need help on refugium

coralfishg

coralfishg

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right now I am in the process of building my refugium, I bought a 20 gal long tank and added a 4in sand bed, with one inch of crushed coral in the middle of the bed (for a tottal bed of 5 in). i really have two question's, what type of lighting should I use to light it. I just bought the light's for the main tank so my pocket is a little thin right now. also I need two pumps. 1 to take the water from the sump to the refugium, and another as a return back to the tank. what kinda pumps whould you guys recomend. thanks for any help :cool:
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Can't help with questions on return pump...other than to say personally I'd try to keep a relatively low flow rate thru the refugium. Mine is fed by a hagen 802 ph and has approximately 75 GPH of flow. For lighting I use a standard 4' shop fixture with 2x40 watt no floursent lamps(50/50) my calupera is growing like crazy!...in any case I think you'll like the benefits of adding the refugium to your system....after the first month my nitrates hit zero and micro algaes in the display are nearly non-existant.
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Home depot. For the fixture it was approx $10...lamps were around $8 each. I built my entire refugium(35 gal rubbermaid) for under $50....lighting included.....*_^
 
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