maturing a fuge/ sump

[dirtee147]

I am going to replace my wet dry for fuge /sump. I need to know the steps on swiching from one to the other? Will it mess up my cycle if I just swich it over or do I need to mature the fuge/sump?

 

[dirtee147]

Pleaser don't make me go to the LFS.

 

[ccws]

This thread might answer your question:
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/show...light=refugium
My question was, Can I get rid of my wet dry altogether and replace it with a refugium?

 

[dirtee147]

I have asked that one too but I was just going to do it anyway. If everything died I was just going to blame the forum

JK I love you guys

 

[trainfever]

If you have enough liverock in your tank, then you can just remove the bioballs and use your wetdry as your sump/refugium. If not, then you will have to slowly replace the bioballs with more liverock. Your bioballs and your liverock contain your bacteria which is beneficial to the survival of your tank. If you dont have enough liverock and you remove all of your bioballs at once, you could possibly start another cycle. If it were my tank, I would maybe remove a handful of bioballs a week, until they are all out. This would give the liverock time to regain more bacteria.

 

[dirtee147]

I have about 100 lbs of lr in my tank and was planing on puting some in my sump/fuge too. would that be enough?

 

[trainfever]

How big is your tank? Do you plan on using your wet/dry as the sump or are you using a different container?