Lights for a refugium??

nicodakat

nicodakat

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Hi everyone, I just bought an 80 gallon tank and want to set up a 20 gallon refugium/sump. How much light do I need to keep in the refugium?? I put miracle mud, calerpa, some spaghetti type of seewee, a mangrove, and live rock. Thanks in advance for the info. :happy:
 
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thomas712

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Alot of people use the lights of america fixture from at home depot for those smaller fuges.. You might want to look up refugium lighting using the search function. I use an 80 watt fixture over my 55 gallon fuge.
Thomas
 
druluv

druluv

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Originally Posted by NicodaKat
Hi everyone, I just bought an 80 gallon tank and want to set up a 20 gallon refugium/sump. How much light do I need to keep in the refugium?? I put miracle mud, calerpa, some spaghetti type of seewee, a mangrove, and live rock. Thanks in advance for the info. :happy:
Look up Jali PC 18 watt . They fit perfect over a fuge and they are cheap.
 
reefnut

reefnut

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Get the Home Depot light!! It's a 65w 6500k PC for 40$ and fits perfectly on top of a 20g refuge!!
Here's my 20g sump/refuge with a LOA light!!
 
squidd

squidd

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I guess it depends on the "Goal" for your Fuge...
I run mine as as "Algal Scrubber" growing Mass quantities of Macros for harvest as they pull malnutrients from the water...
I run 4+ watts per gallon and 30 to 50% MT size on fuge..
Killer Skimmer, good Flow and my numbers stay in the "0s " consistantly...
 
nicodakat

nicodakat

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Reefnut, thanks for the info on going to Home Depot. Your refugium looks awesome!! Thanks everybody for the help!!!!
 
golfish

golfish

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Originally Posted by ReefNut
Get the Home Depot light!! It's a 65w 6500k PC for 40$ and fits perfectly on top of a 20g refuge!!

Ouch, you guys have to pay 40.00 for that light up there...Its 18.00 at the HD's here and 9.00 at the Costco.
 
annanymous

annanymous

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hey gas here is in the upper $2 range

soon it will be cheaper to stay home rather then go to work and fill up my tank with gas :eek:
 
golfish

golfish

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Originally Posted by ReefNut
Man we're getting ripped off... but gas is still 1.80 :yes:
If your paying 40.00 for the LOA fixture your gas should be about 55 cents a gal to offset the high price :scared:
 
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