How you like my DIY refugium in my Red Sea NANO sump? r/ReefTank
How To Setup a DIY Refugium During my many years as a reef keeper I never used a refugium on one of my tanks, never. When I first entered the hobby I used Granular Ferric Oxide (GFO) to keep phosphates in check and a skimmer and water changes to manage nitrates. GFO is easy to use but there are some drawbacks.
75 gallon sump / refugium build must be 18" tall to fit in Do It Yourself DIY
These monster refugiums were 100% Do it yourself, requiring drilling through glass and plumbing skills. And also, they took up a ton of space! Today we're fortunate to have ready-made refugiums specially designed for reef aquariums. There's in-tank, hang-on and integrated sump solutions for placement under your tank.
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Turned out easier than I though. Now the refugium is back on track. After increasing the feedings (added an automatic feeder) and fish stock in the tank, I now stand at a rock solid 0.25 ppm Nitrates and 0.02 ppm PO4. It is low, but acceptable in my view, especially since it as been solid for the past 3 months.
DIY Saltwater Reef Aquarium Sump and refugium room YouTube
Refugiums are small tanks added to a reef aquarium that are used to grow micro-fauna and macro-algae that feed the livestock and help consume excess nutrients that nuisance algae use to grow. They can be easily installed in a sump or hung on the side of the aquarium. These ingenious add-ons to your aquarium provide an area to grow algae out of.
DIY Refugium YouTube
This is my basic do it yourself refugium I built. I had three custom pieces of glass cut at a local glass shop instead of using arcylic lexan from home depo.
Custom Split Sump & Refugium System (First Test) YouTube
A Beginner's Guide to Setting up a Refugium There are many benefits to building or creating a refugium in your saltwater aquarium. It allows for additional surface area for beneficial bacteria to grow, which filters out nitrates and nutrients in an efficient and natural way.
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Installing a remote refugium Do It Yourself Austin Reef Club
The stronger the light, the better the impact on pH. Increasing the amount of light over a refugium increases the rate of photosynthesis within the algae. With more photosynthesis comes more CO2 consumption which ultimately reduces the pH-suppressing effect of excess CO2 in your aquarium. You can combat the natural pH swing that occurs in your.
DIY 10 Gallon Sump Refugium YouTube
Installing a remote refugium By madsalt February 4, 2017 in Do It Yourself Start new topic madsalt 2017 Basic Sponsor 936 Location:Cedar Park Tank Size:175g pen Gender:Male Posted February 4, 2017 So with my new tank build I want to install a remote refugium without drilling into my existing sump.
60" Custom Sump & Refugium from Melev's Reef YouTube
Cut a hole for the bulkhead on the side you want the water pumped into the Refugium. I used a 1/2" bulkhead, I think the size works better for the smaller size of this container. Install the bulkhead using teflon tape for a nice, tight seal. I used an elbow coming out of the bulkead and attached clear hose to that.
I made a DIY Aquaclear refugium! Pic heavy. Diy aquarium, Saltwater tank, Aquarium fish
A DIY refugium like this will allow you to have all the functioning parts at a fraction of the cost. This refugium was assembled using a spare 10 gallon tank, some cut glass, pumps and 100% silicone. A deep sand bed being integral to this type of filtration has been provided after some baffles to help in settling particles out of the water.
How to set up the ULTIMATE Refugium! (Tips & Tricks) YouTube
The larger the refugium, the better. The smallest sensible size is 20% of the aquarium volume. I know of cases where the refugium had the same volume as the aquarium, or was even larger than the main aquarium. I recommend Chaetomorpha or chaeto. They grow fast, but do not grow sexually like Caulerpa sp. (which can cause problems in the aquarium).
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13 Reaction score 7 Location Iowa City Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Hi all, I'm a beginner with saltwater. I have a 45 gallon tall tank with 2 aquaclear HOB 110 filters. Im thinking of trying to convert one of them into a refugium or algae scrubber or something like that. Is this a good idea, or should I just leave them as filters?
How to Set Up a Refugium Harvesting Macroalgae To Control Nitrate and Phosphate Bulk Reef Supply
Here are the steps for diy refugium: Start with an empty sturdy plastic container (or an aquarium). [Smaller or larger size containers work too, but at less than a half-gallon (1.5 liters) it becomes challenging.] Add one inch (2.5 cm) of pure, clean sand (no limestone). If you add more, it will be okay.
Creation of an Aquascape (DIY) DoItYourself Filtration / Refugium
Some people prefer acrylic to glass. Sometimes standard glass tanks will not accommodate the sump requirements. There are a myriad of reasons to use acrylic. Many reasons to use glass sumps also, and many reasons to diy the whole thing from either. Tall narrow tanks, do not make good sumps, short wide sumps won't fit in a lot of cases.
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10g DIY sump refugium is so EASY to build! Lazy Ass Reefer 1.38K subscribers Subscribe 118 26K views 6 years ago I redesigned my 10g sump refugium and I want to show you guys how EASY it is.
How To Build A Professional Quality DIY Sump/Refugium 20 gallon long aquarium, Saltwater
General DIY - Do It Yourself Forum I Made A Diy Aquaclear Refugium! harpua2002 Mar 3, 2010 #1 Well, you know you're a fish geek when this is how you spend your afternoon. I've been wanting something to help with nutrient export on the 30 gallon cube Saltwater tank. I don't have a skimmer yet- still waiting on the right deal to pick one up used.