Starting my first SWRT

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R and the salty world. I suppose it’s a personal thing but I don’t think I would have mine on display

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R! Most refugiums, for sump-systems have the refugium as part of the sump but it does not need to be that way. It seems is that your thought is to have the refugium be a macro algae display tank. That is certainly possible but it may prove difficult to implement in a way that is both pleasing to look at and easy to maintain. Having three 'tanks': main display tank, macro algae display tank and sump would work but keeping everything working in concert could prove difficult. You could, maybe, design a sump with the refugium section along the front of the sump with a black-out partition to the 'guts' of the sump, if you have a way to provide easy access to the rear sections for your filtration, temperature stabilization and return plumbing.

 

[JC1977]

 

[LilElroyJetson]

I have a 48X20X13 55 gal Glass tank that i want to be my display tank.
Is there such a thing as a Display refugium? I have a 30X18X13 30 Gal bellow and would like to have a display type refugium with red algae Choates, and marine life like seahorses clams and corals. is that possible?
I have read and watched youtube channels but am not sure if i need a complete sump along with it including skimmers and other sump things.

Welcome!

 

[7of9]

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Welcome.

 

[Kiwi reefer]

Welcome to R2R, looking forward to seeing your progress.

 

[MDAquatics]

welcome! Anything can be done in this hobby. I think there are too many "rules" sometimes. People keep things all the time with setups outside the norm.