Red Sea 250D Max

[wkopplin]

I also have noted that I am using way less top off water since installing the refugium. On a 66 gallon tank, I was adding about 7 gallons per week due to evaporation. Now I am adding roughly 2.5 gallons / week for a 66 gallon tank and a roughly 25 gallon refugium.

[danvan75]

beware of that caulerpa, it can get out of control and take over the rest of that macro you have in your fuge. I had some type of grape caulerpa, and it grew very fast.

[zerreissen]

My feather caulerpa is taking over my chaeto and dragon's breath in my fuge, and it's only been a couple of weeks. I already need to trim it back, it certainly grows very quickly!

Pardon my ignorance, but what is ispf?

[Troy Valentine]

http://www.ipsf.com

This is a great place to get critters for your sand bed. We used them a lot years ago.

[wkopplin]

I took out the caulerpa, I just don't like it. Threw the stuff away.

[wkopplin]

http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.co...m?pcatid=21598

I think these strips are what I will be using. I am going to take out the T-5's in the canopy and go with these. Not sure how many I will need, I can probably get by with four of them, but I have room for 6.

[wkopplin]

Still have not ordered the LED's, but I have a good idea as to what I am going to do.

The fuge is humming along and all my corals are doing extremely well since the fuge has been established. I put a couple of seahorses in the fuge and they are doing well. Also added a small cleaner crew.

The macros are growing very well. the Ulva is probably growing the best. I suspended it from the outflow pvc pipe that I ran across the top of the fuge. It just hangs down and flows with the powerhead. The seahorses like to come up to it and hunt for pods. Pretty fun to watch.

I need bristle worms and pods so if anyone has any to spare, give me a shout.

[johnyardavid]

Those LEDs will probably be perfect for a fuge, I don't know much about LED lighting except that if you are looking for coral or macro growth you really need a PAR meter to see their effectiveness; unless of course the LED's are a well documented series like CREE. Thank you again for taking the ponies off of my hands. As soon as you left I pulled that 40gal and cleared out my Saltwater Laboratory haha. You'll have to let me know if they have babies again. I was never able to tell if the male was pregnant because the whole time that he wasn't he would swell his pouch to show off to the girl. Does he still chase her around as soon as the lights come on every morning? I will hit you up on Saturday for the Ulva. I have half a bucket's worth of really fine sand if you could use some? I've already washed it and it's not silt that doesn't settle, it settles pretty quickly, just fine grain like refugium mud. Anyways, I'm liking the setup you have going on.