Refugium Frag Tank

[BroccoliFarmer]

Has any made their sump tank refugium as their frag tank? I have a pretty large refugium in my trigger emerald 36 sump that is mostly idle space. Think I could throw a wave maker, a decent light and poof…frag tank without having to support another tank. Only real downside I see is cleaning it. Thoughts?

 

[Jekyl]

Usually best to have macro algae in that area. Will also need room and ventilation for the proper lighting if keeping coral there.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Usually best to have macro algae in that area. Will also need room and ventilation for the proper lighting if keeping coral there.

I figured I could put macro algae in the same first chamber with my skimmer as there is lots of room in there. The ventilation is a good angle I never considered. Thanks!!

 

[Jekyl]

I figured I could put macro algae in the same first chamber with my skimmer as there is lots of room in there. The ventilation is a good angle I never considered. Thanks!!

Running one light for algae plus another thats strong enough to be a frag light will generate a lot of heat. Usually sumps are closed off in a cabinet. Just some thoughts

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Running one light for algae plus another thats strong enough to be a frag light will generate a lot of heat. Usually sumps are closed off in a cabinet. Just some thoughts

A small vent cooling fan is only 20 bucks. Any other things you could think that would be a problem? I really don’t have the growth to support or justify a frag tank right now, but thinking aspirationally. .

 

[Gedxin]

There's a thread recently with a poll asking about sump frag tanks. It's a good read if you can find it, tons of people doing it!

 

[IKD]

Has any made their sump tank refugium as their frag tank? I have a pretty large refugium in my trigger emerald 36 sump that is mostly idle space. Think I could throw a wave maker, a decent light and poof…frag tank without having to support another tank. Only real downside I see is cleaning it. Thoughts?

I have a sump being used as a refugium for frags. Put an XR15 G4 over it and it works really well. I put my scoly’s in there for easy feeding since my display tank is tall.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

That’s awesome. I was worried I was going into new territory or places that people knew better than to go due to past failures. Thanks!! Luckily, I have time

 

[IKD]

That’s awesome. I was worried I was going into new territory or places that people knew better than to go due to past failures. Thanks!! Luckily, I have time

Here is the other post

QUESTION OF THE DAY - No room for a frag tank? PUT IT IN YOUR SUMP!

Many people like the idea of having a frag tank or separate area where they can grow out frags but lack the space to be able to set up a frag tank. Good news is that if you have some space in your sump or under you then you have space for frags! Even if it's a small space to host frags it's...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Here is the other post

QUESTION OF THE DAY - No room for a frag tank? PUT IT IN YOUR SUMP!

Many people like the idea of having a frag tank or separate area where they can grow out frags but lack the space to be able to set up a frag tank. Good news is that if you have some space in your sump or under you then you have space for frags! Even if it's a small space to host frags it's...

www.reef2reef.com

Thank you so much!! Great read. The other thing i thought was interesting is the putting all of your eggs in one basket concern...ie, if you main tank crashes..so does your frag tank and thus you have nothing to seed your tank with.