Refugium Recommendations
 

I have a 100G Refugium that I'll be setting up in the next couple weeks and I'm looking for some recommendations on what sort of things are going to be the most beneficial to grow. For starters, the tank is Divided in the center so there will be two totally separate areas but they will be equally fed with about 300GPH. I know chaeto Is probably a must but what other things including substrate would you use if you could do it all over again? Thanks :)

i use mangroves on ones side of mine.

i dose about 10 different types of pods, my sump is a circus of activity.

both a mandarin and scooter too fat to move lol

i gave up on macro too messy for little results in large tanks unless your growing huge amounts , i love mangroves as well :)

I know mangroves are nice but I heard they're actually not very good nutrient exporters unless you have TONS of them.

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Anyone else?

There's Red Algae:

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...wgoTH95_ko9hWg

And Halimede:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...Dv_v9PdSEqoZ0e

I'd stay away from things that can easily go sexual on you though, like Caulerpa.

http://www.reefcorner.com/images/GrapeCaulerpa.jpg

I also used to house cleaner shrimp in my 'fuge because they spawned like bunnies which is great for feeding the tank.

What are your expectations or goals for the Refugium?

Thanks Kien.

Reefgoat: I plan on having a fairly high bioload so I wanna hit it from every angle for nutrient export including a large refugium. Secondary would be for pods but that's pretty much a natural biproduct of any refugium.

I love caulerpa personally, you do run the risk of it going sexual but I've never had it happen and have ran it for nearly 2 yrs. just have to prune it back every other month

What about substrate? Sugar sand or Miracle Mud or one in each 50G section?

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