Algae scrubber or refugium? For 450 gallon system

[Deej1534]

I am currently looking at purchasing an algae scrubber for my system. I am in the process of rebuilding my sump and figured this would be a great time. My system will run 3 tanks. A 210, 125, and an 80 gallon frag tank. I found a local used clear water cw200 which seems to be very fairly priced. I see this can handle up to 400 gallons. I feed 2 cubes to the 125, 1 cube to the 80 and I am currently repairing the 210 after a seam failure on the bottom of the tank but probably 2 cubes in that tank as well. The tank had been running for 15 yrs so it was time for some resealing. My whole system plus sump will be around 450 gallons. I am wondering if the cw-200 will be able to handle the whole system.

To add I’ll also have a reef mat 1200 running along with the reef octopus 200 int skimmer which I am thinking should be able to handle the system with all other filtration.

Any recommendations or experience would be awesome

 

[tzabor10]

Sounds like a good start