johnsonbrianh
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so everyone is always talking about refugiums..my question is what do u keep in it, how do u get the tank water in and out, can u have one with a glass tank that isnt drilled?? any and all advise it appreciated..thanks
Refugiums
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kraze3
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Yes you can have one in a glass tank that is not drilled depending on how you set it up. I refugium is a place for pods to reproduce safely. You can also keep some cheato in there. Run the lighting either 24/7 or opposite of your DT. The idea is that while your DT lights are out the cheato will continue to consume nutrients in the refuge.
Most people have their fuges incorporated somehow with thier sumps. The DT gravity drains into the sump/fuge and then is pumped back up into the DT. You can aslo set your fuge higher than your DT. Pump the water into it and let it gravity feed back to the DT.
Most people have their fuges incorporated somehow with thier sumps. The DT gravity drains into the sump/fuge and then is pumped back up into the DT. You can aslo set your fuge higher than your DT. Pump the water into it and let it gravity feed back to the DT.
johnsonbrianh
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so if i had one under my tank with sand, rock, and chaeto in it would i just have a pump to tank it from the main tank and pump it back??
Whys
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A refugium can be worked into the system in any number of ways. Ideally, the fuge should be above and drain into the display tank. This will prevent any pump from killing your pods along the way, assuming you want pod production. This tends to be inconvenient however, so many of us add the fuge to our sump, either in-line with the rest of the sump flow, or with its own slower flow, as some believe a slow-flow fuge offers benefits. Tho if all you want is Chaeto for nitrate export, an in-line design seems to work well for many.
I have my fuge under the stand, adjoined to the sump, with its own slower flow. Some argue that a return pump will only kill a small percentage of your pods and that the greater threat is the skimmer. For this reason some use a center return compartment with the skimmer on one side and the fuge on the other. However, I'm only using a Nano skimmer (gentle on pods) and suspect my return pump is the real killer. Thus I didn't bother with a center return and due to limited space, placed my return compartment on the right instead. This also gives more space for bubbles to rise out of the water column before reaching the pump.
What works best for you can depend on many things.
Here is my sump with the fuge on the left.
I have my fuge under the stand, adjoined to the sump, with its own slower flow. Some argue that a return pump will only kill a small percentage of your pods and that the greater threat is the skimmer. For this reason some use a center return compartment with the skimmer on one side and the fuge on the other. However, I'm only using a Nano skimmer (gentle on pods) and suspect my return pump is the real killer. Thus I didn't bother with a center return and due to limited space, placed my return compartment on the right instead. This also gives more space for bubbles to rise out of the water column before reaching the pump.
What works best for you can depend on many things.
Here is my sump with the fuge on the left.
