|
02/23/2019, 08:19 PM | #1 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Rochester, ny
Posts: 54
|
2nd try refugium
Hey peeps.....
I've had my evo 13.5 going for 10 months now and everything has been running smoothly (knock on wood) I have 6 zoas, pulsing xenia,frog spawn, GSP and just added a small candy... all are frags, and are doing great.... I have 2 clowns and 2 shrimp, a cleaner and a peppermint (peppermint for some aiptasia and have destroyed them). So all is well... I tried to do a refugium in my center sump when I first got it but didn't have much success, so I scraped it..... I am trying again but with a better light.... I just bought the innovative marine cheato light and a small ball of cheato. Rlly want this mini refugium to work this time to take up some extra nutrients.... any advice would be great! How long should I keep light on? How often should I clean/trim cheato? And should I get copepods for the area because it's so small? I also have a small piece of live rock there also. Thanks as always!
__________________
Subillbo "Hey... where do these stairs go?" "They go up!" - Ghostbusters 1984 Current Tank Info: 16 gal |
02/24/2019, 05:45 AM | #2 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wesley Chapel FL
Posts: 751
|
I have been running an algae scrubber in the center chamber for over 3 months with recognizable success. I initially tried cheato but pieces got into the display area and I am still pulling pieces of it out of the rocks. I switched to a vertical screen lit by a 12” 8 watt bar light laid up to the glass outside the chamber. A small air pump feed large bubbles to the screen base. My tank is an temp tank holding hurricane survivors, a large montipora, Duncan, and a 4” clown. My “test” screen is 1.5 x 11 inches and clean it every 9-12 days. NO3 and PO4 are 0 and 4 PPB respectively. No skimmer. A 100 micron filter screen made from a filter sock and plastic frame in chamber 1 and a Scicce 0.5 in the return. Working on an upgraded ATS with a slightly larger screen. Just having fun!
__________________
Jimbo 13.5G EVO |
02/24/2019, 08:20 AM | #3 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Southern California (Inland Empire)
Posts: 1,266
|
Quote:
|
|
02/24/2019, 05:36 PM | #4 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Rochester, ny
Posts: 54
|
Quote:
__________________
Subillbo "Hey... where do these stairs go?" "They go up!" - Ghostbusters 1984 Current Tank Info: 16 gal |
|
02/25/2019, 05:53 AM | #5 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wesley Chapel FL
Posts: 751
|
Hi-wretch, I can’t post pics here. The light is from Expressons LTD and I have had 4 of them in uses for years on various scrubbers. Pic are difficult here but I’ll make an attempt.
__________________
Jimbo 13.5G EVO |
|
|