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I am downsizing from a 90 gallon SPS dominant/mixed reef to a Biocube 32. I am finding so many mixed answers on everything I search. I'm hoping to get an organized area here to tally up advice.
Current setup:
The new setup:
- Biocube 32
- Radion XR30 Gen 3 with Mobius upgrade and diffuser
- Aquamaxx HOB-1 skimmer
- Titanium heater with Inkbird controller
- Jebao return pump with random flow generator
- MP10WES
- Tunze nano ato
- Tunze Kalkwasser dispenser
- Fuge light?
Would you add sand or would you keep it bare bottom? What are the drawbacks to bare bottom that you have personally experienced or witnessed?
Should I use chaeto in the refugium? Or just pack as much rubble/biomedia in the middle chamber as possible?
I figured cheato is an easy export method, but will the skimmer and filter floss changes be enough?
Packing it with rubble/biomedia obviously allows more surface area for bacteria, but I also thought it might help with buffering pH if I go bare bottom. Maybe?
Current setup:
The new setup:
- Biocube 32
- Radion XR30 Gen 3 with Mobius upgrade and diffuser
- Aquamaxx HOB-1 skimmer
- Titanium heater with Inkbird controller
- Jebao return pump with random flow generator
- MP10WES
- Tunze nano ato
- Tunze Kalkwasser dispenser
- Fuge light?
Would you add sand or would you keep it bare bottom? What are the drawbacks to bare bottom that you have personally experienced or witnessed?
Should I use chaeto in the refugium? Or just pack as much rubble/biomedia in the middle chamber as possible?
I figured cheato is an easy export method, but will the skimmer and filter floss changes be enough?
Packing it with rubble/biomedia obviously allows more surface area for bacteria, but I also thought it might help with buffering pH if I go bare bottom. Maybe?