Biocube 32 filtration ideas

[Avictus]

Hello Everyone!

I'm looking for some input with a future filtration upgrade to my biocube 32 which has been established now for a few months.

Currently I have a Coralife 29 skimmer in chamber one;
Chamber two has the In-Tank media basket with filter floss at the top, purigen in the middle, and chemi-pure elite at the bottom;
Chamber three just has be return pump.

I've read so much about the benefits of using the other half of chamber 2 as a refugium. Before I buy though, just wanted to put this out there and get some opinions.

I'm looking to get the In-Tank refugium basket, place some Chaeto Algae in there with a light on a reverse light cycle. My concern is the flow opening into chamber three is at the bottom. I worry that the water wouldn't necessary flow through the refugium, but pass under it and maybe swirl it about some bit.

Has anyone else done this or something similiar and had luck with it?

 

[hdsoftail1065]

I'm doing something similar. Heater and coralife skimmer in the first (quit using the skimmer for now) I didn' recognize any big benifits, my weekly 10% water changes seem to be keeping everything in line. Stock media basket, poly pad on top, chemi pure on the 2nd and cheato in the 3rd with a light taped to the back. It's doing fine for us.

 

[Retro Reefer]

Don’t need anything fancy for the Biocube just run it as is and the little skimmer is ok but a pain to keep operating effectively so mine is off line most of the time.

 

[S.Pepper]

Hello Everyone!

I'm looking for some input with a future filtration upgrade to my biocube 32 which has been established now for a few months.

Currently I have a Coralife 29 skimmer in chamber one;
Chamber two has the In-Tank media basket with filter floss at the top, purigen in the middle, and chemi-pure elite at the bottom;
Chamber three just has be return pump.

I've read so much about the benefits of using the other half of chamber 2 as a refugium. Before I buy though, just wanted to put this out there and get some opinions.

I'm looking to get the In-Tank refugium basket, place some Chaeto Algae in there with a light on a reverse light cycle. My concern is the flow opening into chamber three is at the bottom. I worry that the water wouldn't necessary flow through the refugium, but pass under it and maybe swirl it about some bit.

Has anyone else done this or something similiar and had luck with it?

I was thinking of doing the exact same thing. Did you end up going thru with this set-up? And how did it work?