Refugium display tank

luxauterna · Jul 11, 2015

I have had good growth with P/C bulbs, T5HOs and LEDs Fortunately as long as there is enough wattage of lighting and it is the correct color spectrum, I think you're good to go.

reef jacob · Jul 11, 2015

Will that 125 watt led light off ebay for like 80 bucks grow it pretty good.

luxauterna · Jul 11, 2015

The one that Martini posted? I haven't used it, but it sounded like he liked it. Most lights, as long as they are the correct color spectrum should grow macro algae pretty well. 125 watt sounds good. Will the size of the light cover the whole tank?

martini5788 · Jul 12, 2015

reef jacob said:
Will that 125 watt led light off ebay for like 80 bucks grow it pretty good.

Post the link to it. The reason I like the Mars Aqua for macro, is that it has warm white and red diodes and the white spectrum is on a separate channel than the blue. My macro exploded with that light. I have one 165w unit over my 40 breeder and it is awesome.

reef jacob · Jul 12, 2015

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SunSpect-16...262?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418de9450e

reef jacob · Jul 12, 2015

I mean I still haven't picked up my tank yet so im not sure but it should do a 54 gallon corner tank.

martini5788 · Jul 12, 2015

Yeah that's the same one as I have.

reef jacob · Jul 12, 2015

so if something clogged the overflow the return pump could pump or drain my 135. So is their a way to add a flow switch that would kill the pump if the overflow got clogged?

luxauterna · Jul 12, 2015

yup you could do it that way with a float switch, or you could plumb both your display tanks directly to the sump and have them returned separately from the sump to the display tanks. Another way to prevent flooding from clogged overflows is to have the return pump in a chamber that the amount of water in that chamber (if added to the display tanks without any drainage) would not flood the tanks. However, your pump at this point would be running in a chamber with no water and burn itself out

reef jacob · Jul 13, 2015

I ment to say that if the 54 gallon gets clogged the return pump could keep on pumping because if my display is working just fine then more and more water would go into that chamber and then my ato would try to refill and that's another 10 gallons so is their in way I can shut off that return pump?