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I do have one!1. Why don't you have a refugium running on your reef tank?
I like that all the filtration is out of sight. It also allows me to run a protein skimmer easily. I have two types of algae along with copepods in my refugium. I set the day/night cycle to run opposite of the display tank so the algae are creating oxygen when the lights are off in the display tank.2. If you are running a refugium tell us about how they are worth setting up and maintaining?
Live Aquaria has had it in Diver's Den most evenings!I have a refugium ready to go, just not running because I can't find chaeto
Dump.one or the other. I would remove the Clarisea and see how it goes. I don't use any form.if prefiltration.
Tried it, wasn't worth the time, effort, expense or monitoring. My tank does fine without it. I understand the rationale - if you want to lower nutrients with algae. For me the expense and potential issues with lighting, space, etc - was not worth the expense and issues. An algae reactor was smaller, easier, less expensive to run/maintain and did the same thing as when I had a Refugium.The refugium is an auxiliary tank on your main, display tank. It serves as a sort of refuge for both primary producers and primary consumers (i.e. intermediaries) such as pods. There, desirable and beneficial macroalgae are cultivated out of the reach of large, gluttonous herbivores such as tangs. Pods proliferate there too, safe from the constant predatory pressure of small fishes like damsels, gobies, etc. Even so, as the pods reproduce, they drift out of the refugium into the main tank to continuously feed fishes, corals, and so on. As the macroalgal bed grows to maximal carrying capacity, it is harvested and either discarded or (better yet!) fed out as a nutritious live veggie for fish and invert herbivores in the main tank. - Thanks AlgaeBarn
What's not to love about refugiums and why would you not set one up on your reef tank? Let's talk about it!
1. Why don't you have a refugium running on your reef tank?
2. If you are running a refugium tell us about how they are worth setting up and maintaining?
I never clean my sump. nothing somer than that.Valid point, very much prefer the simplicity of changing a filter mat every 6-8 weeks vs allowing detritus into the sump/refuge and the cleaning that entails. With the roller mat, my sump stays pretty much spotless and when I tear down my pumps to clean there is very little to actually clean.
I have considered adding a fuge coming off my manifold and just running low flow and or minimal hours a day lighting just to increase microfauna