HOB refugium

[marshrunner]

Thinking of building a 12x10x4 refugium for my 55. Would this support enough copepods to have a mandrin?

 

[troylee]

It would help...but being suffeciant depends on how much live rock you have in the display and how mature the tank is....there is a lot of factors besides having a fuge for pods in keeping a manderin....don't get me wrong its a step in the rite direction but you really need a mature tank of at least 1yr I would say.....also depends on what other animals you got that will deplete the population....

 

[sedor]

Rather than build an HOB fuge, why not use an overflow box and do a proper, plumbed fuge under the tank that will be big enough to add a bunch of LR etc.

 

[marshrunner]

Thanks for the feed back. I have somwheree around 70# LR. 30 of that came from a well established system, very porous and beautiful coralline. I don't have room under my tank for a fuge. Think I'll build on and run it for a few months to let the population buld up.