Do you have a refugium?-3reef Site Polls-3reef Forums

Matt Rogers · 09-03-2005, 10:36 AM

I always wanted one, but my stand is full.
Do you have a refugium?
Have you noticed any difference in water quality?
What works for you?

kb.bear · 09-03-2005, 10:58 AM

I have them on both of my larger tanks I would have to say I don’t use them for water quality. It is all about a place that bugs can grow undisturbed for my friends that rely on them as part of their diet

Gresham · 09-03-2005, 11:06 AM

When dem ears grow so big? Oh yah, you had your lobes enlarged after you saw The Lord of the Rings

I've got a fuge, 10g on a RDP (reverse dark period). I had a power outage last week and forget to reset the timer, so no fuge lights for a few days. BOOM, algea started to grow in my frag tank. Corrected it a few days ago, and..... BOOM, algea is growing only in the fuge again.

It's a 10g acrylic flat back hex w/ 2x 36w 10K pc. I'd love to run lower kelvin bulbs, but I had these sitting around, so why buy more bulbs? The tank is feed by a rio 200, so not a ton of water movement, perfect for my resident fuge angler

He's a model citizen, only eating what I give to him, aka not a pod eater

I grow mainly a red algea and some I brought home from my new job (I work for a algea farm now

.... Reef Nutrition/Reed Mariculture...maker of Phyto-Feast Live) which is a type of gracilaria (robusta we think).

allaboutfish37 · 09-04-2005, 06:23 AM

I have one that comes on at night (reverse dark period). I aso use it for my frags.

Covey · 09-04-2005, 03:00 PM

Mine 10g and I run it 24/7 I tirm the calerpia 2x a week about 3-4". I have got two of the screw-in PC flood lamps. I have chaeto but it doesn't grow much.

Covey · 09-04-2005, 03:10 PM

and I am thinking about setting a Mangrove planter which would technically be a fuge too.

Bruce · 09-04-2005, 04:08 PM

i dont but i want one lol...

Birdlady · 09-05-2005, 07:46 AM

I have a 20G fuge/sump full of chaeto! Since I switched to a yellow bulb, grows like crazy mad! I set the tank up with the fuge from day one so I cannot say I noice a difference but after nearly a year, I still have zero nitrates. I do have some red bristly algae in my display, but it is not out of control.

chetrod · 09-05-2005, 07:52 AM

I have a 20 Gallon set up I havent put anything in it yet will be getting some mangroves and some calurpa algea.....

bergzy · 09-05-2005, 12:28 PM

here is my 40g remote refugium that feeds into my sump.

the light i use:

initial seeding with chaetomorpha:

explosive chaeto growth:

actually,

now that my reef has stabilized...chaeto growth has become zero and i now have zero nitrates, phosphates etc.