Will This Work???

[kevin34]

Would it be possible to turn the bioball chamber into a refugium? I am thinking that if I fill it with live rock and cheato, water will just pass through it quickly and the chamber wont even fill up. Will it work? If not any ideas on how I can tweak it to make it work?

 

[bullitr]

if you can modify it with a micron bag instead of the bioball it should be better

 

[bullitr]

the sump is not longor big enough for a live rock and chaeto to asborp the nutrient . just my 2 cents

 

[kevin34]

Not even big enough for just LR rubble and 1 clump of cheato?

 

[kevin34]

Bump??? Any thoughts at all? The chamber I want to turn into a mini fuge really isnt that small. Eyeballing it looks about 1X2 feet.

 

[wangotango]

Can you remove those two plates without doing any damage? If you can it could make a decent fuge, not large.
-Justin

 

[farslayer]

Yes it will work, I've seen this done. In the area above the grid, place some LR, in the area below, fill with macroalgae. Note that maintenance is a pain Place your lighting vertically along the side of the sump. The biggest problem is that it may not be very effective due to the small size.

 

[kevin34]

Would it be possible to remove the grid completely and just make the entire a fuge with a skimmer, heaters, and pumps in it?

 

[farslayer]

I'd be concerned that the heater could melt the sump, but I'm no expert on that by a longshot. My thoughts are that you likely are going to run out of room before you get anything in there that's going to make a big difference. You honestly sound enterprising, why not invest in a cheap fishtank and build your own?

 

[kevin34]

I have plenty of room in the sump. Those pics only show about 1/4 of it. It extends almost all they way across the bottom of my stand to my 125 so I'd say its about 4 feet long.

 

[farslayer]

Hmm, about how much standing water is in your sump, in terms of feet? Like is there 2 foot worth of standing water where you could house rock and macro?

 

[kevin34]

The tank isnt set up yet but you can see the minimum water level and maximum on that sticker in the pics. The minimum water level marker is around 5-6 inches and the maximum is closer to 9-10 inches.

 

[kevin34]

Bump