Refugium Lighting

Arthur1 · 03/04/2015, 04:05 PM

I'm going to be converting a 40 gallon breeder (36''x18'') aquarium into a refugium. It is being added to a 300 gallon fowlr aquarium which is heavily stocked and heavily fed. I'm hoping that this will be big enough to help make a difference as far as algae growth in the main display goes, but am not sure on which light I could safely use above it. I know that I could easily get a T5 fixture but thought I saw somewhere people using good ole shop lights with incandescent bulbs as refugium lights. The biggest thing to me is actually growing algae quickly and having to thin it out often. I've got an orca 250 skimmer on the system, ozone, run carbon and even carbon dosing which actually got the nitrates down and via titration methods cannot get any PO4 readings and usually no readings of nitrate.

oseymour · 03/05/2015, 09:23 AM

I use this bulb over my 15 gallon refugium http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

I harvest cheato every month.

Arthur1 · 03/05/2015, 10:41 AM

Thank you for the response. Not a bad price for that bulb.

03/04/2015, 04:05 PM	#1
Arthur1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 578	Refugium Lighting I'm going to be converting a 40 gallon breeder (36''x18'') aquarium into a refugium. It is being added to a 300 gallon fowlr aquarium which is heavily stocked and heavily fed. I'm hoping that this will be big enough to help make a difference as far as algae growth in the main display goes, but am not sure on which light I could safely use above it. I know that I could easily get a T5 fixture but thought I saw somewhere people using good ole shop lights with incandescent bulbs as refugium lights. The biggest thing to me is actually growing algae quickly and having to thin it out often. I've got an orca 250 skimmer on the system, ozone, run carbon and even carbon dosing which actually got the nitrates down and via titration methods cannot get any PO4 readings and usually no readings of nitrate.

03/05/2015, 09:23 AM	#2
oseymour Euphyllia Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,424	I use this bulb over my 15 gallon refugium http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1. I harvest cheato every month. __________________ Just started Red Sea Reefer 350 (75 Gallon) Build Thread - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2555495 Current Tank Info: Red Sea Reefer 350

03/05/2015, 10:41 AM	#3
Arthur1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 578	Thank you for the response. Not a bad price for that bulb.