refugium

daveshenko · 04/19/2006, 08:00 AM

Just bought a Mad Dog 120 Refugium with protein skimmer and pc light want to know what how much live sand and what else to put in there. Not sure if theres anything you need to know from me to help but all help is appreciated.

Thanks
Dave

coker98 · 04/19/2006, 09:53 AM

i have a 3 to 4 inch deep snadbed with chaetomorpha algae in there. i would suggest getting the chaeto because it is low maintenance. the dark side of the algae doesnt die, it wont foul up the water and make it seem yellow and some other algaes release their eggs and sperm and this can really harm the chemistry of the water. you can put live rock rubble in there as well. and pretty much set up like a smaller tank if you wish. just put alot of detritovores in there and things that DO NOT disturb the sandbed.

mg426 · 04/19/2006, 11:41 AM

Thats some good advice

04/19/2006, 08:00 AM	#1
daveshenko Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2	refugium Just bought a Mad Dog 120 Refugium with protein skimmer and pc light want to know what how much live sand and what else to put in there. Not sure if theres anything you need to know from me to help but all help is appreciated. Thanks Dave

04/19/2006, 11:41 AM	#3
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Thats some good advice __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

04/19/2006, 09:53 AM	#2
coker98 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 594	i have a 3 to 4 inch deep snadbed with chaetomorpha algae in there. i would suggest getting the chaeto because it is low maintenance. the dark side of the algae doesnt die, it wont foul up the water and make it seem yellow and some other algaes release their eggs and sperm and this can really harm the chemistry of the water. you can put live rock rubble in there as well. and pretty much set up like a smaller tank if you wish. just put alot of detritovores in there and things that DO NOT disturb the sandbed.