Critters for a display refugium?

[Comedy Fish]

What does that have to do with the topic? Lol

 

[dragonfly1972]

I have a display refugium and plants are my first priority, I also have pods and micro stars. Peppermint shrimp cuz they breed and feed my tank. Xenia because it's a nutrient exporter but it walks and bothers things in my DT. Stomatella snails because they breed like mad in my refugium but babies get eaten in the DT.
Asterina stars cuz I like them but they eat some of my SPS.
Different colors of sponge.
And random mushrooms that come unattached in my DT...They attach to rubble better with less flow...then they go back to DT.
And a Catalina goby because he is only about a 1/2" long right now. Teeny tiny.
So long story short....anything that I want that doesn't do well in the main display....the reason why my refugium is a display tank.

 

[Comedy Fish]

Pics or it never happened...

 

[dragonfly1972]

I will definitely post a pic tomorrow. We are doing new plumbing and new sump pump tonight. The last phase of my upgrade

 

[brob22]

good stuff, i have to remember that cuz i want good food sources for my display.

do sps eat pods?

 

[Comedy Fish]

Bump

 

[jarrod13]

Since you want pics, this is my current fuge resident, a Sebastapistes cyanostigma (yellow spotted scorpionfish)

 

[brob22]

nice!!!

 

[shaggss]

I've kept an angler twice in my fuge. Awesome fish and shouldn't bother anything in the fuge itself.

Now that would be cool Dennis!

 

[Comedy Fish]

What is the red algae?

 

[jarrod13]

Gracilaria hayi

 

[Comedy Fish]

Is it hardy? What fuge light do you have?

 

[jarrod13]

Yes pretty hardy, I use a 10w led flood light off eBay, bought it for $17. If you have any other questions feel free to pm me, I don't want to take the op topic off course.

 

[enchelycore808]

How big is your fuge? I would think the damsel would pick off some of your pods but if that's no concern then they are always attractive fish. I've personally had dwarf lions and leaf scorpions in the fuge. Stomatopods are pretty cool in a fuge if u don't want to setup a dedicated tank.

 

[Comedy Fish]

I ended up adding him to the display

 

[dragonfly1972]

I promised a pic of my display Refugium and forgot to post it.
My boys have been pestering me to get bright blue damsels so we added two yesterday.
And meet my teeny Catalina goby.
Sorry for old iPhone pics.

 

[dragonfly1972]

Double post

 

[Biotopes]

Since you want pics, this is my current fuge resident, a Sebastapistes cyanostigma (yellow spotted scorpionfish)

Beautiful little guy! I love scorpions, with all of my heart :love2:

 

[Betta132]

I think the guidelines for a refugium creature are;
Won't eat macros
Large enough to not be too interested in pods
And that's about it, I think.

 

[Biotopes]

So, anglers, scorps, wasps, and lions basically?