Can I keep fish in my refugium?
Fish, snails, shrimp, corals, crabs, corals, and copepods can all be put in the refugium
Can you run a refugium 24 7?
Lighting the Refugium: Like Night and Day You certainly may run the lights exactly while the main tank lights are on You can also run them 24/7 In other words, you run the refugium lights when the lighting on the main tank is off and vice versa
How long should I run my refugium lights?
8-12 hours is a decent starting point You don’t want to run it 24/7
Should I put live rock in my refugium?
Live rock can be a great substrate to use in the bottom of your refugium Live rock in the refugium gives additional space for helpful bacteria to populate and serves as a main nutrient exporter in the reef aquarium Live rock can also house microfauna like copepods and amphipods
What should I put in my saltwater refugium?
What will you put in the refugium? You can use plain sand which you can buy new or use left over sand Another option is refugium mud, which is said to be better than regular sand You could leave it at that or go further and buy rock or use left over rock
Should Chaeto tumble?
Chaeto by no means is required to tumble
Do you need a refugium light?
For optimal efficiency in such a setup, you’ll need to provide the best LED refugium light for your chosen form of macroalgae to grow, usually Chaeto This way the plant can grow quickly and suck the excess nutrients from the water
Can Chaeto get too much light?
I doubt anyone here is going to try more light than that, so I think it’s safe to say you can’t give chaeto too much light There are plants and algaes that will not do well under intense lighting, chaeto isn’t one of them Just like any plant/algae, you must acclimate to intense lighting
Does Chaeto absorb co2?
If copepods and amphipods are present in the aquarium system, the chaeto turf will be like a magnet to them As pods concentrate in the algal mass, they swiftly consume any organic matter that may have accumulated there As it photosynthesizes, the algae will consume carbon dioxide
What kind of light does a refugium need?
Refugium lighting is mostly red, magenta, and blue light spectrums The spectrum characteristics that refugium lights give, simulate photosynthesis and lead to explosive growth compared to traditional aquarium lights
Can you buy copepods?
… Sizes! AlgaeBarn’s Poseidon’s Feast Copepod Blend is perfect for seeding a tank and also for feeding finicky fish and corals Many fish like Mandarins, Seahorses, Wrasses, and Anthias will need live food to eat while they adapt to prepared or frozen foods and copepods are perfect because they help…
What is live sand for aquariums?
Live sand is natural reef coral sand that is collected live from the ocean or non-living coral sand that is cultured to make it live What makes it live is the microscopic biological bacteria that grows on it, and the many tiny crustaceans and other micro and macro-organisms that reside in it
How long does it take for refugium to work?
Planted refugia seem to “work” just fine as long as they receive at least ten or twelve hours of intense light per day
Should refugium be before or after skimmer?
In most common saltwater aquarium setups the protein skimmer will come first before the refugium In many saltwater aquarium sumps, the largest chamber is the second chamber and a protein skimmers though varied in size will only fit in the second chamber before the refugium
Why does my Chaeto keep dying?
Good water flow allows the algae to efficiently release wastes as well as take in nutrients and carbon dioxide However, if water movement through the mass is weak, the plants can choke out, starve and eventually begin to die
Does Chaeto need to move?
No, your Chaeto does not need to tumble It is easy and beneficial to tumble when the Chaeto is still small, but as the mass gets larger and more dense it will become more and more difficult, and may eventually stop
How much flow do you need for Chaeto?
There must be adequate water flow in your tank You should change the refugium water volume in one hour For example for a 10-gallon refugium, the water flow should be 10 gallons per hour,(GPH) The ideal pH for water should be between 79 and 82
How do you make Chaeto grow faster?
Water movement helps chaeto rotate and move around the tank This way, all parts of the chaeto ball get enough light and grow faster If your tank doesn’t have any water flow, give your chaeto a hand now and then Simply flop it around once a week and spread it out evenly so that it’s not thick
Can algae grow in LED light?
Contrary to what you may have been told, LED lights do not cause algae growth any more than other aquarium lighting options This also discourages algae growth more than anything else—because it’s not the kind of light that causes algae growth, but the intensity of it
How do you keep Chaeto alive?
Chaeto needs at least 8 hours of darkness so run the reactor’s LEDs for no more than 16 hours Run a reverse daylight cycle to keep the system water pH stable 24/7 Acclimate Chaeto to the intense LEDs by slowly ramping up the light cycle over a week Start with AS LITTLE AS 4 hours
What does Chaeto need to grow?
Chaeto grows with light and nutrients, Phosphate, Nitrate, and Iron If the nutrients are lacking the chaeto doesn’t grow The marine plants and phytoplankton all compete for these same building block nutrients
Does Chaeto grow without light?
Well-Known Member You can go without it for now but won’t want it to die in your system or it’s just going to release nutrients back into the tank