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12-01-2004, 01:59 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northwest Ohio,
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 |  Buy or build?
Tight budget, been round and round, many ideas and excellent ideas, but what do you all think...
Desperately want a refugium! For everything I want included in it, to buy a ready-made one woudl be big$. I have seen some you piece (like a kit, sorta) together yourself that look really nice and owudl get me close to what I want, but they still aren't exactly what I want.
I currently have a wet/dry tower in 20 high sump. Yes, I am keeping the wet/dry for now, gonna be a heavy fish load. I could possibly convert this to accomadate a refuge area of about 22" x 3.5".
try this?
buy a ready built one?
Build one myself?
I am NOT good at allw ith making things such as this, or I would go for it. Gee, this is supposed to be fuN!
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Thanks for all of your help, this place is the best!&&55 Acrylic Hex FOWLR.
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12-02-2004, 04:25 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: Buy or build?
If you build it they will come! Who? The plants and inverts of course * 
I can't glue two pieces of wood together without making a mess but I made a refugium. You will have fun, maybe make a mistake or two but it will be yours. Mine is below the main tank and it's NOT pretty, but it works and I'm glad I did it. Just don't cuss me out if you decide to make yours and things aren't perfect... * 
Besides all that, have you really seen a commercially made refugium set up exactly the way you want yours to be?
Have fun either which way you decide to go.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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12-02-2004, 05:10 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northwest Ohio,
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| Re: Buy or build?
Words of encouragement! Now who is gonna put the band aid on my finger if I really mess up?!?!? | |
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12-02-2004, 02:41 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northwest Ohio,
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| Re: Buy or build?
Guess, what I found a perfect "Scrap" piece of thick acrylic today, even cut to the exact size I needed for a whopping $3! I felt like I won the lottery, really! I was excited, so we'll see how it goes! | |
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12-02-2004, 02:52 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: Buy or build?
Have someone take pictures of you while you work 
We can make a documentary out of it. Good Luck
Jim | |
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12-02-2004, 03:37 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northwest Ohio,
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Sure, I know you all could use a good laugh! That's eexactly why I picked Homer Simpson as my avatar! Ever see the spisode where he tries to make a barbeque pit  Lots of real life "dohs" coming my way soon enough! | |
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12-02-2004, 04:27 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hayward, CA,California
Posts: 27
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| Re: Buy or build?
If you put the time and your own knowledge to build something you have more pride about your creation, so deffinetly buid.
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Started 10/25/04 - 10 long acrylic w/ ~14 lbs L.R., 2.5in DSB, Aquaclear P.F. w/ carbon and DIY 7w refugium, 130w of P.C., small & large zoanthid colonies, f. dusters, green/purple frogspawn, green tip hammers, galaxia, xenia, purp. gergonian, shrooms, florida ricordea, green star polyps, daisy polyps, male mandarin goby, cleaner shrimp, astreas, nehrites, emerald crab, hermits, turbos...&&&&&&
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12-02-2004, 04:27 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Northwest Ohio,
Posts: 50
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| Re: Buy or build?
Ok seriously though...I will probably just go with simple baffles. Do I want to cut slots or holes lower down on them? I have seen so many variations and the slots make sense to me.
Secondly, will the "pods and such" just begin growing after awhile, or do I need to introduce them? I have live rock that has been cured for about 3 years! Add more rock? I figure I will go with live sand and some of the miracle mud. Aslo try to get a few different cups of sand from area shops. | |
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