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Lights in sump?
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I read about lights for your sump. This is news to me can someone explain the benifits. Thanks |
makes it brighter
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if you have macro in there it helps to keep it alive. also, easier to see what's a-goin' in down der!
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I have just added some live rock should the light be bright enough to benifit it? I get the brighter thing!:lol:
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if there's nothing that's photosynthetic then you don't really need a light. live rock for instance doesn't need light, macro does. refugium and sump are sometimes terms that are used interchangably...sump's are mostly just a place to exchange water, keep skimmers, probes, auto top off's etc. refugiums have macro, live rock, critters, low light corals...whatever you want. it's a place where no peretitors can eat copepods, hence the name reufug-ium.
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Thank you for the explanation. So it is beneficial to add lights to my sump?
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your better off having a propperly light refugium and leaving your sump for your equipment.Your refugium can then be over- flowed to your main
system then.Otherwise you will be having a skimmer and main pump in your fuge.Not good IMO |
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Refugium: 18W Power Compact Fixture [ 2x9w bulbs ] |
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