What do you keep in your refuge?

[anthonygf]

Hello, when you dump your pods in the tank or fuge don't just dump them in the water. Get a clear plastic tube about 1 inch in diameter and long enough to reach down to the bottom, place the tube into the rock structure and pour the pods into the tube and give them time to settle in the rocks, pour tank water into the tube to flush any pods left over. Do this with all your pods in several areas of the tank. I turn my flow off for a few minutes also. If you dump them in the water column they might get filtered out. I think it may benefit the pods survival.

 

[Typhon]

My fuge is mostly for nutrient export. So just chaeto and strong lighting.

 

[NotoriousDMC]

Chaeto, pods, Xenia

 

[Cthulukelele]

It'd be cool to get some mini feather dusters growing in the fuge

 

[Typhon]

It'd be cool to get some mini feather dusters growing in the fuge

In my fuge they grow all over the walls. I have scrap them off every other month.

 

[Cthulukelele]

In my fuge they grow all over the walls. I have scrap them off every other month.

Gotta find a nice piece of pest free reef rock with some sponges and dusters. Would be cool to see them colonize the 25 pounds of rock in the fuge under the chaeto that doesn't get much light

 

[dirty_south87]

Hello, when you dump your pods in the tank or fuge don't just dump them in the water. Get a clear plastic tube about 1 inch in diameter and long enough to reach down to the bottom, place the tube into the rock structure and pour the pods into the tube and give them time to settle in the rocks, pour tank water into the tube to flush any pods left over. Do this with all your pods in several areas of the tank. I turn my flow off for a few minutes also. If you dump them in the water column they might get filtered out. I think it may benefit the pods survival.

I have a piece of pvc I use to put them in my display right above the pod hotel. I shut my system down for about 30 mins before adding them and turn it on about 30 mins after.

 

[dirty_south87]

It'd be cool to get some mini feather dusters growing in the fuge

They are nifty to see them grow overtime. I got mine in a golf ball size and now it’s grown roughly about softball size in roughly 2 months

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

Rock rubble, snails, Crabs that been banished from the main display lol

 

[dirty_south87]

Rock rubble, snails, Crabs that been banished from the main display lol

Lol the old exile plan

 

[Tcook]

In my fuge besides chaeto.

Mushrooms and cyano

Clams and cyano

 

[Crabby48]

In my fuge besides chaeto.

Mushrooms and cyano

Clams and cyano

Interested in selling cyano? Is it clean?

 

[Tcook]

Interested in selling cyano? Is it clean?

Yes. I am a cyano rancher.

 

[L0L_Z]

My dads old refugium had a couple of crabs, few snails, a murderous maroon clownfish that was rehomed (killed a younger clown tang), coral croucher (impulse buy) and a sand sifter.

 

[Rjramos]

No one has mentioned it, but for almost 27 years I have used 1” of Ecosystem Aquarium Miracle Mud in all my refugiums. Best thing if you want microfauna along with nutrient reducing algae. My refugiums have amphipods, copepods, mysis shrimp, and many different kinds of worms.