thoughts on a seperate refugium

[Guest vatbrew]

Currently I'm using a 20 long as a sump for my 125 gallon. It's seperated into 3 parts. The first part being the refugium. Gallon wise I'm guessing it's only about 5 gallons worth. What are your thoughts on putting a seperate fuge under my stand? I would like to get as big as possible, but it's looking like I could only fit a 10gallon down there. My stumbling block would be how I plumb it to the sump. Drilling I don't believe would be an option.

[Caribbean Jake]

Adding a refugium will be beneficial, ,specially if you are breeding coperpods, amphipods and algae to feed your tank mates. You can always have a reservoir line run through the refugium into your sump or straight to your tank. You can also have the refugium drip into the sump. Your concern about plubimg into the sump perhaps can be solved with a little pump and timmer. Have the timer turn on the pump few minutes a day to drip refugium into the tank or sump, and replenish that water with top-off . Just an idea, not a full concrete design.

Jacob

[jamal]

well i have a hang on back fuge and i have another section in my sump where i grow macro and fauna and keep bad critters until i can find them new homes

[inedukated]

I have a 20 gal sump, and did the exact conversion you are talking about.

1. I removed all the "fuge" stuff (algae, rocks, sand) from the sump, put in a temporary bin

2. Got a 10 gallon tank, drilled it for a drain bulkhead near the top.

3. Elevated it inside the stand so it sat above my sump

4. Put a small pump in your sump that runs into this tank (300gph MAX)

5. Run PVC from the bulkhead back into the sump

6. Replace all the "fuge" stuff in this tank.

 

 

Seems to work for me.

I will see if I can send you a pic

[Guest vatbrew]

I have a 20 gal sump, and did the exact conversion you are talking about.

1. I removed all the "fuge" stuff (algae, rocks, sand) from the sump, put in a temporary bin

2. Got a 10 gallon tank, drilled it for a drain bulkhead near the top.

3. Elevated it inside the stand so it sat above my sump

4. Put a small pump in your sump that runs into this tank (300gph MAX)

5. Run PVC from the bulkhead back into the sump

6. Replace all the "fuge" stuff in this tank.

Seems to work for me.

I will see if I can send you a pic

 

 

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