Wet dry or fuge ?
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thangbom
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useing a fuge for a filter is the best imo..... and yes it can take that place of a wet/dry.... why i think fuges are the best is because it makes your tank more simular to the real ocean.. in our hobby. we are trying to replicate the natural ocean.. only a fraction of the size.. and a fuge is perdy close to the ocean.. as far as a natural filter..
pontius
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I agree that a good fuge is better. I have a wet/dry, and I am constantly having to clean slime and hair algae from my tank. when I start my 180, I'm going to have a large fuge. if you put macroalgae (like caulerpa) in a fuge, it will use up the nutrients needed for nuisance algae, therefore keeping the water in your main tank cleaner. by having a fuge separate from the main tank, pods will be able to multiply without the threat of predation. the only good thing I can say about a wet/dry is that it provides space to keep some of the equipment out of the main tank, but you could do this with a fuge also, so imo, the fuge is better.
pontius
Active Member
do you mean lights for the fuge? if so, I think that really depends on what you want to keep in the fuge. look on the auction site that rhymes with "she may", there are lights made specifically for fuges. I had caulerpa in my main tank when I first started, under low wattage powercompact, and it spread like wildfire. caulerpa doesn't need a tremendous amount of light, imo.
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thomas712
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I would use chaetomorpha algea if you can find any. I also use an 80 watt NO fixture on my 55 gallon fuge, the chaeto grows like crazy. I pull out a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff every now and again..and again..
I have some live rock in there and a DSB, a few hermits and snails and thats it.
The fuge drains into a sump (formally a wet/dry).
Thomas
I have some live rock in there and a DSB, a few hermits and snails and thats it.
The fuge drains into a sump (formally a wet/dry).
Thomas
