refugium for 500 gallon tank

jlkdak · 04/03/2009, 02:42 PM

I'm still new to the hobby ( its great) went from 125 gallon to 500, hope I didn't over do it. But could some one let me know the right size refugium I shoul use and what the water flow through it should be. Any help would be great. thanks

kraze3 · 04/03/2009, 02:52 PM

Why not use your 125 as a sump refugium? There is no deff size needed but the bgger the better. 3-5x turnover through the sump is usually recommended.

WaterKeeper · 04/03/2009, 02:54 PM

Now that's what I call a first tank (well second)! The 125 would be fine for a refugium but you might want to scale it back to something like a 30 gallon. I'm a low flow fuge fan and tend to keep flow around 3X or less. Others have great success with flow much higher.

04/03/2009, 02:42 PM	#1
jlkdak Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12	refugium for 500 gallon tank I'm still new to the hobby ( its great) went from 125 gallon to 500, hope I didn't over do it. But could some one let me know the right size refugium I shoul use and what the water flow through it should be. Any help would be great. thanks

04/03/2009, 02:54 PM	#3
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	Now that's what I call a first tank (well second)! The 125 would be fine for a refugium but you might want to scale it back to something like a 30 gallon. I'm a low flow fuge fan and tend to keep flow around 3X or less. Others have great success with flow much higher. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

04/03/2009, 02:52 PM	#2
kraze3 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: RI Posts: 2,373	Why not use your 125 as a sump refugium? There is no deff size needed but the bgger the better. 3-5x turnover through the sump is usually recommended.