Chato or live rock rubble?

Discussion in 'Refugium' started by alovely, Oct 7, 2009.

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  1. alovely

    alovely Astrea Snail

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    Ok so I am in the process of building a 34 gallon tank. I am putting a custom made sump approximately 5 in. outward and 20 in across (the tank dimensions are 24in long 20in wide and 16in high). I am making one compartment of the sump to be a refugium, however, I do not know whether I should use live rock rubble or chato algae. What do you guys think?
     
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  2. wkbrdr1661

    wkbrdr1661 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I have both...
     
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  3. mikejrice

    mikejrice 3reef Affiliate

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    With that little room use chaeto. You will have space for more than enough live rock in the DT.
     
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  4. alovely

    alovely Astrea Snail

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    Yeah I was going to do about 60 lbs of live rock I have it sitting just waiting for me to hurry up and set up the tank. I was going for chaeto figured it would be best to help keep the algae down and get rid of all my unwanted chems.
     
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  5. oceanparadise1

    oceanparadise1 Fire Squid

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    Cheato, its a great addition.
     
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