Suggestion for refugium lighting

[newbreefr]

That pic was taken feb 16.
11 days.
This is today.
Its not the same angle. But its much more full now.

Saw you have a 20l sump. I will be using the same. What is the size of the refugium section and is it effective

 

[Philly Reefer]

Saw you have a 20l sump. I will be using the same. What is the size of the refugium section and is it effective

My refugium section is 9.5inches wide.

I would think it's effective. It's growing my chaeto. But I am still on 9 month in this thing and just restarted my refugium last month cause I had to dose vibrant.

My primary focus for the refugium is to get pods. Cause I want mandarin.

 

[Cavalina]

+1 on the Tunze. Love mine too. The magnetic mount makes it super pratical to place whereever you want -- literally on top of the chaeto (slightly submerged) in my case.

 

[newbreefr]

My refugium section is 9.5inches wide.

I would think it's effective. It's growing my chaeto. But I am still on 9 month in this thing and just restarted my refugium last month cause I had to dose vibrant.

My primary focus for the refugium is to get pods. Cause I want mandarin.

If it’s no trouble can you send a pic/vid of the whole sump. I’m currently in the process of soon starting my first saltwater tank. 40b/20l. Would like to get some ideas

 

[Philly Reefer]

If it’s no trouble can you send a pic/vid of the whole sump. I’m currently in the process of soon starting my first saltwater tank. 40b/20l. Would like to get some ideas

Hey, welcome to the 40 breeder club. Check out my build page. This is the post of the sump.

Build Thread - Starting with a 40 Breeder Build

Finally got more lights. Should I go with 2 or 3 lights? I am ready for SPS!!! LoL BRS recommended settings: I think it's too white. Unfortunately 2 of them are HD and the middle is 16HD.

www.reef2reef.com

 

[cbellm]

This is 2 weeks of growth. 32g brute can for reference. This is what I throw out.

How deep is your water?

 

[cbellm]

I use the 100 watt version of that and it works great over my 29 gallon sump.

cab you show me how you have these mounted

 

[minus9]

How deep is your water?

I have a modified emerald 34 sump. The first chamber is where I keep the fuge. I use miracle mud, so the bottom is taken up by trays, so there's about 6" of water above the trays. Before I used miracle mud, the whole chamber was filled with chaeto and the H160 had no problems lighting the chamber.

Here's my fuge tonight after I pulled a majority of the chaeto out.

This is what I threw out after two weeks of growth. This is a 32g brute can and the chaeto is dense (about 5" to 6" thick). I only keep a small portion each time I trim the chaeto. The other factor with macro algae growth is trace elements.