Fuge inhabitants

BoisBlancBoy · 03/16/2018, 07:27 PM

Can a fuge built for nutrient export with chaeto and a growing light have any useful inhabitants? I was considering just having a bare bottom for easy detritus cleanup.

LeJeune981 · 03/17/2018, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BoisBlancBoy

Can a fuge built for nutrient export with chaeto and a growing light have any useful inhabitants? I was considering just having a bare bottom for easy detritus cleanup.

I had hermit and emerald crabs in mine..
49 gallon bow front fuge w/ 100+lbs of live rock

My cheato was over run and decimated by a cyano then GHA outbreak..

So now I'm building a xenia fuge.. also have 2 baby mandarins in there somewhere... about an inch long now..theu were about a half inch when I got them..

Also have a big decorator crab down there somewhere.. at least I think... I haven't seen it since the day I put it in

Oh oh. And 100s of manajo and aptasia as well (not intentional) so I'm gonna add some pep shrimp to the fuge as well

And I have stamolla and I forget the name of the other snails lol

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mcgyvr · 03/17/2018, 07:10 AM

Sure.. I have snails,crabs and bristleworms that roam in my fuge..

BoisBlancBoy · 03/17/2018, 07:28 AM

There must be a way to keep snails from getting to the pump?

mcgyvr · 03/17/2018, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by BoisBlancBoy

There must be a way to keep snails from getting to the pump?

Many have a guard/grill over the inlet....snails dont cause problems for me

BoisBlancBoy · 03/17/2018, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Many have a guard/grill over the inlet....snails dont cause problems for me

Oh ok a guard that attaches right to the pumps inlet? If so I don’t know why I haven’t seen or come across these.

mcgyvr · 03/17/2018, 09:03 AM

What pump do you have?

LeJeune981 · 03/17/2018, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by BoisBlancBoy

Oh ok a guard that attaches right to the pumps inlet? If so I don’t know why I haven’t seen or come across these.

All of my pumps have came with a guard build in...or removable on my jabeo pumps

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LeJeune981 · 03/17/2018, 09:21 AM

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Sure.. I have snails,crabs and bristleworms that roam in my fuge..

I have thousands of bristle worms as well..

When I clean my upflow ats.. I float all the gha and pick out all of the baby bristle worms and ampipods

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ryeguyy84 · 03/18/2018, 06:08 AM

Definitely go bare bottom imo. I shop vac all the detritus out every once in a while.

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03/16/2018, 07:27 PM	#1
BoisBlancBoy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 258	Fuge inhabitants Can a fuge built for nutrient export with chaeto and a growing light have any useful inhabitants? I was considering just having a bare bottom for easy detritus cleanup.

03/17/2018, 07:10 AM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Sure.. I have snails,crabs and bristleworms that roam in my fuge.. __________________ Who me?

03/17/2018, 09:03 AM	#7
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	What pump do you have? __________________ Who me?

03/18/2018, 06:08 AM	#10
ryeguyy84 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,753	Definitely go bare bottom imo. I shop vac all the detritus out every once in a while. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk __________________ Current tank: 90G mixed reef. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon

03/17/2018, 07:28 AM	#4
BoisBlancBoy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 258	There must be a way to keep snails from getting to the pump?