Would this refugium even be worth it

[cba191]

I'm looking at setting up a 93g cube. My question is about a refugium. Would having a ~20g refugium be enough for it? I want it to be able to provide adequate copepod production for livestock that would require it.

 

[chort55]

Will you have a separate sump as well, or is the 20g going to act as sump and fuge? If you will have both separate I would say yes should be fine, if together thats a bit small for a good skimmer, return pump and much of a fuge IMO for that size tank.

 

[cba191]

The total of the integrated sump and fuge will be close to 40g. The fuge part will be about 20g

 

[Loki]

I don't think it would be noticeably beneficial as far as water quality goes, but with pod growth yes.

 

[Steelerfan747]

What kind of equipment are you using. Will the pump be submersible or exterior? I ask cause if it's exterior you could always make the sump portion a little smaller to provide more space to the fuge. What are the measurements of the fuge?

 

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20 gallons is fine, I ran a 90 gallon on just a 20 gallon fuge for a year, full mixed reef. If you have a skimmer too, you are even better off.

 

[cba191]

I'm just accumulating things slowly. I'll be using the WM MF160 that I picked up, and everything will be contained in the sump to save space in the stand.

 

[wysiwyg]

if your sump/fuge together is 40g it will be fine also depends on what your putting into your fuge as far as macro algaes