Refugium without light?

[DanishReefer]

Hi, i'm thinking of Running a compartment in my all in one tank with some chaeto algae and som marine pure spheares. But there isnt really any room for lighting...

So will it be useless without lighting and What is the ups and downs.

DanishReefer

 

[BadFish619]

Is it near a window? It's an algae that photosynthesize so it will need light. Let me show you my HOB, light is small and it's all contained in a 10 by 6 box on the back. I also have a light in my sump that I use to grow more and house copepods. What is your system? Do you have a sump? Do you have room for a HOB?

 

[BadFish619]

Welcome to R2R btw!

 

[russell13]

Check out the small grow lights they sell on amazon. There are some very small ones that would probably work with your situation

 

[DanishReefer]

Welcome to R2R btw!

Thanks alot. This is basicly the sump, i plan to make it in the heater section. There is Black everywhere around it, but guess i could remove Some of the laminate to set a magnetic growlight up

 

[Mariette]

I had some in a flow and light less mini fuge. It did ok for a while. Didn’t grow. Didn’t die. Then it died. Lasted a good mth at least.

 

[russell13]

I did a fuge in a obj nano cube that is very similar to what you have. The back was cover in a black sticker that I cut away and peeled off with a razor blade. Then I used an old tank light to light up the fuge and with a little modification it worked great. There are much better options for lighting now.

 

[DanishReefer]

I did a fuge in a obj nano cube that is very similar to what you have. The back was cover in a black sticker that I cut away and peeled off with a razor blade. Then I used an old tank light to light up the fuge and with a little modification it worked great. There are much better options for lighting now.

Thanks!

 

[DogsRule]

There are a variety of submersible LED strip lights that are popular in the freshwater community for uplighting & adding light to shaded areas. They are reasonably priced & I'm sure you could find one in the right size & spectrum that could drop in to your fuge area to grow the Chaeto. HT