Refugium - what’s in yours

[Amstar]

Do you have sand and cheato? Just cheato? Any cuc?

 

[themcnertney]

Just cheato.

That has not much growth at all for quite some time.

 

[Pistondog]

Do you have sand and cheato? Just cheato? Any cuc?

No sand,
Live rock to within 3" of top of water, then mat of chaeto, divide in 1/2 every 2 or 3 weeks.
Pods and snails.

 

[mtfish]

I have a forest of mud tube feather dusters in my refugium. There is an ATS in the main sump, though.

 

[sixty_reefer]

I went miracle mud, only because I like different macros

 

[SifuMemphis]

I have chaeto and sea lettuce

 

[Philly Reefer]

Chaeto and bio balls. I probably will add bio marine block. Didnt get it before because it wasn't in stock. Now.. just lazy to buy it. Lol

 

[Pistondog]

Chaeto and bio balls. I probably will add bio marine block. Didnt get it before because it wasn't in stock. Now.. just lazy to buy it. Lol

Don't know if you care, but marine pure leaches some form of aluminum into water.
This is as tested by ICP, which finds any form of Aluminum, even those which are harmless.
I had the 4 inch blocks in my refugium for 6 months and then removed them, returning the ICP test levels to normal.
I really like the surface area though.

 

[MichaelReefer]

Do you have sand and cheato? Just cheato? Any cuc?

Cheato and rock rubble.

 

[Philly Reefer]

Don't know if you care, but marine pure leaches some form of aluminum into water.
This is as tested by ICP, which finds any form of Aluminum, even those which are harmless.
I had the 4 inch blocks in my refugium for 6 months and then removed them, returning the ICP test levels to normal.
I really like the surface area though.

Ooo I didn't know that. I would have to think about removing the bioballs then. Did you replace it with something else?

 

[Pistondog]

Ooo I didn't know that. I would have to think about removing the bioballs then. Did you replace it with something else?

Live rock.
I dont know if the Marinepure was detrimental, my tank was young so had no sensitive things yet.
Mostly kenya tree and xenia at that time, which will grow under adverse conditions.

 

[Philly Reefer]

Live rock.
I dont know if the Marinepure was detrimental, my tank was young so had no sensitive things yet.
Mostly kenya tree and xenia at that time, which will grow under adverse conditions.

Ok ty. I will have it tested in the future. I have nothing in the tank atm

 

[piranhaman00]

2" bed of seachem matrix, few pieces of live rock, chaeto, sea lettuce and several hundred aiptasia, they must help somehow right?

 

[R.Weller]

A few things we've put together over the years:

• 150+ lbs of Pukani & Reef Saver Rock
• 80+ lbs of Sugar & Special Grade Aragonite Sand
• Cheato & Sea Lettuce
• Copepod & Phyto Culturing Station
• Pods, Pods, Pods, Serpent Starfish, Bristleworms, Sponges
• DIY Waterfall ATS

We're into biology...

 

[Amstar]

For those that have pieces of live rock or seachem matrix what do you to keep detritus from building up?

 

[piranhaman00]

For those that have pieces of live rock or seachem matrix what do you to keep detritus from building up?

Nothing, I should vaccum it soon....there is a powerhead in there as well.

 

[R.Weller]

For those that have pieces of live rock or seachem matrix what do you to keep detritus from building up?

Nothing here. Many types of CuC & Pods will consume it or it breaks down into nitrates which feeds the algae. At the right scale, it’s all part of a balanced ecosystem.

 

[LatchedWings]

Chaeto, red ogo, rock rubble... and pods I guess.

 

[S2G]

Chaeto with a good amount of flow going through it

 

[Sdot]

Below are pix of my fuge progress. I have a couple of peppermint shrimp and a Sea hare that keeps the hair algae at bay, although i believe its starting to eat the Chaeto! I turn off the flow value and feed Phyto weekly and that pays off big time..... The fuge has massive populations of pods, and in the main display at night it looks like snow. I also see that my anthias freely feed on the numerous pods floating in the water column during the day