Originally Posted by
Shyshko08
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He stated that all those critters that you are keeping in there will be eating all your beneficial bacteria, so in the end the refuge will end up being a mini tank of critters. The name refuge was to to keep beneficial bacteria safe not critters.
That is what I was told, I'm not saying you are wrong. Let me know what you think about what he told me. I'd like to get both opinions.
Ask him or her what these critters are that eat nitrifing and denitrifying bacteria I certainly would like to know.
The name refuge was to to keep beneficial bacteria safe not critters.
Now I will be the first to admit I do not know much about this hobby BUT I do know that Dr. Walter Adey of the Smithsonian Institute first used the term Refugia to describe water that was separate from the main tank but connected to it. This area housed plants or animals that could develop with out being attacked by fish. Today we use the Refugia as a place that increases water volume within our system, an area for our skimmer, supplemental bio filtration via live rock and or a deep sand bed est. The area is also used to grow micro-crustaceans that can be used for food with in our main tank. I personally know people that grow aiptasia within their Refugia to use as food for their butterfly fish. Most refugia are commonly used today to grow higher forms of algae BTW I personally would and do only grow caulerpa in my Refugia a great way to export nitrates.
Now I would never claim to know more then the person you are talking to BUT it may just be possible