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Originally Posted by MitchM
If you're setting up a refugium for some denitrifying benefits, I would suggest using fine sand, 4 inches depth. Be sure that no crabs or shrimp are in your refugium, because they will eat any beneficial life that takes up residence there.
The refugium will not be sufficient to take care of all the filtering requirements that your display tank requires, but it will be very interesting to watch what develops in there after a few months.
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i have a 40 gallon breeder which i will plumb to a 25 gallon sump. i have a reef octopus extreme 160 skimmer which i will use. i plan on using this tank as a grow out for juvi clowns so there will be a huge bio-load. i want to keep the tank bare bottom so i can siphon out detritus as it builds up. you said the refugium will not be sufficient enough to take care of all the filtering requirements so what do you suggest i do for filtration? after putting the skimmer in the sump there isnt a lot of room so i was thinking of using a DSB and chaeto......