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Intermediate Topic UV Sterilizer Plumbing: Skimmer Order, Bypass Loops, and What Happens to Your Copepods
Where you plumb a UV sterilizer in a reef sump affects how well it performs, and it also affects something a lot of reefers don't think about until later: the copepods and other zooplankton many of us are actively trying to grow in a refugium. There's no single correct location that works for...- Manoj Bhardwaj
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- copepods intermediate reef plumbing reef tank maintenance refugium skimmer sump setup uv sizing uv sterilizer water flow
- Category: General Saltwater Aquarium
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Best algae for growing in a sump?
What would you say is the best species of algae for growing in a sump to uptake nitrates and phosphates in your water (aside from Chaeto) I have both grape caulerpa and dragons breath in my refugium and the caulerpa grows super fast but is kind of a hassle to remove. The dragons breath grows a...- saltwaterfish.com
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- macro algae refugium
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- Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
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Subscribe & Save is the best price on pods and phyto, period
Every bottle we send out is hand bottled the same day it ships. That is the whole reason we built the subscription the way we did. Copepods are not a one time purchase. They are a population your tank eats through, and the systems that stay stocked are the ones getting a fresh bottle on a...- CopepodsForSale
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- copepod subscription copepods copepodsforsale.com live copepods mandarin food phytoplankton refugium subscribe and save
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- Forum: Copepods For Sale
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Cube Build It's Hip To Be Square
Building Out My Juwel Lido 200 Reef System (Triton Method, Custom Plumbing, & T5 Hybrid Layout) Hey everyone, I wanted to start a build thread documenting the progress of my Juwel Lido 200 reef setup. I’m taking my time piece-by-piece to make sure the plumbing, filtration, and aesthetics align...- Fossilman06
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- anenome tank bubble magus curve 7 hamilton fiji sun t5 ho juwel lido 200 refugium sicce6.0 trigger systems triton method
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- Forum: Cube Aquariums
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Algae Scrubber vs Refugium
I've played around with the idea of getting a algae scrubber for my tank since they have become more affordable and common in the hobby, but I already have decent sized refugium that has been set up and established for about a year or so growing dragons breath and grape caulerpa. My biggest...- saltwaterfish.com
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- algae scrubber refugium refugium vs algae scrubber
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Waterbox 35 AIO canister upgrade.
Hi All! Been reefing for couple months now so definitely a newbie. Always loved upgrading and tinkering around my tank. I am currently running a Waterbox 35G AIO with a Red Sea Nano Mat and Bubble Magus QQ2 skimmer. Currently stocked with 70% LPS and 30%Softies. Recently I thought of adding 2...- MelbReefer
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- aio aquarium aio cleaning canister filter cleaining equipement equipment advice nutrient control nutrient export nutrient management refugium
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- Forum: General Equipment, Hardware, Filtration
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How much algae do you pull from your refugium when you clean it?
I clean my refugium every week to every other week as far as harvesting goes. Sometimes I will pull out a full gallon and a half bucket of algae at a time, and that's only from trimming half of it. On average how much algae do you pull out from your refugium when you clean it?- saltwaterfish.com
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- algae bed refugium
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Build Thread 32g Zombie BioCube
I had this tank running for years, back in the late 2010s. Sat for about 7 years, and now it’s back! Like a zombie. Took a crack at creating my own stand cause the Coralife one is cheesy imo. Coralife 32g Biocube (Tank started 6/28/26) Lighting VipraSpectra v165 10 White LEDs swapped Power...- dirtyd61
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- biocube coralife diy led refugium
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Refugium for AIO tank?
