To fudge or just LR. Which would be better?

d-man · 08/31/2018, 01:39 PM

So I’m about to build my 960g tank and haven’t decided on if I want to put just chaeto or just LR in the sump. Yes it will have a skimmer but in the middle section (30”x30x12), just can decide since it’s not really deep enough to have both.

d-man · 08/31/2018, 02:32 PM

Darn autocorrect. Should read “fuge”

lolgranny · 08/31/2018, 02:45 PM

My vote is both

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d2mini · 08/31/2018, 02:46 PM

I love fudge.

I also love fuge.

Can't go wrong with either!

mattgumaer · 08/31/2018, 02:54 PM

sure it is, use both. Just use rubble instead of big rock.

Matt

Misled · 08/31/2018, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by d2mini

I love fudge.

You're making me hungry!!!!

d-man · 09/01/2018, 06:39 AM

What about fuge in the main section and some rubble(good idea Matt) and something like Marinepure blocks in the skimmer and pump sections?

tkeracer619 · 09/02/2018, 01:00 AM

Did someone say fudge? Yes, that.

Are you familiar with large systems? It would take a rather large fuge to make a difference but if you set it up properly it could be useful.

josephxsxn · 09/02/2018, 06:34 AM

So once you experience chaeto latching onto live rock and growing all over you may wish you did the fuge. In one if my smaller tanks I decided to let my macro alages grow alongside the rock, bad idea it overgrew everything on the rock. I ended up having to remove the effected rocks and h2o2 dip them to kill the alages off the rock because I was unable to strip it away effectively by hand.

d-man · 09/02/2018, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tkeracer619

Did someone say fudge? Yes, that.

Are you familiar with large systems? It would take a rather large fuge to make a difference but if you set it up properly it could be useful.

Lol yes I’m familiar. Multiple 1000g systems. However, due to constraints in space I’m wondering what would be more beneficial, hence why I asked. Typically when I run fuges I typically have 15-20% of the volume in just a fuge. But here I can’t. So that’s why I was wondering. But now with all these macro reactors coming out showing mass growth I wondering if it’s not just as beneficial to run just LR in the sump and have a large reactor or maybe even a 15g tall tank surrounded by LED string lights like people do on DIY reactors and have that pour into the pump chamber.

Thoughts?

d-man · 09/02/2018, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josephxsxn

So once you experience chaeto latching onto live rock and growing all over you may wish you did the fuge. In one if my smaller tanks I decided to let my macro alages grow alongside the rock, bad idea it overgrew everything on the rock. I ended up having to remove the effected rocks and h2o2 dip them to kill the alages off the rock because I was unable to strip it away effectively by hand.

I would not ever put it in the DT. Only in sump or remote tank

08/31/2018, 01:39 PM	#1
d-man Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, ca Posts: 2,732	To fudge or just LR. Which would be better? So I’m about to build my 960g tank and haven’t decided on if I want to put just chaeto or just LR in the sump. Yes it will have a skimmer but in the middle section (30”x30x12), just can decide since it’s not really deep enough to have both.

08/31/2018, 02:45 PM	#3
lolgranny The DQ King Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago (McHenry) Posts: 2,414	My vote is both Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ -Dave Current Tank Info: 40g RIP. 300g system, 180g display.

08/31/2018, 02:46 PM	#4
d2mini Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 10,344	I love fudge. I also love fuge. Can't go wrong with either! __________________ -dennis Elos Diamond 120xl \| Elos Stand \| Radion G4 Pros \| GHL Profilux Controller \| LifeReef Skimmer \| LifeReef Sump Photos taken with a Nikon D750 or Leica M.

09/02/2018, 01:00 AM	#8
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	Did someone say fudge? Yes, that. Are you familiar with large systems? It would take a rather large fuge to make a difference but if you set it up properly it could be useful. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

08/31/2018, 02:32 PM	#2
d-man Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, ca Posts: 2,732	Darn autocorrect. Should read “fuge”

08/31/2018, 02:54 PM	#5
mattgumaer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 561	sure it is, use both. Just use rubble instead of big rock. Matt

09/01/2018, 06:39 AM	#7
d-man Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, ca Posts: 2,732	What about fuge in the main section and some rubble(good idea Matt) and something like Marinepure blocks in the skimmer and pump sections?

09/02/2018, 06:34 AM	#9
josephxsxn Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: DTW, Michigan Posts: 122	So once you experience chaeto latching onto live rock and growing all over you may wish you did the fuge. In one if my smaller tanks I decided to let my macro alages grow alongside the rock, bad idea it overgrew everything on the rock. I ended up having to remove the effected rocks and h2o2 dip them to kill the alages off the rock because I was unable to strip it away effectively by hand.