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01-01-2008, 09:20 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hamler, Ohio
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 |  Refugium Mud What Kind Do You Like!!??!!
Changing to a Refugium for my 125 and dont know what type of Mud to put in the Refugium and how deep to make the bed? All help and opinions welcome, I dont even know if mud is right for me?!?!?!  Thanks Rodney. | 
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01-01-2008, 09:25 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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100% clay unscented kitty litter. | |
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01-01-2008, 09:33 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Originally Posted by amcarrig  100% clay unscented kitty litter. | Hey Amcarring, btw, HNY, sorry for my ignorance, but why would anyone use kitty litter for the refug? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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01-01-2008, 09:38 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Because it's 100% clay, which is what "Miracle Mud" and similar products are "made" from | |
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01-01-2008, 09:41 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Just use a deep sand bed in mine and it works great and a lot cheaper then Miracle Mudd. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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01-01-2008, 09:53 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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A deep sand bed, Miracle Mud or Walt Smith's Fiji Mud are good choices as I have all three! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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01-01-2008, 04:33 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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i just have some reef rock for pods and stuff to breed in and chaetto
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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01-02-2008, 09:32 PM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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yup, cat litter, me to, hidden secret
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just one little sps frag tank with lots of goodies | |
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01-03-2008, 05:19 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by reef_guru hidden secret | YOU TOLD!  | |
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01-12-2008, 05:31 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southeast Washington
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100% clay unscented Kitty litter for me too, but I'm just following amcarrig. By the way, is that cat possessed?
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110 gallon acrylic with compact flourescent/actinic
55 gallon for sump/fuge
about 40 lbs of live rock (more to come)
ssb in tank, dsb in fuge | |
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