CrazyInside Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 So I want to setup a small display fuge next to my main tank. The tank is a 125. I want to do a standard 29 gallon next to it. Just wondering If I should have it drain back into the sump or set the tank up higher then the main and drain it into that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 You will get a bunch of pods and other good critters in the fuge, so if you can have it drain into your display that would be best. This avoids them having to go thru a pump to get to the display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenReefin Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 But requires you to pump the water to it if it is higher. I guess then it could gravity feed your DT and would essentially be the same amount of effort/power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 But requires you to pump the water to it if it is higher. I guess then it could gravity feed your DT and would essentially be the same amount of effort/power. It is not an electricity efficiency issue. It is because if you drain from the fuge to the display you will have free live food and you will be able to keep some nice kind of fish, like dragonets. If the product of the fuge goes through a return pump you are losing most of its advantage as food source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold B Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Do most of you have a refugium higher than your DT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 this is how mine looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I don't use a fuge.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I don't use a refugium, I just grow some cheato for nutrient export in my sump. But with 100g sump and a big low rpm pump I see a lot of pods in my tanks. Having the refugium upstream is the best solution, but for sure not the easiest to implement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 You will get a bunch of pods and other good critters in the fuge' date=' so if you can have it drain into your display that would be best. This avoids them having to go thru a pump to get to the display.[/quote'] +1 on this. I would do it if that was my intention to setup a DR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyInside Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 this is how mine looks Wow that is awesome! So you don't have a return from the sump to DT at all then? Just from sump to fuge to tank? I'm def going to put it above my tank.. thanks for the replys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 it gos from the sump to the refugium then into the reef then back down to the sump. only one pump dose all this. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gill Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Here is how I had mine set up. http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?23162-8-chambers-of-fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenReefin Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Ya my fuge is below my DT and I don't really ever see pods in my DT.. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I use a CPR hang on back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cschwarz Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 my refugium works great! i have two pipe fish and a green Mandarin in my tank and i never have to feed them. they hangout by the intake from the refugium for dinner lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I agree higher is better but I dont know how MUCH better it is...while the microfauna doesnt have to travel through a pump, I still kinda feel a minimal amount travels to the surface to be swept up into the overflow so I am still an advocate of harvesting chaeto or ogo and shaking it into the main tank every few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I agree, i had tons of pods that made it to the main display going through a 2400gph pump so yes it does seem logical to gravity feed but its not completely necessary for a refugium to do its job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBirkett Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 My fuge is under my tank, but is not used as food source. Mine is used to keep my nitrates down and the plants take out the extra CO2 from my calcium reactor. When the plants start to over grow the fuge, I feed a bunch to my tangs to thin it out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVPaquatics Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 My fuge is under my tank' date=' but is not used as food source. Mine is used to keep my nitrates down and the plants take out the extra CO2 from my calcium reactor. When the plants start to over grow the fuge, I feed a bunch to my tangs to thin it out..[/quote'] same as what I do...somehow food still makes it...I love the nutrient circle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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