Coelli
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I'm not sure what else to call it. I am wondering about the pros and cons of allowing my display refugium to slowly trickle into my sump while it's cycling.
Details:
65g DT mixed reef, 20 long sump with skimmer, refugium w/ chaeto and MarinePure spheres, carbon and GFO reactors.
30g display fuge, new sand + 1/2c of sand from DT, some cured rock and some dry mostly clean but uncooked rock placed in it last week. It's had its own heater, powerhead, and temporary HOB filter with some floss to catch particulate. I just did a 33% water change (all the water I had onhand).
DF is fed by a 1/2" line from the manifold.
I'd open the line to let a very slow trickle into the fuge, returning that trickle to the sump for the skimmer and MarinePure to handle, plus the LR in the tank (a considerable amount, plus a rock wall) and reactors.
Obviously the con is that some ammonia (it's very slight) would be returned to the DT for processing. However this could be a pro too?
I'm thinking the biggest pro is that the parameters will have more of a chance to equalize between the two tanks rather than letting 'er rip post-cycle and potentially causing a huge swing.
Thoughts? Thanks!
Details:
65g DT mixed reef, 20 long sump with skimmer, refugium w/ chaeto and MarinePure spheres, carbon and GFO reactors.
30g display fuge, new sand + 1/2c of sand from DT, some cured rock and some dry mostly clean but uncooked rock placed in it last week. It's had its own heater, powerhead, and temporary HOB filter with some floss to catch particulate. I just did a 33% water change (all the water I had onhand).
DF is fed by a 1/2" line from the manifold.
I'd open the line to let a very slow trickle into the fuge, returning that trickle to the sump for the skimmer and MarinePure to handle, plus the LR in the tank (a considerable amount, plus a rock wall) and reactors.
Obviously the con is that some ammonia (it's very slight) would be returned to the DT for processing. However this could be a pro too?
I'm thinking the biggest pro is that the parameters will have more of a chance to equalize between the two tanks rather than letting 'er rip post-cycle and potentially causing a huge swing.
Thoughts? Thanks!
