JBJ 12 gallon NANO Refugium

[jfw60]

Does anyone in the forum have any suggestions as to how to set up a refugium in the back main chamber of a JBJ 12 Nano. I want to grow some chaeto back there and Im stumped as of how to fit a fixture back there.

Thanks

 

[ENraged]

Most of the ones I have seen cut the film from the back of which ever chamber you wanted to put the cheato in.
then use a 13 watt light of your choice to grow the cheato back there.
film comes off pretty easy with an knife

 

[NKlieman]

If you go to this link you can get all of the info you will need. It is a very long thread but it will answer anything and everything you want to do:

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=70138

Hope this helps and good luck!

 

[Timothy01]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7578373#post7578373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NKlieman
If you go to this link you can get all of the info you will need. It is a very long thread but it will answer anything and everything you want to do:

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=70138

Hope this helps and good luck!

i have a verson of this mod on my 12 gallon nano (sealed the light so no light escapes(using a 40 w 6500k bulb makkes the macro grow like crazy) only thing is i have to scrape the glass every time i do a water change because it gets mad algea but only where the light is

 

[NKlieman]

How did you seal the light from going into the rest of the tank. I have never head of anyone doing that?

 

[Timothy01]

it doesnt go into the rest of the tank but an open light will light up a room at night ( which is when i run my fuge light) so i got an electrical project box and made a light fixture complete with a fan. didnt like the way it looked(its in a spot where you can see the back) so i enclosed it in wood and drilled some vent holes along the sides and painted it black to match the back