Refugiums

travis32 · 03/08/2010, 05:43 PM

I was looking at the possibility of getting a refugium started before adding fish.. I have a 3 chamber acrylic 14g sump, could I add a light and grow Chaeto in the sump? or would I do best with adding a separate HOB refugium to the sump or the tank? Based on the HOB Refugium designs, it looks like I could just use my sump as a filter and refugium rather than getting an add-on for $150.00

Thoughts?

Octoshark · 03/08/2010, 05:53 PM

I would go with a real sump instead of a HOB refuge.

travis32 · 03/08/2010, 06:00 PM

Well, I have a 14g sump, I'm not sure what the defination of "real" is, but, it's a sump.. could be bigger, yes.. Would the chaeto cause any issues in the sump?

stingythingy45 · 03/08/2010, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travis32

Well, I have a 14g sump, I'm not sure what the defination of "real" is, but, it's a sump.. could be bigger, yes.. Would the chaeto cause any issues in the sump?

Depends on what's in there.
Return pump,skimmer?
Is it worth splitting it up for baffles to keep the chaeto separate?
That might make the return area quite small in a 14 gallon.

travis32 · 03/08/2010, 07:22 PM

A few pieces of LR, small sand bed. The intake area is small just room for some sand and small piece of LR, then large area with water spill into what I guess is a bubble trap, it's about 1" to 2" wide. Then that has a slit into the return area which, I would guess is only about 3 to 4 gallons tops.Just room enough to fit the return pump. The evaporation in 24 hours is enough water for the return pump to nearly run dry... I was thinking the middle area between the intake and bubble trap area, it's probably a 7 or 8 gallon holding area.

03/08/2010, 05:43 PM	#1
travis32 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Fargo, ND Posts: 2,161	Refugiums I was looking at the possibility of getting a refugium started before adding fish.. I have a 3 chamber acrylic 14g sump, could I add a light and grow Chaeto in the sump? or would I do best with adding a separate HOB refugium to the sump or the tank? Based on the HOB Refugium designs, it looks like I could just use my sump as a filter and refugium rather than getting an add-on for $150.00 Thoughts?

03/08/2010, 05:53 PM	#2
Octoshark Marine Biology Student Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 1,366	I would go with a real sump instead of a HOB refuge. __________________ "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

03/08/2010, 06:00 PM	#3
travis32 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Fargo, ND Posts: 2,161	Well, I have a 14g sump, I'm not sure what the defination of "real" is, but, it's a sump.. could be bigger, yes.. Would the chaeto cause any issues in the sump?

03/08/2010, 07:22 PM	#5
travis32 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Fargo, ND Posts: 2,161	A few pieces of LR, small sand bed. The intake area is small just room for some sand and small piece of LR, then large area with water spill into what I guess is a bubble trap, it's about 1" to 2" wide. Then that has a slit into the return area which, I would guess is only about 3 to 4 gallons tops.Just room enough to fit the return pump. The evaporation in 24 hours is enough water for the return pump to nearly run dry... I was thinking the middle area between the intake and bubble trap area, it's probably a 7 or 8 gallon holding area.