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08-26-2004, 07:50 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: May 2004 Location: granite city, IL,Illinois
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 |  refugiums
would it be better to have a fuge seperate from your sump or attached to your sump, I ahve a 75 gl. reef tank with two tangs and I am trying to figure out the best way to grow calurpa seperately because they have cleaned my tank out of everything I was growing | 
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08-26-2004, 08:03 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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| Re: refugiums
Welcome, welcome, welcome!
I have a 29 gallon long that I have configured into a sump/refugium. *Less bulkheads, etc., less chance of leaking, lower cost (I already had the tank). *In addition, limited space.
You can do either a combined or separate setup. _________ Just tryin to recreate God's perfection in a glass bowl. 20 Gallon Reef W/Live Rock, mated pair of Maroon Clowns, Softies, 110 watts PC 10,000k lighting, and skimmer.  | |
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08-28-2004, 04:42 AM
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| | Guest | Re: refugiums
Does anybody have a good idea on how to plumb a refugium that sits next to the main tank? I have a 90 main tank and plan to use a 10 gal for the refugium. I am worried about the 10 overflowing and not sure how to balance it.
Thanks
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08-28-2004, 10:34 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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| Re: refugiums
Thomas, welcome! Feel free to join as there is no cost and you get discounts with our sponsors!
If you elevate the 10 gallon above the display tank you can pump up to the refugium and have a gravity siphon flow back to the display. As long as you leave enough room in the display for water from the refugium if the power goes out, you will never have to worry about overflowing. | |
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08-28-2004, 11:30 AM
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| | Guest | Re: refugiums
That sounds like a great idea. I really was hoping to keep the 10 gallon at a visible hight, the same as the main tank. There must be a way to keep them even?
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08-28-2004, 12:45 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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| Re: refugiums
You will need to have the ten gallomn above the display to overcome atmospheric pressure and achieve gravity flow via siphon.
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08-28-2004, 04:59 PM
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| | Guest | Re: refugiums
Will it work the same if I pump across to the 10gallon and then route the output down into the sump of the main tank?
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08-28-2004, 06:13 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
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| Re: refugiums
No. The benefits of the refugium, reduced nitrates and phosphates as well as pods are better if they go directly to the display. | |
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08-29-2004, 04:31 AM
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| | Guest | Re: refugiums
But phisicaly it will work?
If the power fails in a setup like this, and the syphon stoped going out of the 10Gal. and ran dry, then the power turned back on and the pump resumed from the 90gal. , won't it overflow the 10Gal.? Does this mean I will need a skimmer box in the 10Gal. or am I missing something simple I can do too keep the gravity syphon always full?
Thanks for your help guys.
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08-29-2004, 04:45 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Marina del Rey, California
Posts: 3,524
| Re: refugiums
All you need is a control switch so your feed from the dsplay won't restart. The restart would be manual. How often does your power go out!
It's not a real problem here, so no major inconvenience.
Post a picture of your tank, eh?
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