marve467
03/07/2007, 12:18 AM
Hey guys I have a 55 gallon reef with a 49 gallon sump with a now added 30 gallon grow out refugium.
The sump has a 3 inch sand bed 10 lbs of live rock and three large and mean hermit crabs. I
Just added another tank to the system, the thirty gallon. Presently it is full of chaeto and some other form of macro. There is an overflow on the 30 gallon refugium to the sump.
So All three tanks share the same system maing my system 134 gallons. The hermits get any food that makes its way to the sump.
The refugium presently does not have sand, would sand be a good idea and would it trigger a cycle?
Final question I am thinking of purchasing a UV sterilizer 18 w. It would be in tube from the sump to the fuge. Do UV sterilizers affect nutrient exportation and will it kill pods?
The sump has a 3 inch sand bed 10 lbs of live rock and three large and mean hermit crabs. I
Just added another tank to the system, the thirty gallon. Presently it is full of chaeto and some other form of macro. There is an overflow on the 30 gallon refugium to the sump.
So All three tanks share the same system maing my system 134 gallons. The hermits get any food that makes its way to the sump.
The refugium presently does not have sand, would sand be a good idea and would it trigger a cycle?
Final question I am thinking of purchasing a UV sterilizer 18 w. It would be in tube from the sump to the fuge. Do UV sterilizers affect nutrient exportation and will it kill pods?