Custom Split Sump & Refugium System (First Test) YouTube
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.
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.
Creation of an Aquascape (DIY) DoItYourself Filtration / Refugium
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.
Sump w/Refugium design 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.
Installing a remote refugium Do It Yourself Austin Reef Club
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General DIY - Do It Yourself Forum I Made A Diy Aquaclear Refugium! harpua2002 Mar 3, 2010 #1 Well, you know you're a fish geek when this is how you spend your afternoon. I've been wanting something to help with nutrient export on the 30 gallon cube Saltwater tank. I don't have a skimmer yet- still waiting on the right deal to pick one up used.
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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.
Costruzione Refugium YouTube
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:
How to set up the ULTIMATE Refugium! (Tips & Tricks) YouTube
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.
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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 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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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.
60" Custom Sump & Refugium from Melev's Reef YouTube
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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Refugiums are small tanks added to a reef aquarium that are used to grow micro-fauna and macro-algae that feed the livestock and help consume excess nutrients that nuisance algae use to grow. They can be easily installed in a sump or hung on the side of the aquarium. These ingenious add-ons to your aquarium provide an area to grow algae out of.
How to Set Up a Refugium Harvesting Macroalgae To Control Nitrate and Phosphate Bulk Reef Supply
How To Setup a DIY Refugium During my many years as a reef keeper I never used a refugium on one of my tanks, never. When I first entered the hobby I used Granular Ferric Oxide (GFO) to keep phosphates in check and a skimmer and water changes to manage nitrates. GFO is easy to use but there are some drawbacks.
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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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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).