Refugium Organisms

I am thinking about adding some scallops, a few feather dusters, a few mangroves and maybe a small amount of cheato for pods. My goal is to use filter feeding organisms more than macro algaes. Can anyone suggest some other filter feeders that would be good for my fuge.

 

clams xenia ...depends on lighting....scallops may b tough not sure if they would fair so well. can get live clams or oysters ...i would quarentine them for awhile first though

 

This will be a very low light fuge. I have 3 clams in my DT as well as xenia.

 

i ment non photosynthetic like piss clams ...try looking on ebay for clams n ull c wat i mean

 

Basically, little neck clams. I've seen some that are swarmed with flatworms and therefore don't want them in my tank even after being in a QT for a while.

 

I have a huge clam in my fuge. Don't know what species but it's the type you'd fry up or make chowder out of. It's about the size of my fist.

 

you can put a lot of things in there! cucumbers, starfish, crabs, shrimp, hermits, snails, conchs, macro algae, mangroves, urchins, and certain types of little burrowing fish (given its a big enough fuge)

 

Should you put anything in there to stir the sand?

 

well most conchs will stir it... some starfish and some shrimp will stir it also

 

But will all those help my water quality. I have cheato and some feather dusters in it now. I am hoping to just be able to run a low light fuge that works.