Bare Botton Refugium

[Hockeydad]

anyone run one and are there advantages over ones with substrate or mud?
Thinking of running one with rock and cheato with 24/7 lighting. Current refuge substrate finding it's way into my separate sump which ultimately is circulated into my display.
Thanks

 

[papagimp]

Even with cheato, you dont' want 24/7. Plants as well as pods need a night cycle. My refugium only has about a cupfull of sand in one small area (10g fuge) , a few small rubble rock pieces, and the cheato. And i couldn't count all those pods if I wanted. Works very well for me. Could always install a baffle between the sand and pump. Just a thought.

 

[foshizzle]

24/7 is great for caulerpa but chaeto actually does better with a dark cycle IME

 

[gasman059]

Needs a dark cycle agree

Needs a dark cycle agree

yes

 

[Zoom]

I run a BB refuge with only cheato . My cheato is tumbling in my refuge so i don't need any thing in there for the cheato to get tangle up in to.

 

[Hockeydad]

Thanks everyone

Thanks everyone

appreciate the info and I'm going to change things around this weekend.