Refugiums: Yay or Nay?

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Originally Posted by kien

I vote YAY as well. For me, I run a 150 gallon refugium conveniently located over my sump. It has sand, live rock, dead coral rubble and grows pods, algaes, all the good stuff !

If you leave it empty they are a lot less maintenance and you will save electricity!

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Question for people with a chaeto fuge and running phosphate reactors:

Do you find that near-zero phosphate prevents your chaeto from growing, eliminating the benefits of nutrient export with chaetomorpha?