plyle02
Active member
Hello All,
I have a question pertaining to my refugium. I currently have a 55 show tank, with a 12 gallon eclispe as a refugium. On the front of my show tank, I have an aqua C remora protein skimmer, which works well. I have to do this due to space limitations, and the fact that I am sumpless. My question, should I move the protein skimmer to the refugium, to make the show tank more desirable? Would the main tank suffer from this move? I recently transitioned from a fluval 304 with standard ceramic media, carbon, and sponge, to replacing the media with live rock rubble. I utilize a carbon sock in the overflow box for chemical filtration. I feel the Berlin approach suits my sytem limitations best. Surprisingly, the tank and refugium have responded well to the transition, but I am still working diligently at lowering my nitrates, which seem to hang out between 30-40ppm. I listed my basic set-up below, I may be missing something, and suggestions would be very much welcomed.
Thanks...
My main tank inhabitants/ 55 main tank:
2 precula clowns
1 two barred rabbitfish
1 coral beauty
3 blue devil damsels
1 scooter blenny
3 peppermint shrimp
10 Hermits (blue legged)
10 mexican turbos
1 Serpeant star
a few other snails
70 lbs live rock
mushroom corals
a few zoos
My refugium:
Caulerpa/ green grape
Caulerpa prolifera
Shaving bush
Mangrove
6 magarita snails
6 astreala snails
8 pounds of live rock
My setup:
55 gallon maintank
150 watt metal halide
60 watt t-5 w/ antinic blue supplement
Fluval 304 (filled with live rock)
Aqua C remora protein skimmer
maxijet 1200 powerhead
Overflow box with sponge/ carbon sock
penquin 1400 for return back to main tank
I have a question pertaining to my refugium. I currently have a 55 show tank, with a 12 gallon eclispe as a refugium. On the front of my show tank, I have an aqua C remora protein skimmer, which works well. I have to do this due to space limitations, and the fact that I am sumpless. My question, should I move the protein skimmer to the refugium, to make the show tank more desirable? Would the main tank suffer from this move? I recently transitioned from a fluval 304 with standard ceramic media, carbon, and sponge, to replacing the media with live rock rubble. I utilize a carbon sock in the overflow box for chemical filtration. I feel the Berlin approach suits my sytem limitations best. Surprisingly, the tank and refugium have responded well to the transition, but I am still working diligently at lowering my nitrates, which seem to hang out between 30-40ppm. I listed my basic set-up below, I may be missing something, and suggestions would be very much welcomed.
Thanks...
My main tank inhabitants/ 55 main tank:
2 precula clowns
1 two barred rabbitfish
1 coral beauty
3 blue devil damsels
1 scooter blenny
3 peppermint shrimp
10 Hermits (blue legged)
10 mexican turbos
1 Serpeant star
a few other snails
70 lbs live rock
mushroom corals
a few zoos
My refugium:
Caulerpa/ green grape
Caulerpa prolifera
Shaving bush
Mangrove
6 magarita snails
6 astreala snails
8 pounds of live rock
My setup:
55 gallon maintank
150 watt metal halide
60 watt t-5 w/ antinic blue supplement
Fluval 304 (filled with live rock)
Aqua C remora protein skimmer
maxijet 1200 powerhead
Overflow box with sponge/ carbon sock
penquin 1400 for return back to main tank
