My mangrove refugium

[spit.fire]

Will be going in with the mangroves once the tank is more established

[Zoaelite]

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

[Skimmerking]

love it man looks real good

[daplatapus]

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!

[molotov]

What kind of sand did you use for that refugium?

[spit.fire]

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]

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

[lpsreefer]

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]

Originally Posted by mattjoly85

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]

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.