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spit.fire 08-13-2012 05:43 AM

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...2/3c503022.jpg
Will be going in with the mangroves once the tank is more established

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...2/15f628b3.jpg

Zoaelite 08-13-2012 03:48 PM

Love it :biggrin:! I'm slightly bias towards mangrove use though haha.

Skimmerking 08-13-2012 05:12 PM

love it man looks real good

daplatapus 08-13-2012 10:25 PM

Yeah, that's pretty sweet. I might have to think of doing something like that in my sump room...

My wife sends her thanks... NOT! :D

molotov 08-13-2012 10:34 PM

What kind of sand did you use for that refugium?

spit.fire 08-14-2012 01:08 AM

Sugar sand mixed with some stuff I had laying around

Any suggestions on how much flow I should have from my return pump, I'm guessing I'm running around 250gph ATM which is approx a 16x turnover in the refugium. I was thinking to cut it down to 10x turnover and throw a hk nano powerhead in it

spit.fire 08-14-2012 09:38 PM

Now for the next tank :D same thing but 20x20x15 for freshwater soo I can get rid of my bowfront

lpsreefer 08-14-2012 10:12 PM

My mangroves grow faster with more flow.
I have my return pump at about 14X and I have two 1400 hydor power heads.
But I have 26 plants.

spit.fire 08-15-2012 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattjoly85 (Post 737362)
My mangroves grow faster with more flow.
I have my return pump at about 14X and I have two 1400 hydor power heads.
But I have 26 plants.

What are you running for lighting? I was thinking 4 12" t5's so I could keep a few zoas in the refugium but I have no idea how I want to mount it

lpsreefer 08-15-2012 01:19 AM

I'm running 4 led bulbs from home depot. I think they are 6500k. I'll check tonight.
Had it for just over a year. Works great.
But I have a mini fug on my other tank running old t5s also doing great.


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