refugium?

[ganjero]

Do you need a cleaning crew for the refugium? anything else other than sand, rock and macro algae?

 

[bertoni]

You shouldn't need a cleaning crew for the refugium unless you want the tank walls to stay clean.

 

[TekCat]

Interesting question, I also wonder:
What about detrivores that keep sand clean? Or it is a non-issue for refugims?

 

[JRFowler]

I wouldnt personally have a cleaning crew in ur refuge, the od snail wont hurt...

the whole idea of a refuge is a place where pods, etc.. can grow and multiply in order to feed the display tank and help things like Mandarins with a source of food.. so having somein in the sump that would eat these would defeat the point.. the only thing I have is a Urchin to keep the sodding cheato growth under control, and even he cant keep up..

 

[ganjero]

urchins eat chaeto?

would snails or hermits eat the pods?,

what about having seahorses in there?

 

[bertoni]

An urchin might eat Chaetomorpha. Unless the refugium is large, I wouldn't put one int here. Many snails would be fine. Hermits are definitely predatory. The seahorses would eat a lot of copepods, etc, but that might be fine. I'd recommend checking in the seahorse forum for information on those animals, since they are pretty demanding.