Keithcorals refugium

[Keithcorals]

Yes it's just high enough to drain into the sump. I built a little stand for it to sit on

 

[tigerdragon]

Nice. Thinking bout this for my frag tank

 

[Keithcorals]

The only problem I've ever had with it is it can work too well. I only run it around 6hrs a day because it can over strip nutrients if it's run for too long. I leave it spinning all the time so no detritus can settle but the lights only on for about six hours

 

[tigerdragon]

I have a 29 gal tank that is going to house skimmer and live rock that will feed a 15 gal that will have the chaeto prolly run lights on it off cycle from frag tank

 

[gettaReef]

Sorry if you've already stated this, what pump are you using in the fuge for the spinning of the Chaeto?

 

[Keithcorals]

It's a cheap tunze

 

[Keithcorals]

I have a 29 gal tank that is going to house skimmer and live rock that will feed a 15 gal that will have the chaeto prolly run lights on it off cycle from frag tank

The bright light is about 75% of why my fuge works as well as it does but if you want it to spin like mine the shape of the section where the algae actually spends is important. If the baffle and my fuge was in a different place it wouldn't have the same effect. So if you use a tank with different dimensions than my 10 gallon you would have to find The right spot in that tank for the baffle to work.

 

[gettaReef]

Sorry if you've already stated this, what pump are you using in the fuge for the spinning of the Chaeto?

What flow is the tunze pump, or what flow rate would you recommend for spinning the algae on a 10 gallon?

 

[Keithcorals]

I think it's the 6025 and is around 750gph

 

[tigerdragon]

Do you think a koralia 1500 would be too much?

 

[heathd.hd]

I put a wp 10 in mine. Cheap and has speeds. I run mine on the medium constant lvl

 

[Keithcorals]

Do you think a koralia 1500 would be too much?

Probable would be overkill you don't want it to pin super fast or it may brake apart

 

[Keithcorals]

I put a wp 10 in mine. Cheap and has speeds. I run mine on the medium constant lvl

Good idea I may do that on my next one

 

[BfishLpond78]

Is there any chance we can get a couple pics looking at the sumo, where you put the pipes. Maybe some zoomed out.

 

[Keithcorals]

The sump doesn't look it's best right now and the plumbing to the fuge is not the way I would do it now it's the first one I made but I'll see what I can do. Latter today or at the latest tomorrow I'll get some new pics of it posted.

 

[evolved]

Just an outside perspecitve, but I think a sketch of the fuge/sump/drains with some labels and dimesions on the critical things would clear up much of the confusion/questions here.

 

[BfishLpond78]

Agreed Hunter, I'm trying to get an idea, but the engineering in me wants some detailed drawings

 

[Keithcorals]

The feed line is on the left but I wouldn't do it that way now. The drain is on the right and is run to a filter sock. The only reason it was run to a filter sock is because I was thinking at the time I would get bits of algae coming out of the fuge but it really hasn't been a problem and the next one I build will drain into the same place as the returns for the tank. The overflow inside is just a 45 elbow and has worked very well.

 

[saintperez]

I'm lost as a blind man in a movie theater.

 

[Keithcorals]

The side is painted black so you can't see the inside. But I'm happy to answer any questions and sometime in the next few weeks I'll be making a new one so I'll be able to take pics of it as it goes together.