Your 'fuge substrate: liverock, liverock rubble, DSB, mineral/miracle mud, or combo?

cherubfish pair · 01/19/2007, 07:49 PM

Your 'fuge substrate: liverock, liverock rubble, DSB, mineral/miracle mud, or combo?

Feel free to also tell us what else is in your refugium; plants, microfauna, inverts, etc., etc.

I adjusted the spelling cattleman...good luck with the poll! - PR

McCrary · 01/19/2007, 07:57 PM

I have a 6" RDSB in the fuge with liverock on top and Caulerpa, Chaeto and a red macro that seems to form sheets.

hrstrnr · 01/19/2007, 08:09 PM

I have a DSB and LR with a Chaeto fuge

scrmbld33 · 01/19/2007, 08:16 PM

chaeto and rock rubble in mine, also a few hermits and crabs (bad hitchhikers)

Bono · 01/19/2007, 08:28 PM

Barebottom with cheato here.

Misled · 01/19/2007, 08:59 PM

Mine is set up like a small tank. 4" sandbed, rubble rock, snails, crabs, feather calerpa and red gracilaria. Also a 3/4 in Springeri dottiback that's awaiting his new home.

Navyblue · 01/19/2007, 10:24 PM

I wonder if 0.5-1" piece of coral seeded with liverock is a good idea for pod propagation?

Would it be a nitrate factory?

RedEyeElf · 01/19/2007, 10:58 PM

DSB of Mineral Mud, with Chaeto and some fun red macro that looks like flames, oh and Go, my Sexy shrimp

old salty · 01/19/2007, 11:25 PM

Right now, it's 1.5 inches of Miracle Mud with chaeto, and culerpa. In another year, it will be live rock and chaeto.

LobsterOfJustice · 01/19/2007, 11:54 PM

Mines barebottom.

Reefcherie · 01/26/2007, 07:36 AM

This thread has been moved to the current forum.

graveyardworm · 01/26/2007, 11:32 AM

Is the Invertebrate forum really the correct place for a refugium substrate poll/thread? I would think general discussion, or marine plants.

Anyhow, mine is 35g fuge. Shallow sand bed (southdown), one big piece of LR about 15 lbs. With cheato, several species of caulerpa, Scinaia sp., Botryocladia sp., and Halimeda.

Tunguska · 01/27/2007, 01:55 AM

DSB/rubble, live rock, cheato, ulva, some caulerpa that looks like blades of grass. All of this regularly grows to make a green brick in the 55 refuge.

cherubfish pair · 02/03/2007, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by graveyardworm
Is the Invertebrate forum really the correct place for a refugium substrate poll/thread? I would think general discussion, or marine plants.

Because refugiums are ideal places for pods and microfauna and I'm curious as to what type of substrate supports these most.

View Poll Results: Your 'fuge substrate: liverock, liverock rubble, DSB, mineral/miracle mud, or combo?
liverock	3	5.56%
liverock rubble	6	11.11%
deep sand bed	11	20.37%
mineral or miracle mud	8	14.81%
combination	26	48.15%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

01/19/2007, 07:49 PM	#1
cherubfish pair Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Libby, Montana Posts: 7,061 Blog Entries: 1	Your 'fuge substrate: liverock, liverock rubble, DSB, mineral/miracle mud, or combo? Your 'fuge substrate: liverock, liverock rubble, DSB, mineral/miracle mud, or combo? Feel free to also tell us what else is in your refugium; plants, microfauna, inverts, etc., etc. I adjusted the spelling cattleman...good luck with the poll! - PR __________________ pairo chero Thanks for looking at my build thread and subscribe to it if you already haven't yet! Current Tank Info: thirty rimless Last edited by Project Reef; 01/19/2007 at 08:17 PM.

01/19/2007, 07:57 PM	#2
McCrary Can't Stop Time Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,079	I have a 6" RDSB in the fuge with liverock on top and Caulerpa, Chaeto and a red macro that seems to form sheets. __________________ Matt Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Rudens

01/19/2007, 08:16 PM	#4
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	chaeto and rock rubble in mine, also a few hermits and crabs (bad hitchhikers) __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

01/19/2007, 08:28 PM	#5
Bono Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lakewood Ranch Fl. Posts: 872	Barebottom with cheato here. __________________ Living it up in Florida Current Tank Info: 210 gal, 300lbs LR, Aquamaxx Skimmer, 3x Reefbreeders LED's & T5's.

01/19/2007, 08:09 PM	#3
hrstrnr Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 66	I have a DSB and LR with a Chaeto fuge

01/19/2007, 08:59 PM	#6
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	Mine is set up like a small tank. 4" sandbed, rubble rock, snails, crabs, feather calerpa and red gracilaria. Also a 3/4 in Springeri dottiback that's awaiting his new home. __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

01/19/2007, 10:24 PM	#7
Navyblue Low maintenance first Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,790	I wonder if 0.5-1" piece of coral seeded with liverock is a good idea for pod propagation? Would it be a nitrate factory?

01/19/2007, 10:58 PM	#8
RedEyeElf Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 462	DSB of Mineral Mud, with Chaeto and some fun red macro that looks like flames, oh and Go, my Sexy shrimp

01/19/2007, 11:25 PM	#9
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	Right now, it's 1.5 inches of Miracle Mud with chaeto, and culerpa. In another year, it will be live rock and chaeto. __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby

01/19/2007, 11:54 PM	#10
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	Mines barebottom. __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

01/26/2007, 07:36 AM	#11
Reefcherie Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 6,110	This thread has been moved to the current forum. __________________ Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Current Tank Info: Tankless due to recent move

01/26/2007, 11:32 AM	#12
graveyardworm Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nottingham, NH Posts: 7,251	Is the Invertebrate forum really the correct place for a refugium substrate poll/thread? I would think general discussion, or marine plants. Anyhow, mine is 35g fuge. Shallow sand bed (southdown), one big piece of LR about 15 lbs. With cheato, several species of caulerpa, Scinaia sp., Botryocladia sp., and Halimeda. __________________ -David- President - New Hampshire Reef Club There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave Current Tank Info: 100 gal lagoon/seagrass, 100 gal sump, Lifereef 72" skimmer, 180 inwall, 125 inwall seagrass/lagoon in progress

01/27/2007, 01:55 AM	#13
Tunguska Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tuscaloosa Posts: 288	DSB/rubble, live rock, cheato, ulva, some caulerpa that looks like blades of grass. All of this regularly grows to make a green brick in the 55 refuge.