bmackcw
03/04/2015, 09:39 AM
I'm picking up my new Aqueon sump/refugium tonight. Converting from HOB filter system.
I'd like to take my time setting it up, but it doesn't seem that complicated. I'd like to avoid dropping $30 on a bag of live sand only to use 1/3 of it (and I don't want to take it from the main tank, as the bed isn't too deep).
I've seen some ideas about "miracle mud," but wondering if I can just use a bunch of live rock rubble and a big handful of macro algae from LFS. So, no bed.
I bought two mesh bags, and was thinking of having the rock in the bags to grow critters - then alternating the bags between the tank and refugium - unless the bugs tend to find their own way up there.
Any thoughts appreciated...
I'd like to take my time setting it up, but it doesn't seem that complicated. I'd like to avoid dropping $30 on a bag of live sand only to use 1/3 of it (and I don't want to take it from the main tank, as the bed isn't too deep).
I've seen some ideas about "miracle mud," but wondering if I can just use a bunch of live rock rubble and a big handful of macro algae from LFS. So, no bed.
I bought two mesh bags, and was thinking of having the rock in the bags to grow critters - then alternating the bags between the tank and refugium - unless the bugs tend to find their own way up there.
Any thoughts appreciated...