Beefier I do this….. is it going to help me?

[MarkaRagnos]

The “lacking” pic is of what my sump is now. The one with all the extra is what I want to go with. I have higher nitrates and phosphates than My corals and I want. Will this help? Came up with this solution while working and thinking. Im new so need expert advice lol.

 

[T-J]

All I see is a hand drawing of a pretty basic and common sump/refugium.

 

[MarkaRagnos]

All I see is a hand drawing of a pretty basic and common sump/refugium.

Thanks I appreciate it. It’s an exact layout of the way I put my glass panels in. Can’t take them out. And there’s two pics. One of how it is and one of what I want. I just wanted to make sure what I had was right.

 

[MarkaRagnos]

All I see is a hand drawing of a pretty basic and common sump/refugium.

 

[MarkaRagnos]

I guess I should have said is this enough to lower them or do I need more high tech stuff lol I don’t need perfect I just need better.

 

[T-J]

Macro algae can absorb some of those nutrients, but you should find the source first. Are you feeding frozen food?
What exactly are you parameters?

 

[MarkaRagnos]

Macro algae can absorb some of those nutrients, but you should find the source first. Are you feeding frozen food?
What exactly are you parameters?

At work and did recent water change so was letting everything chill for a day or so. I’ll find the parameters tonight for you. Algae parameters lol for sure. But this should help us

Macro algae can absorb some of those nutrients, but you should find the source first. Are you feeding frozen food?
What exactly are you parameters?

and yes only frozen

 

[MarkaRagnos]

Macro algae can absorb some of those nutrients, but you should find the source first. Are you feeding frozen food?
What exactly are you parameters?

 

[WheatToast]

You might want to put the Seachem Matrix in a media bag; this allows you to more easily remove the media for cleaning.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Keep it simple- Place a pouch of chemi Pure Blue or elite into sump area which will lower nitrate and phosphate and keep them in check while also polishing water clear and removing any toxins IF present

 

[MarkaRagnos]

Keep it simple- Place a pouch of chemi Pure Blue or elite into sump area which will lower nitrate and phosphate and keep them in check while also polishing water clear and removing any toxins IF present

Im going to the lfs Saturday for the rest of my materials. I’ve always want to try the refugium thing. I’ll start with the chemi pure elite though. There’s a guy around my area who has a seriously nice tank. And I mean awesome. All he does is have a bag of chemipure elite in his sump. He probably also has a skimmer. I don’t remember. I have a skimmer but it’s probably too big for my tank and I don’t have the pump for it. It’s a sea storm 150. Older tech I know but it’s still in the box from when my friend bought the storage unit I got my tank and just about everything else from.

 

[MarkaRagnos]

You might want to put the Seachem Matrix in a media bag; this allows you to more easily remove the media for cleaning.

There’s so much in there. I was going to use it to hold my barrier up to have the mud not be completely washed out and to slow the flow to allow for the anaerobic bacteria to better grow in there