please post pictures of your refugium/sump
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charlied
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$10 10g tank from walmart
$10 lights from walmart
$20 home depot plumbing / plexi baffles
$20 overflow from that auction site
not too bad for my first try. been in operation for 2 days now. need to get more LR and need to get that cheato stuff, where can i get that? anyone have some extra they want to send me? hee hee.... oh and i passed the power failure test. what do you guys think?
here are some pics....
$10 lights from walmart
$20 home depot plumbing / plexi baffles
$20 overflow from that auction site
not too bad for my first try. been in operation for 2 days now. need to get more LR and need to get that cheato stuff, where can i get that? anyone have some extra they want to send me? hee hee.... oh and i passed the power failure test. what do you guys think?
here are some pics....
hurt
Active Member
If I do this (and build it to what most of these pics are looking like), will I need a sump also?
I am assuming you realize all a sump is a place to put your heaters, skimmers, bioballs, kalk, Ca, or phosban reactors, etc. A refuge is merely a place that is free from predation and they usually hold LS and macros for nitrate reduction. So it all depends upon how you design your fuge, sump, or fuge/sump as mine is. You don't necessarily need either. You could just have a HOB skimmer on your DT, with heaters also in your DT. So it's all up to you and what you currently have setup, and what you wish to accomplish. That being said, both will help with your water quality in different ways.
I am assuming you realize all a sump is a place to put your heaters, skimmers, bioballs, kalk, Ca, or phosban reactors, etc. A refuge is merely a place that is free from predation and they usually hold LS and macros for nitrate reduction. So it all depends upon how you design your fuge, sump, or fuge/sump as mine is. You don't necessarily need either. You could just have a HOB skimmer on your DT, with heaters also in your DT. So it's all up to you and what you currently have setup, and what you wish to accomplish. That being said, both will help with your water quality in different ways.
mythrenody
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Thanks Brolik!
caz
Member
Alright guys... I got mine all set up minus the LR/rubble and chaeto... I'm getting bubbles from it, but should that calm down once I put some lr in my intake area and get the cheato in the fuge filled up? Let me know opinions... getting frustrated as I feel like I'm where I started. Let me know..
jamesthero
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caz
Member
Alright... I adjusted a few things and got my lr rubble and a little bit of chaeto in there and it's better. I think once my chaeto fills in it will do even better. The only bubbles I have now seem normal. My wife is telling me I'm too anal though.. lol (probably true) NOW I can't wait for my ro/di system to get here! 
Thanks for the help guys
Thanks for the help guys
joe123
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I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT SUPPLIES YOU NEED AND HOW THE PLUMBING WORKED. PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT JOESTEPDADDY@AOL.COM
HOW MUCH WOULD ALL THIS COST FOR JUST SUPPLIES AND DID YOU USE GLASS FOR THE DIVIDERS FOR THE COLUMNS? THANKS FOR ANY HELP ALL OF THIS IS SOMEWHAT NEW TO ME BUT I AM LEARNIG SO MUCH FROM ALL
HOW MUCH WOULD ALL THIS COST FOR JUST SUPPLIES AND DID YOU USE GLASS FOR THE DIVIDERS FOR THE COLUMNS? THANKS FOR ANY HELP ALL OF THIS IS SOMEWHAT NEW TO ME BUT I AM LEARNIG SO MUCH FROM ALL
azocean709
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ive been wanting to build a refugium since i read about them...you guys got some pretty good stuff. and helped me a ton. thanks!