Looking for thoughts, ideas, recommendations.... Would like to add a refugium to a 30G AIO tank. I don't have the room to retrofit a back chamber, so was thinking of making a DIY sump/refugium. I've got a 20inch tall glass vase that would fit perfect under my display cabinet. Would be very...- Hook’emReef512
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- aio algae macro algae reactor refugium refugium design refugium diy sump diy
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SOLD (4) Tunze Waterproof Eco Chic Refugium LED lights with magnet mounts - LIKE NEW
I have 4 four these available as pictured. Ran less than 2 weeks, like new condition! Retails for $99 new Asking $70 each or $150 for last 3 remaining, shipping included. PayPal or Venmo Description LED eco chic refugium Spectrum especially suitable for refuge and basin for algae growth in...- Jamie814
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- led refugium tunze
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Texas Lighting Dry Goods SOLD Kessil H160 Refugium Light
I have a Kessil H160 with gooseneck that I’m not going to be using. Asking $125 Open to shipping.- cPr
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- kessil kessil h160 refugium
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Diatom Problem
I've had my tank up for a couple weeks now and I think I have stumbled upon a red-rustlike diatom bloom. I am only asking about this because I set up my refugium last week (kit from algaebarn) and dosed the PNS bacterioplankton that came with the kit. The issue is, I am not sure this was the...- Frigideus
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- refugium
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- Forum: New to Saltwater & Reef Aquariums? Post Here
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RAIN-8 twin screen pole mount waterfall algae scrubber
First an only one of it's kind https://www.santa-monica.cc/RAIN-8-twin-screen-pole-mount-waterfall-algae-scrubber_p_112.html- SantaMonica
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- algae ats chaeto filter fuge pellets refugium scrubber skimmer sump
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Tennessee Return Pumps Refugiums Package Deal Innovative Marine EXT 200 gallon, stand, screen, refugium, return, and ATO for Sale. MUST GO
Hello Everyone, I am looking to get rid of this system for $1,750. I live in the Knoxville, TN area and this would have to be picked up. Please let me know if you are interested! Thanks!- Picassoclown
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- ato refugium return screen lid stand tank
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Lighting Return Pumps Misc. Pumps Skimmers Sumps Refugiums LED Dosing Dry Goods Lifereef Sump, Refugium, ATO, Skimmer, Radion - $250
I had to breakdown my reef due to a tank leak. I will be back, but for now am selling my sump. Attached are some photos of it currently and when in operation (First Installed). I also included a tank photo just to show what this system was supporting. Feel free to look at my tank thread for any...- watdachuck
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- ato ato reservoir filter lifereef refugium sump
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Aquarium Controller Lighting Plumbing Dry Goods SOLD Ecotech Marine Radion XR30 Blues, RMS Mount, Vectra M2 Mobius, Neptune FMM, Neptune Solenoid
Frag tank break down, price includes shipping: 2x Ecotech Marine Radion XR30 Gen 6 Blue with RMS Mount. No box but I will take care of shipping seriously. Both run at 30-50% intensity with my T5. $650 each. Light only $600 Vectra M2 Mobius Ready SOLD Neptune FMM with Aquabus $60 New Neptune...- azreefer93
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- ecotech radion refugium vectra xr30 blue
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- Forum: Selling Forum (dry goods)
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DIY HOB refugium pump assistance needed
Hey folks! I have built a diy HOB fuge for my undrilled 55 gallon reef. Got one of these for free and converted it by wrapping it in strip lights, and putting a diy air lift pump by heat forming some .5 inch tubing, and poking a hole with a airline tubing barb. Works easy enough and the...- ricketyroll
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- hob pump refugium
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- Forum: Do It Yourself (DIY)
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10-15 gallon Refugium Inverts?
I am planning to have quite a large refugium of around 10-15 gallon and was wondering what interesting inverts I could put in there that wont disrupt the copepods and other microfauna that the refugium is made for. There will be a lot of invert eaters in the display tank so it would be really...- CaptainKiwi
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- display refugium refugium refugium stock
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- Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
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Magnetic baffle holding brackets?
I’m redoing the baffles in my refugium, but I don’t want to drain and dry the whole thing to silicone in the new baffles. It’s kind of the heart of my whole system. I’m wondering if there are any products out there that use a magnet on the can simply hold the baffles in place, also so I can take...- GothFishKeeper
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- baffle advice diy acrylic diy aquarium sump help refugium sump advice sump baffle sump build
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Dry Goods Neptune Apex Gro Light with square clamp
Used for eight months works fine. Square clamp type. Refugium stole too many nutrients so I broke it down.- Thomas B
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- led light refugium
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Beginner Build and Refugium Help
I am looking for some advice regarding my beginner 20 gallon saltwater setup. I currently only have fish (2 clownfish), snails, and crabs and plan on keeping it that way for a while. I don't have a sump, just a HOB filter. I am wondering if I could use the linked Fluval breeding box as a...- TankTinkerer12
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- beginner refugium
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Setting up a display refugium
Good afternoon! I have a 125g display with a 100g basement sump (stock tank). I want to add a large refugium as a source of pods, nutrient export, and pH buffer. I picked up a rimless 50g tank that I want to set up as a combination macro algae display and fuge. The lighting cycle would be...- esimplx
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- macro algae refugium
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Refugium help Waterbox reef lx290.6
Hello, so I had been running chaeto in my water box reef lx 290.6 nutrients were 55 nitrate and phosphate .05 Increased light period from 8 hrs to 14 hrs a day. (while also doing water changes to get nutrients under control) Currently my nitrate is 20 and phosphate is .1 My refugium is...- N11morales
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- macro algae refugium
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- Forum: Macroalgae (all types of desirable algae)
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Has anyone added a refugium to a Nyos Opus G2 300 sump? Looking for guidance / inspiration.
Hi everyone, I’ve ordered a Nyos Opus G2 300 (approx. 261 L display / ~310 L total system) and while I’m waiting for delivery, I’m trying to plan the filtration layout in advance. I’d like to run a refugium (chaeto + pods) as part of a nutrient-export strategy, but the stock Nyos sump layout...- haesengol
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- 300 nyos refugium
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Flow rate refugium compartment Eshoppes AF-200 sump
I’m setting up a new to me eshoppes AF-200 sump, it has a refugium chamber and I’m wondering. If I can run my media reactor and/or UV from that section. Does it get enough water turnover for this to make sense? Right now I’m not planning to setup a refugium so I’d like to make use of this...- TG17
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- af-200 refugium refugium chamber flow rate
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- Forum: General Equipment, Hardware, Filtration
