Refugium?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

[thereefman52]

I have a 90 gal. with 80 lbs LS and 70 lbs LR.... And i also have a 20 gal right next to it with a couple pieces of Lr and 50 lbs LS.. i want to make that into a Refugium?? and i really am new at refugiums.. i dont know anything really?? i need lots of advice?? can someone PLEASE HELP ME>?????

 

[templar]

First maybe you should double your LS and LR amounts. I have 80lbs LS in my 46 gal and around 90lbs LR. Would be a good first step. For the refugium you need an overflow box on your main tank and a return pump thats rated less GPH then the overflow that you buy for the refugium. Put macro algae in the refugium, get a slow flow rate going and walah, you have one nice bio-filter.
You can also do variations such as making it a sump as well, where you would place your skimmer and heater.

 

[thereefman52]

my tank is a drilled over flow.. that came with an over flow for a tank that is not drilled.. can i use that?? i already have a sump with my heater and skimmer

 

[nm reef]

reefman...not sure I understand that last post.....would it be possible to set this refugium slightly higher than your display?
If so you could set it up as a gravity return type .......in mine its gravity return and I use a Hagen 802 power head to feed the refugium via a 3/4 inch ID tube(there are dual returns using the same type tube)...mine is 30 gal with about 80 lbs of LS/rubble and assorted caulpera...flow rate is about 65-75 GPH...

 

[thereefman52]

Well its actually not possible to have it higher then the tank. So my question is, couldnt i have the water GOING to the refugium throught gravity, then pump it back to the main tank??

 

[templar]

Thats the way its suppose to be...the return pump would be in the refugium and pump water back to the main tank which feeds the overflow.

 

[thereefman52]

Thank you.. i didnt think i was going crazy!

 

[car guy]

hey reefman i just set up a refugium, you can use the pre drilled overflow, what i did was put an overflow on my rank, and run it down to a 20 high and it has .25" plexi-glass divider that is 3 inches wide and 12 inches high, and on the other side of the tank i have another quater inch thick divider and it is a half inch shorter than the other side and is wide enough to fit a rio 1700 that pumps the water to a spray bar, i'll be getting a job at aqurium discount soon, so if you want i can draw you a diagram, later

 

[thereefman52]

i think ill be commin in fri wit my hang on over flow attachment for osme help./.. maybe ill see ya