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Never ran zeovit so I dont know much about it.What you think of a zeovit reactor ?
Ok I understand so basically it’s one or the other.
Ok so usually how big does a refugium have to beYes ..... and no! ATS, macro 'reactor' and chaeto refugium all basically do the same thing. ATS is the most space efficient; refugium the broadest in terms of benefits. I run both ATS and chaeto refugium - it's about nutrient export. If the ATS is sized to be able to remove all produced nutrients, then a chaeto refugium is unnecessary; and vice versa. It the ATS is not sized adequately (and it's hard to be precise) then a chaeto refugium can be helpful. FWIW, when I experimented with adding a chaeto reactor to my system, it proved to be not necessary.
I have a 180 gallon standard glass tank eurobraced 3 panel starfire glass the tank is still sitting in my living room I got the tank about a month ago I haven’t plumped the tank yet because I’m buying everything before plumping the tankWhat size tank are we talking here? For me running a flow through sump with a refugium never panned out, I attribute it to; too much flow. Algae scrubbers work well but are frankly a pita; I hate the maintenance, the waterfall noise, and the diddleling to get the flow right. Algae reactors are the bomb, for me; the only draw back is getting one large enough for large tanks in excess of say 125-150g.
So I either have the choice of going with the sump or a algea reactor and just using my refugium section for my protein skimmer since it’s a lot bigger then my protein section I currently have my protein skimmer in the algea reactor I actaully wanna use would be pax bellum n24What size tank are we talking here? For me running a flow through sump with a refugium never panned out, I attribute it to; too much flow. Algae scrubbers work well but are frankly a pita; I hate the maintenance, the waterfall noise, and the diddleling to get the flow right. Algae reactors are the bomb, for me; the only draw back is getting one large enough for large tanks in excess of say 125-150g.
What size tank are we talking here? For me running a flow through sump with a refugium never panned out, I attribute it to; too much flow. Algae scrubbers work well but are frankly a pita; I hate the maintenance, the waterfall noise, and the diddleling to get the flow right. Algae reactors are the bomb, for me; the only draw back is getting one large enough for large tanks in excess of say 125-150g.
Yeah it’s either that pax bellum or a new sump with a bigger refugium with a kessil led light for chateo growthYeah the pax bellum is top of the line, able to handle large tanks, but pricey. If it's in your budget, that's what I would do. Enough rocks and flow with a properly or one size up skimmer, and one of these would be the perfect filtration setup for me.
What is your experience with both? How long have you had both running? I am considering both because my sump fuse is only 12" for a 150 gal tank. I purchased the CW-100 External Algae Scrubber to add as a supplement but after reading this thread am second guessing my thoughts.I have both on my 90. I have an inexpensive led grow fixture mostly red with some blue. Grows cheato well. the alge scrubber is a DIY with four led soft white bulbs. no skimmer by the way. so they can co-exist....