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A refugium tank is a sanctuary that provides a safe environment for different organisms that cannot fully flourish in the main aquarium. They need to breed as they are the live food of fish and corals. Algae can also be grown in a refugium which helps in the maintenance of water as they extract nitrates and waste. Is Refugium Necessary?
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Installing a remote refugium By madsalt February 4, 2017 in Do It Yourself Start new topic madsalt 2017 Basic Sponsor 936 Location:Cedar Park Tank Size:175g pen Gender:Male Posted February 4, 2017 So with my new tank build I want to install a remote refugium without drilling into my existing sump.
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10g DIY sump refugium is so EASY to build! Lazy Ass Reefer 1.38K subscribers Subscribe 118 26K views 6 years ago I redesigned my 10g sump refugium and I want to show you guys how EASY it is.
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This is my basic do it yourself refugium I built. I had three custom pieces of glass cut at a local glass shop instead of using arcylic lexan from home depo.
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Installing a remote refugium Do It Yourself Austin Reef Club
Turned out easier than I though. Now the refugium is back on track. After increasing the feedings (added an automatic feeder) and fish stock in the tank, I now stand at a rock solid 0.25 ppm Nitrates and 0.02 ppm PO4. It is low, but acceptable in my view, especially since it as been solid for the past 3 months.
Creation of an Aquascape (DIY) DoItYourself Filtration / Refugium
One of my favorite materials for DIY projects is acrylic. It is commonly available, pretty simple to cut and glue, and doesn't rust! I wanted to share this simple project I did to create refugium for my tightly packed aquarium stand and hopefully inspire the DIY-er in you. Let me start the story a bit further back.
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Intro How to Setup a DIY Refugium ReefBum 21.3K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 21K views 3 years ago #reefbum #reefbumfragchannel #spsdeepdive In this video I discuss how I setup a DIY.
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Some people prefer acrylic to glass. Sometimes standard glass tanks will not accommodate the sump requirements. There are a myriad of reasons to use acrylic. Many reasons to use glass sumps also, and many reasons to diy the whole thing from either. Tall narrow tanks, do not make good sumps, short wide sumps won't fit in a lot of cases.
Creation of an Aquascape (DIY) DoItYourself Filtration / Refugium
These monster refugiums were 100% Do it yourself, requiring drilling through glass and plumbing skills. And also, they took up a ton of space! Today we're fortunate to have ready-made refugiums specially designed for reef aquariums. There's in-tank, hang-on and integrated sump solutions for placement under your tank.
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A Beginner's Guide to Setting up a Refugium There are many benefits to building or creating a refugium in your saltwater aquarium. It allows for additional surface area for beneficial bacteria to grow, which filters out nitrates and nutrients in an efficient and natural way.
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The stronger the light, the better the impact on pH. Increasing the amount of light over a refugium increases the rate of photosynthesis within the algae. With more photosynthesis comes more CO2 consumption which ultimately reduces the pH-suppressing effect of excess CO2 in your aquarium. You can combat the natural pH swing that occurs in your.
How To Build A Professional Quality DIY Sump/Refugium 20 gallon long aquarium, Saltwater
SO far it's turned out nice, anyone interested I'll provide pics. Might even post another DIY on building the stand and canopy. Okay on to the sump/refugium. I'm using the same 35G tank (or plan to) but I want a refugium. I've looked at a lot of others designed, read a bit etc. and I came up with this, as my first draft:
I made a DIY Aquaclear refugium! Pic heavy. Diy aquarium, Saltwater tank, Aquarium fish
13 Reaction score 7 Location Iowa City Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Hi all, I'm a beginner with saltwater. I have a 45 gallon tall tank with 2 aquaclear HOB 110 filters. Im thinking of trying to convert one of them into a refugium or algae scrubber or something like that. Is this a good idea, or should I just leave them as filters?
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Cut a hole for the bulkhead on the side you want the water pumped into the Refugium. I used a 1/2" bulkhead, I think the size works better for the smaller size of this container. Install the bulkhead using teflon tape for a nice, tight seal. I used an elbow coming out of the bulkead and attached clear hose to that.
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Here are the steps for diy refugium: Start with an empty sturdy plastic container (or an aquarium). [Smaller or larger size containers work too, but at less than a half-gallon (1.5 liters) it becomes challenging.] Add one inch (2.5 cm) of pure, clean sand (no limestone). If you add more, it will be okay.
Creation of an Aquascape (DIY) DoItYourself Filtration / Refugium
The larger the refugium, the better. The smallest sensible size is 20% of the aquarium volume. I know of cases where the refugium had the same volume as the aquarium, or was even larger than the main aquarium. I recommend Chaetomorpha or chaeto. They grow fast, but do not grow sexually like Caulerpa sp. (which can cause problems in the aquarium).
