Refugium Sizing?

[FutureBoyGenius]

I have a 90 gallon tank with all fish right now. As soon as I get my nitrates at 0 I want to being doing some corals.

Anyways I plan on putting a refugium in on my system using a 10gallon aquarium and putting cheato in it. Will a 10gallon be a waste of time? Do I need to try to squeeze a 20long in under my tank? I am planning on gravity feeding it to my sump. Any suggestions?

 

[Playa-1]

I think just for a fuge a 10 gallon would be a good size. If you can squeeze in something bigger then that would be gr8.

 

[lilalove]

I think any is better than none....but bigger is always better.

 

[Aslan]

Bigger is better.

 

[billdogg]

I'm with them ^ i'm using a 120 as my 'fuge on my 150 - can't hardly go wrong with bigger!

 

[SWaquariast]

What are your nitrates at.

 

[FutureBoyGenius]

My nitrates are steady at about 20. I hear that a refugium will reduce those in a couple weeks?

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12995424#post12995424 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FutureBoyGenius
My nitrates are steady at about 20. I hear that a refugium will reduce those in a couple weeks?

more like a month or two depending on how fast you can get the chaeto macro to grow

there are lots of ideas for refugiums ect on this thread

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1349443

 

[qfrisco]

I built a sump/refugium out of a 29g for my 90g display. The refugium section is about 12"x12"x14" which comes out to just under 9 gallons, and it's been sufficient in keeping my nitrates at 0. Based on my experience, assuming your 10g will be all refugiun, it should work well.

But go bigger if you can!