Fuge location

[ilyakarp]

I have a 425xl and planning to start a refugium. The place for refugium will be just after filter socks and before the skimmer.After the skimmer the water flows to the return chamber via sponge. My question: How will the pods enter the tank if there is a sponge on the way?

 

[Rjramos]

I run course sponge blocks pre pump also. I always use the courses I can find. I feel adult pods can crawl through, but surviving the vanes of the pumps impeller may be a sad story, lol! Still larval stage pods and other small planktons can go through. And then hide in your display and populate there too .

 

[ilyakarp]

I run course sponge blocks pre pump also. I always use the courses I can find. I feel adult pods can crawl through, but surviving the vanes of the pumps impeller may be a sad story, lol! Still larval stage pods and other small planktons can go through. And then hide in your display and populate there too .

Do you ever take chaeto out of the sump and shake it inside DT ?

 

[Rjramos]

Do you ever take chaeto out of the sump and shake it inside DT ?

No I don’t. But when I harvest the chaeto the display gets a little murky, so some sediments and smaller micro organismsgo through.