Remote, or, multiple remote Refugiums WITHOUT AN IN-DISPLAY.

[Ram_Puppy]

My new tank has one of Richards Deep Carbon Beds... (WATER GOES IN THIS WEEK!!!!! YAY YAY YAY!!!!) and as I continu building, I will add in refugiums.

Step 2 refugium will be fed off them main pump. there is an odd triangular space between my tank, the wall and a window (it's a bay window) and I plan on filling that small area with a simple refugium crafted from wood and lined with a couple layers of pond liner. It will be filled with live rock, and I will plant some mangroves in it, then put egg crate around the trunks of the mangroves and place black river rocks over the eggcrate. essentially it becomes a salt water pot w/ a mangroves planted in it, and the live rock filling up it's insides becomes a perfect cryptic refugium for pod production.

Step 3 may or may not happen depending on the wife... but I hope it does.

Build a simple window seat into the bay window, inside I will either put a 55 or a custom designed refugium. this one will be filled w/ mud and and turtle grass. nothing else. probably the mangrove refugium will gravity feed into this one, and this one will gravity feed back into the sump, right into the feed to the pump to return to the tank (which will hopefully reduce the amount of goodies getting skimmed out of the tank) (goodies = epiphytic matter off the seagrasses, and larval pods and such.)

I still have another T off the return pump that I can use to yet another refugium / tank but the only place then is UP, and that would mean over the tank, I think all I could do without being constantly worried about the weight would be a 10 or 15 gallon tank.

I may put liverock in the sump as well, not sure.

[bigdscobra]

I dont have any noticable growth in my chaeto, is this a good thing?? its not dieing and doesnt look bad it just never grows. My skimmer is just a seaclone 100 which maybe fills the cup up once a week. I guess its because my fuge, and sump which has live rock is almost the size in gallons of my displays. I also run carbon and feed A LOT.

So is no chaeto growth good?

[scuba_steveo]

I have an aptasia fuge that is awesome!!!

[TexasTodd]

Aptasia fuges are the best!

Dan, it could be the quality of lighting over your Cheato.

Rampuppy, sounds NICE!

Jerry, you'll not run it to problems, unless you feed a lot...then possibly.

I have no idea what the "coral food" is. I really think of it more as a nutrient reducing fluid. It is good IMO.

Todd

[bigdscobra]

The lighting may be the issue its dual 40w philips growth bulbs, I am thinking about using some 96w PCs that I just got from seamonkey. I will let you know if that makes a difference.

Apatasia fuge LOL thats my anglers tank but most of them are DEAD now