Let's see your fuge setups..

sassAwrasse · Mar 19, 2017

Just got a new light from #ReefBreeders for our fuge.

What kind of setups are you running? How long? Pros/cons?

And pics please!!

Cary Meredith · Mar 19, 2017

How's this, been running for about 6 years, but this growth has been over the last 6 months after a tank re-build or I should say restart, this was about 1/3 the size.

sassAwrasse · Mar 19, 2017

Cary Meredith said:
How's this, been running for about 6 years, but this growth has been over the last 6 months after a tank re-build or I should say restart, this was about 1/3 the size.

What kind of light do you have on your sump and how long do you run it?

Cary Meredith · Mar 19, 2017

Mine is just a flood light, I run it opposite of the DT, so lets see, it kicked on about an hour ago, then off at 8, so about 12 hours.

CastAway · Mar 19, 2017

I think I enjoy my fuge as much as my display.

20% of my total volume, including an old school 5" DSB. Wave Point T-5 HO, 4-bulb 96watt fixture w/whites, actinic and purple. I keep cheato, dragons breath, Caulerpa brachypus and some unidentified reds. Tons of gammarus amphipods, and more.

I use a small Ehiem surface skimmer, which has fallen out of place at the moment.

I found the BRS investigative video on Chaeto very informative regarding refugium size, contact time and nutrient export.

fastest302 · Mar 19, 2017

sassAwrasse said:
Just got a new light from #ReefBreeders for our fuge.

What kind of setups are you running? How long? Pros/cons?

And pics please!!

I think the arm on the light makes mounting so much easier

fastest302 · Mar 19, 2017

sassAwrasse said:
Just got a new light from #ReefBreeders for our fuge.

What kind of setups are you running? How long? Pros/cons?

And pics please!!

I think the arm on the light makes mounting so much easier

sassAwrasse · Mar 19, 2017

Yes it does

morgank · Mar 19, 2017

Mine is a 50 breeder, deep sand bed, I had chaeto but then this red gracilaria took over. There's some kind of sea grass all over the sand too, I ordered a cup of mud from someplace a while back and it must have been in that.

The light is a marshydro mars 300

Best Fish-Jake · Mar 19, 2017

I have a 30 gal all in one system in which I dedicated a baffled column to refugium space. I have ~4 lbs of LR with some caulerpa, and codium macro algaes. I've got it underneath a red light Solar Flare... gotta do what you gotta do

Kvinal · Mar 19, 2017

sassAwrasse · Mar 19, 2017

Kvinal said:

What king of algae scrubber is that? 302aquatics?

Kvinal · Mar 20, 2017

Yes it is

Brewman1987 · Mar 20, 2017

Just got it all set up and going today.
It will be interesting to see how quickly it grows macro.

Ortho281 · Mar 20, 2017

Fuge lit by a Kessil H380 which grows macro like crazy! This pic was taken when first set up. Fuge is no longer this clean. Lol!

simo · Mar 20, 2017

Brewman1987 said:
Just got it all set up and going today.
It will be interesting to see how quickly it grows macro.

What size is that ?

Brewman1987 · Mar 20, 2017

simo said:
What size is that ?

Its the phosban 150

Cary Meredith · Mar 20, 2017

Does anyone see any issues mixing different types of macro, I currently have chateo and calupera, but want to mix some of the red algae's in to add some color.

Skydvr · Mar 20, 2017

I'm planning on setting up a tank specifically for macros. Still debating if it will be tied into a larger system as nutrient export or if it will be its own system that uses water from water changes on the main system.

Multiple macro types are doable, it really depends on what you want to do.

Brewman1987 · Mar 26, 2017

Update on the macro reactor. Almost 1 week of it being up and the algae has almost doubled in size in the reactor and my nitrates have lowered from around 8-10ppm to down near 4ppm. This thing is AWESOME.