Refugium ingredients

Pete H. · Jun 17, 2014

So, looking to add a Refugium to my tank and wondering what you recommend for adding to the fuge.

Is one macro the best? Which one?

Is there a good combination of macros?

Can they inhibit each other's growth?

What might be good to grow for tang food?

What about live rock? Or sand? With cuc to clean sand?

What about mangroves? That worth it?

Best lighting? Wavelength and color temperature?

What about flow rate? Can it be too fast or slow?

What's the best way to grow copepods and what type are best for your tank and fish to eat?

Sorry for all the questions. I figured it would be nice to spur some discussion. Feel free to add you 2 cents.

revhtree · Jun 17, 2014

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heathd.hd · Jun 17, 2014

No idea how right I am but I went with low flow from DT and a small power head. I'm lighting 24 - 7. Picked up some cheato from the lfs. It came with 3 things actually though mixed in. Cheato, grape calpura and something else Idk. In the research I've done seems like there all fine as long as you don't let it over grow and start dying. After a couple weeks I threw in a couple blue legs and a conch. Oh yah. There's about 2" of sand in mine. I figured that was enough to catch bad junk and I could still clean it or even junk half of it every year. I have a few pieces of live rock for critters to hide.

heathd.hd · Jun 17, 2014

Cheato roll(1): http://youtu.be/i2LIk8Eimws

Little video of my refugium. Would love to hear what others are doing though. I also have a led bulb coming from reef radiance. I will be turning my light off for 5 hrs during the day at that time. Reverse of my peak lighting in the DT.

Pete H. · Jun 17, 2014

Nice video. Awfully clean fuge. Nice work.

Any other input?

heathd.hd · Jun 17, 2014

Lol that was one week after building my skimmer sump refugium build. It's getting all kinds of random stuff growing in there now.

Pete H. · Jun 17, 2014

I was wondering. Haha. I was thinking, man, I wish my tank looked like that. Lol

heathd.hd · Jun 17, 2014

Yah it got built last month!

heathd.hd · Jun 17, 2014

I changed around the plumbing and stuff like 4 times. But 3 piece to fit in the door of the stand.

heathd.hd · Jun 17, 2014

I'm still gonna pull it apart one more time and change where the water enters the skimmer section cause I wanna add a sock. Built a tray for a Floss filter but it gets dirty way to fast. I'm not big on daily maintenence. Weekly at best!