Japheth
10-20-2006, 01:38 PM
I have not yet had the chance to set up a sump and have not wanted to spend the money on the hang on back refugiums so I set up my own.
I had an extra Emperor 400 laying around so I just hung it on the back of my tank where the lights shine on it and filled both compartments with cheatomorpha.
It's been working great for about 2 years now.
JustDavidP
10-20-2006, 02:26 PM
Yahoooooo! Great idea. Thanks for passing it along...and thanks for joining our little oasis on the web! Welcome!
It is so true that almost ANYTHING can be used as a refugium. I had a 20 gallon brute trash barrel that I used to "fix" some live rock. When I was done, I realized that there was TONS of pods and mysid in there. I ended up keeping the barrel near my large sump, clipping a shop light on it, putting macro and rubble in there, setting a powerhead on the side and letting it be for a while. I then drilled it, put in a bulkhead and fed it with a maxijet pump. The overflow goes back into the sump and it's been great!
Dave
Amphibious
10-20-2006, 07:08 PM
Japheth,
http://www.theculturedreef.com/welcome.gif to Talking Reef Community and Podcast.
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
CarmieJo
10-20-2006, 08:19 PM
Hi Japheth,
:welcome: to TR. Thanks for jumping in with a tip.
wwest
12-16-2006, 05:43 PM
David, I noticed you mentioned you had a clip on light for your sump/refugium and i seen the light in your pictures too. What im wondering is what type of bulb do you use? Im looking to replace mine to free up some room and a clip light would be perfect. but i want to make sure ill get the same output. Right now i have a 10k 65watt PC.
thanks for the tip, and welcome to Talkingreef.
and you are right, the aquaclear 500 is also commonly used for the same thing.
JustDavidP
12-18-2006, 08:35 AM
David, I noticed you mentioned you had a clip on light for your sump/refugium and i seen the light in your pictures too. What im wondering is what type of bulb do you use? Im looking to replace mine to free up some room and a clip light would be perfect. but i want to make sure ill get the same output. Right now i have a 10k 65watt PC.
It is the Lights of America fixture and it too uses a PC bulb.
Dave