Sand in refugium.

[fishmaster818]

An I add a sand bed to my refugium. It's been setup for about a year

 

[m0nk3y69d]

I don't see why not I have a sand bed in mine and why do you want to add it now

 

[fishmaster818]

I don't see why not I have a sand bed in mine and why do you want to add it now

Detritus buildup

 

[m0nk3y69d]

you have detritus build up in the refugeum? and what else do you have in the fuge

 

[fishmaster818]

Cheato

 

[m0nk3y69d]

are you running a power head in the fuge or is the cheato just sitting in there

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

yes. You can add live sand directly to the bottom.

 

[fishmaster818]

you have detritus build up in the refugeum? and what else do you have in the fuge

are you running a power head in the fuge or is the cheato just sitting in there

No I'm not running a power head. The only flow is from a baffle

 

[m0nk3y69d]

ok you can add the sand right into the fuge but you will still get some detritus build up at least I did in mine so I added a small powerhead and it adds some extra water movement in that chamber to move it around and on top of that my cheato now grows twice as fast

 

[fishmaster818]

So could i add just a powerhead and not the sand

 

[m0nk3y69d]

if you have an extra one laying around I would throw it in and see what happens

 

[fishmaster818]

Okay

 

[m0nk3y69d]

I hope it helps and you can still add the sand if you wish personally I like having the sand in my fuge I like the look and it adds some bacteria filtration but either way let me know what you end up doing and if it helps out

 

[m0nk3y69d]

here is the link to my tank thread and you can see a pic of my fuge on here
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-75g-rebuild.227383/