs mostly with algae that I'm picking from the scrubber" -- Bennyss in Israel, on the scrubber site.
"I have been running my two HOG3 units for about 18 hours of light per day, and they work perfectly" -- Jonathan Wexler
"So far we've been really impressed with algae scrubbers [tested hog3]" -- Ryan of Bulk Reef Supply
"The thing I really like about it is the size and space is takes up, it's like having a refugium without needing all the extra space required for a real one" -- fishncars on the RC site
"Quite the clean-out of the Santa Monica HOG Algae Scrubber on the warm-water Jelliquarium jellyfish tank. This is two weeks growth and the unit is packed with algae"
"We run the HOG3 in one of our tanks and the SURF4s in the rest (at this stage) and couldn't be happier. Yes, you can hear the [air] pump running, but that's practically it! and the excess evaporation has stopped. Plus, rather than having to replace your lights all the time as you have to for traditional home-made [scrubbers], these LEDs are made to last indefinitely. That's a good saving! And the maintenance. Takes all of 30 seconds and I don't drip everywhere, nor am I covered in flecks of algae and slime from scraping off sheets" -- Fragalicious, Austrailia.
"Look at the amazing [HOG3] growth!" -- Anthony at Aquaful
"[HOG3] has been working well for some time. I had a mature sps system, and did not get much growth initially. Initial system had skimmer and ferric oxide reactor. Refugium had a bright led with Chateomorpha and plenty of live rock. I ended up removing ferric oxide reactor to initiated growth. I also had to turn off light to refugium to continue growth. Since growth started good, I gave large live rock to friend and took down refugium. So system is much simpler and working well. Lots of corraline algae growth. After 15 years as hobbiest I wanted simpler system so very happy with results" -- Drew Young
"I have been very pleased with my HOG3. When I set up my current 95 gal reef my intentions were to keep it simple and low tech. I have been involved with this hobby in some form or another for more than 25 years and my favorite tanks have always seemed to be the ones with the least equipment" -- Jeapa on the scrubber site
"I bought a HOG3 and it work with my 12 gallon. so i bought a smaller one" -- guv2840-xdqa46 on ebay.
"just awesome [HOG3]" -- jtn007au on ebay.
"Items received ok [HOG3], good ebayer" -- 7189matt on ebay.
"very happy with the quality of the [HOG3] product" -- houman hashemi, in france.
"I found my saltwater hermit crabs are eating [in the HOG3]. Sweet. Saves on buying those algae tabs. I love this algae scrubber!" -- Kelly Peissner.
"my HOG3 is doing a good job in my 90 gallon tank, it consistently produces thick green hair algae that I clean/remove every 2-3 weeks. I bought a custom 190 gallon tank and will run a 60 gallon sump underneath for corals and fish, but no inverts. I intend to use a HOG3x for this tank setup" -- Derek Johnson, Greece.
"Great Product [HOG3]" -- Derek Johnson, Marlin, Texas, USA.
"20 days... that's pretty wicked [HOG3] growth, and it seems like my glass algae has lessened. The first picture is 6 weeks ago the next is 4 weeks ago, and last are today all are 2 weeks intervals with 24 hour lights/ phosphate is between .06-.19 and I only clean the glass about once every two weeks and it takes only a min or two. best thing I have bought for my tank" -- Trevor Janvier, Canada
"My HOG3 is working good, and I want another one" -- Christian Aquino, Westechester, Illinois, USA.
"Yes the [HOG3] is amazing. I have it in my ten gallon right now. No algae what so ever on the glass, etc. Water parameters are perfect!" -- Kelly Peissner, North Pole, Alaska, USA
"Been growing like a champ!" -- Mike Barone, Delrey Beach, Florida USA.
"Both the HOG3 and SURF8 are growing bright green algae; the nuisance algae in my tank is disappearing fast" -- Richard Neal, Santa Clara, California, USA
"So far, loving my new HOG3, definitely seem to have less algae on my glass, which is nice, not as much scraping as usual. I stopped using GFO, just before installing this, so the HOG3 was kind of, in a roundabout way to replace the GFO reactor. My phosphate has risen a little compared to running GFO (fresh) from 0.05 to 0.09 as expected, but my corals and I prefer this method. I'm now not focussing on low phosphate, but now focusing on just more stability with phosphate level. There's no swing in phosphate that is normally related to GFO life, so things stay really stable. The rise in phosphates is not causing any issues as the ATS has been picking up the slack quite well. When I got this I was pleased with how easy it was to install and use. It takes up very little space and fits just fine on the sump under the cabinet" -- IUfan on the INDMAS site
"My two HOG3 units are very quiet when I put them one inch above the waterline. No other filters. Just the live rock, 2” sand and HOG3’s. They are growing algae like crazy. I empty each one about once a weak (on different days) and they are FULL when I do. My tank isn't fully stocked yet, so I may need to get 1 or 2 more later. Meanwhile, inside the tank, I haven't had ANY nuisance algae since these HOGs kicked in, and I don't use any other filtration, and I've never done a water change. Needless to say, I am VERY happy with these. -- Sean Whelan, Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
