Refuge Questions

[soriano]

Hello all,
A couple of questions regarding refuges
1) is a 13w (3000k) 800 lumen curly bulb good enough for lighting a fuge and keeping the macro algae alive? (it's equivalent to a 60w bulb)

2) Is there a product out there that will help seed the fuge with pods? (preferably supplied in Canada). I don't want to wait for them to 'just appear', and I don't want to buy a piece of LR hoping it will have hitch hikers.

Thanks all!

[Delphinus]

1) Sure it will work. Generally speaking, the more light you have, the faster algae will grow. But for a fuge, really, any old light will do. (I think, anyhow.)

2) You could take a look at what ReefCrew has to offer (see banner above). but really, it doesn't take a long time for pods to appear if you have any kind of live rock (even rubble from live rock). I mean... honestly ... a couple days isn't that long to wait, you'll see them, they'll come. See if you can get a scoop of sand or some live rock rubble out of an established tank. That's all you need, the pods will come. (Really.)

HTH

[Willow]

you need the light more in the 6700k rather than 3k. the curly cue lights are a pain in the ass to clean and you need a reflector orf most of your light ends up being ambiant. you can get these nice little coralvue pc light units with 2 8watt bulbs 6700k bulbs for around 30 bucks, they work great and are self ballasted.