please explain a refugium

[irishstout]

Ive been reading about these and what on earth is it?? Is it an extra tank you hook in-line with an existing set up??? Hunh?? <img src="graemlins//eek.gif" border="0" alt="[eek]" />

 

[barracuda]

Refugium is a small size tank(minimum is 20 gal) which connected to your main tank or a sump with a very slow flow. This tank consist of deep sand bed some live rock and a lot of plants like caulerpa or so. Tank should have the lights on for about 12 hours. You can set the lights turn on after your main tank light go off. This will help to keep your PH stable. You can add a small a little clean up crew to it. This tank should keep your nitrates low or within undetectable levels.
Is this enough info?
P.S. u can search the web for DIY refugium and find a lot of info about it.

 

[banshee]

Check out this link...
<a href="http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/refugiumsetups/" target="_blank">http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/refugiumsetups/</a>

 

[jumpfrog]

As stated above. Here's a picture of mine before the calurpa really took off. Many different ways to approach this project. A search here and the internet will give you some ideas.

Good Luck!

 

[von_rahvin]

my refugium is a 10 gall and it works just fine. some people keep their lights on 24/7 just to give the algea a perfect place to live. there are many debates on that at this point. other than that he was right.