Separate Refugium

[xcaret]

I had it running with a slow drain, my idea was to have the algae feed off of the junk that went down the drain then gravity drain into the sump.
You need to make sure the algae will not block the drain, a large bulkhead would be ideal or two 1”.
I have to find pictures, they were on a build thread I posted long ago under photobucket link but now they don’t show.
I think my fuge was 15/20G tall plexi tank, black back.
I had an all black fuge but I gave it to one of the members long ago.

 

[Coral reefer]

Of course you did!
Yeah Bruce, just use the t from your return and put a 2" bulkhead or 2x 1"bulkheads in the fife at a higher level than your sump. That will work

 

[xcaret]

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Don’t over complicate it
Consider it it’s own tank with return pump and drain and light
2 drains are better than 1

 

[Vhuang168]

Refugium from Royal Exclusiv. Part of the Dreambox sump system

Fuge from Advanced Acrylics.

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[Bruce Spiegelman]

Really don't want to pay $400.00 for a fuge.

 

[Vhuang168]

Just as an example to base your design around.


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[Kensington Reefer]

You can fuge in a sweater box!
I had a low flow 3ft sweater box that was above the tank with direct return interest the display tank

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

You can fuge in a sweater box!
I had a low flow 3ft sweater box that was above the tank with direct return interest the display tank

Those aren't food safe.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

hmmm
System lived

 

[Fish Boss]

What is a sweater box? Is it like a trough?

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

What is a sweater box? Is it like a trough?

I googled them too. They are deep plastic boxed to store up to a dozen folded sweaters or so. But the point is any plastic bin should work. So it's just am matter of considering whether I care about form over function at all.

 

[ashburn2k]

they will crack over the time from the water stress. so NO.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I’ve used the drawer from the store refrigerator as a tank
You could easily build a tank from the scrap section of tap plastic
But as a caveat: I would not fill anything more than half way if the “bin” was not inteded to be filled with water

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Maybe I'm better off just using a black plastic bin of some kind then? That way if I remove the refugium section from the main sump at a later date I'd have less spillover causeing algae buildup in the sump.

 

[ashburn2k]

make sure those plastic bin doesn't bow easily

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-1...522796666&sr=8-13&keywords=black+plastic+bins

 

[Gablami]

Why not just go glass? 20g is $20. Easy to paint sides to black it out. Easy to drill and place bulkheads. Cheaper than acrylic.



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[Bruce Spiegelman]

Why not just go glass? 20g is $20. Easy to paint sides to black it out. Easy to drill and place bulkheads. Cheaper than acrylic.



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I have no way to cut a glass tank for a bulkhead.

 

[sfsuphysics]

I have no way to cut a glass tank for a bulkhead.

So buy a glass hole saw and call it a day