refugiums?

rmp0613 · 08/31/2008, 03:14 AM

I am thinking of starting marine tank and have been reading about refugiums, and was just wondering what they are and how o set one up?

NaClH20reeffish · 08/31/2008, 04:58 AM

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If you don't have a sump a hang on refugium is easy to set up. Just hang it on the back if your tank, add water, chaeto aglae and some light.

jjlove · 08/31/2008, 05:41 AM

ok, i have a silly question about the sump. if power goes out, what keeps the display tank from emptying completely in the sump, overflowing it?

RocketEngineer · 08/31/2008, 06:11 AM

rmp0613,
A refugium is an area of either the main tank, the sump, or an entirely separate tank that is devoid of fish. This allows the small crustaceans like copopods and amphipods to breed undisturbed. Once the population is large enough, the pods will find their way into the display tank where they are food for the fish. There are several ways to set up a fuge but the majority of folks use a section of their sump and include macroalgae such as chaetomorpha which is lit in an opposite photo period of the tank. Refugiums are very simple to set up and help with biodiversity as well as providing a natural food sourse.

jjlove,
http://www.melevsreef.com/what_sump.html

jjlove · 08/31/2008, 06:59 AM

fantastic link! thank you....I actually thought there was some sort of float switch that would mechanically shut your siphon off.

08/31/2008, 03:14 AM	#1
rmp0613 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 3	refugiums? I am thinking of starting marine tank and have been reading about refugiums, and was just wondering what they are and how o set one up?

08/31/2008, 06:11 AM	#4
RocketEngineer Space is big. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Maryland Eastern Shore Posts: 3,226	rmp0613, A refugium is an area of either the main tank, the sump, or an entirely separate tank that is devoid of fish. This allows the small crustaceans like copopods and amphipods to breed undisturbed. Once the population is large enough, the pods will find their way into the display tank where they are food for the fish. There are several ways to set up a fuge but the majority of folks use a section of their sump and include macroalgae such as chaetomorpha which is lit in an opposite photo period of the tank. Refugiums are very simple to set up and help with biodiversity as well as providing a natural food sourse. jjlove, http://www.melevsreef.com/what_sump.html __________________ -RocketEngineer "Knowledge is what you get when you read the directions, experience is what you get when you don't." - Unknown Current Tank Info: None Currently

08/31/2008, 04:58 AM	#2
NaClH20reeffish Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 151	*To Reef Central* If you don't have a sump a hang on refugium is easy to set up. Just hang it on the back if your tank, add water, chaeto aglae and some light.

08/31/2008, 05:41 AM	#3
jjlove Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 236	ok, i have a silly question about the sump. if power goes out, what keeps the display tank from emptying completely in the sump, overflowing it?

08/31/2008, 06:59 AM	#5
jjlove Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 236	fantastic link! thank you....I actually thought there was some sort of float switch that would mechanically shut your siphon off.