cheap refugium

Japheth · 10-20-2006, 02:38 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, 03:26 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

Stevej72 · 10-20-2006, 07:26 PM

Japheth Welcome to TR

**Amphibious** · 10-20-2006, 08:08 PM

Japheth,

to Talking Reef Community and Podcast.

Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

**CarmieJo** · 10-20-2006, 09:19 PM

Hi Japheth,

to TR. Thanks for jumping in with a tip.

**wwest** · 12-16-2006, 06:43 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.

***Rob*** · 12-16-2006, 07:10 PM

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, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wwest

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