joseph.timbs
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The “refugium” will be displayed under my 40 breeder, in the cabinet I use for my stand. I have a 3 section, traditional 10g sump. Overflow into protein skimmer, chaeto fuge chamber that goes unharvested, return pump chamber. Here’s the plan.
In order to add water volume to my 40g, I’m attaching a 40g Rubbermaid. Also to get ugly red grow led out of sight. The skimmer/bio-blocks, chaeto/red grow led, return pump will go in Rubbermaid in a closet out of view. I’m going to run overflow into the new fuge tank, then overflow (gravity) into the new Rubbermaid sump and then returned to main display from the Rubbermaid sump return pump. Normal parameters btw. Alk 9.0 (AFR), cal 410, mag 1350. Phosphate around .08-.1, nitrates 5. Temp 79.0 (controller). It’s a 4 year old system. Mixed acro dominant, live sand. Frozen music’s, seaweed pellets, rare use of flakes, Red Sea AB+, reef roids, microbacter 7. Co2 scrubber media into Skimmer. Carbon when needed. Ph average 8.15. No Kalk ATO. Fuge light will be full spectrum 2-channel black box.
Livestock: I want to get a flame hawk for the main display but I have a 2 year old coral banded. With a chance of predation I’m going to move the CBS to the new 10g. Then add the flame hawk to the display, one of the reasons why. I plan to add macros like Halimeda, mermaid fan, shaving brush for decoration pieces. I don’t want sexual fast growing macro. Along with a couple red macro that are decorative too but also food for my baby yellow tang in 40. I don’t like using nori sheets and spoil the water (slightly but still), so I want to grow a live option. Then I’m going to add inverts and stuff I can’t in my reef display because of safety for coral. I’m going to line macro’s at edge of live rock. Used as a barrier. Then add tree, ruffle, ball sponge. Gorgonian or two, maybe bubble coral I have in the display (not sure), and purple styli I have in display that I don’t have room for. Have to wait till I see if the barrier works. A derasa clam and probably a dendro or another nps coral. Chili or something, possibly a leather but doubt I have room. I’m lining the rock with macro as a barrier because of a couple more things I like that aren’t reef safe. A pink tip condy anemone and chocolate chip starfish. Not sure if it will work but I plan to give it a shot. Those two aren’t deal breakers. Then maybe a Halloween hermit or yellow cucumber, some other invert that doesn’t put my CBS in danger and visa versa, porcelain crab, Pom Pom crab, something like that. Then maybe a small 3 stripe damsel or possum wrasse, etc.. something small. Anyways that’s the plan, what you think? Any suggestions?
In order to add water volume to my 40g, I’m attaching a 40g Rubbermaid. Also to get ugly red grow led out of sight. The skimmer/bio-blocks, chaeto/red grow led, return pump will go in Rubbermaid in a closet out of view. I’m going to run overflow into the new fuge tank, then overflow (gravity) into the new Rubbermaid sump and then returned to main display from the Rubbermaid sump return pump. Normal parameters btw. Alk 9.0 (AFR), cal 410, mag 1350. Phosphate around .08-.1, nitrates 5. Temp 79.0 (controller). It’s a 4 year old system. Mixed acro dominant, live sand. Frozen music’s, seaweed pellets, rare use of flakes, Red Sea AB+, reef roids, microbacter 7. Co2 scrubber media into Skimmer. Carbon when needed. Ph average 8.15. No Kalk ATO. Fuge light will be full spectrum 2-channel black box.
Livestock: I want to get a flame hawk for the main display but I have a 2 year old coral banded. With a chance of predation I’m going to move the CBS to the new 10g. Then add the flame hawk to the display, one of the reasons why. I plan to add macros like Halimeda, mermaid fan, shaving brush for decoration pieces. I don’t want sexual fast growing macro. Along with a couple red macro that are decorative too but also food for my baby yellow tang in 40. I don’t like using nori sheets and spoil the water (slightly but still), so I want to grow a live option. Then I’m going to add inverts and stuff I can’t in my reef display because of safety for coral. I’m going to line macro’s at edge of live rock. Used as a barrier. Then add tree, ruffle, ball sponge. Gorgonian or two, maybe bubble coral I have in the display (not sure), and purple styli I have in display that I don’t have room for. Have to wait till I see if the barrier works. A derasa clam and probably a dendro or another nps coral. Chili or something, possibly a leather but doubt I have room. I’m lining the rock with macro as a barrier because of a couple more things I like that aren’t reef safe. A pink tip condy anemone and chocolate chip starfish. Not sure if it will work but I plan to give it a shot. Those two aren’t deal breakers. Then maybe a Halloween hermit or yellow cucumber, some other invert that doesn’t put my CBS in danger and visa versa, porcelain crab, Pom Pom crab, something like that. Then maybe a small 3 stripe damsel or possum wrasse, etc.. something small. Anyways that’s the plan, what you think? Any suggestions?
