Refuge or Biopellets

[reefgirl189]

Tagging along.

How do you know the proper way to size your refugium for your setup?

[Nano]

also tagging along for future reference! I'm doing a sump/refuge in the near future

[phyto4life]

Refuge all the way Just imo, 1/3 your display should do. Algae is such a powerful thing.

[lastlight]

Have to compare extra electric with cost of pellets as well.

[ALang]

And with a refugium, you need lots of lights and maybe some flow, if you're doing chaeto.
I have BP and live rock rubble in the sump. I have tons of mysis, and pods living there, too.

[reefme]

Originally Posted by ALang

And with a refugium, you need lots of lights and maybe some flow, if you're doing chaeto.
I have BP and live rock rubble in the sump. I have tons of mysis, and pods living there, too.

Mysis? Live?

[no_bs]

Originally Posted by ALang

And with a refugium, you need lots of lights and maybe some flow, if you're doing chaeto.

Not true, CF's are very effectient at growing Cheato. True on the flow, and the more it tumbles the beter.

[freezetyle]

If you going to do biopellets i would really look at the new reef dynamics biopellet reactor. big step above the others

[MarkoD]

I have 2 24watt t5ho bulbs on my fuge with painfully slow flow. Probably less than 100gph and my cheato grows like crazyyyyy. Literally

[wingedfish]

I run vertex pellets , GFO, and a fuge. So I say both. A 23 watt 6500K home depot CF bulb grows cheato great.