Refugium Stocklist

[scotty37]

my 120 has a 25 gallon refugium underneath, with 22 lbs of mineral mud and a few pieces of live rock. I was wondering what you suggest to stock in there. I have purchased a ball of chaeto already. I was thinking about getting a mangrove plant, but dont know how many to get. Then I have the issue of snails, crabs, stars... quantity and type. Thanks

 

[renogaw]

scott--last time i got that chaeto there were bristle worms and stomatella (whatever..) snails in it. you probably want to put some asterina stars in, but mainly it's going to be a haven for copepods and amphipods. also you can put in some nass. snails. other than that i have a monster mythrax crab and a gorilla crab in my fuge.

 

[scotty37]

What do you think about mangrove plants? I have been treating my water and aging it for a week, plus we have a water treatment system. Everythings been doing well with it so far. I read these plants rid of any extra metals that may be still in the water.

 

[renogaw]

personally don't see the point of them. plus the leaves fall in after a while and can rot if you don't find them. chaeto works for me

 

[dawman]

Scott , I tried mangroves a few years ago and became more of a pain than worth having . Cheato works great !

 

[fallinapart]

Scott, I have 2 mangroves in my refuge, only been there about 2 weeks, and now I have to spray the leaves everyday,(another daily job). but they look cool, and so far have not changed anything within my water column.( 2 weeks in the water is not very long). If you like them put some in, they won't hurt anything if you take care of them, spray them daily with RO/DI

 

[renogaw]

is that to prevent the leaves from wilting?

 

[scotty37]

Does chaeto pull out any of the leftover metals in the water as the mangroves are said to do?

 

[dawman]

There shouldn`t be any metals in the water at all unless you are using tap water , which mangroves are not going to remove that much .