Cryptic Refugium?

[Ram_Puppy]

Anyone ever tried running one?

one of the pluses (out of the many minuses) in taking forever to build a system, is you get to continually re-evaluate your strategy.

Cryptic Refugia are devoid of algaes, and light. You pump water into them, let them drain into the tank (this one would be gravity fed anyhow)

I am thinking of doing it small, only 10 or perhaps a 15 gallon tall. no lights, just live rock rubble. this would be a place for not only pods to thrive, but sponges and other critters that love the dark.

since I had to compromise with physics and put my huge refugium on the floor (safety first!) I figured a 10 gallon cryptic refugium designed to generate pods is the way to go.

any thoughts?

[Shark_Bait]

I know it's not the same but sorta is. In my wet dry I put rubble in the area where the bio balls usualy go. I even added pods to this area from IPSF thinking it would be the perfect breeding grounds with no predators. Well 6 months later and theres not a pod in sight. There are a few sponge type things in there along with some sort of aptasia looking things (not aptasia) but this area does connect into the return pump area. Don't know if this helps.