How to Setup a Refugium

how do i make a refugium

 

do you want it built in with the sump, or stand alone? Hang on back, or under tank. You can DIY one which is cheaper and then you get exactly what you want/need, or you can buy one, which can get pricey.

 

i just want it to stand alone i do not believe in using sumps lol and i figured since im gunna have a green mandarin i want to be able to breed copepods and theyre other food so i can have a happy healthy one how would i go about building one that hangs on the tank or goes under

 

goin under is probably easier and also more pleasing to the eye. Just get a tank.. used is fine, or you can even use a rubermaid container, just make sure it is food grade plastic. You want the fuge to be low flow to get more pods. I think its easier to do a 2 in 1 sump/fuge simply because if you are going to plumb a fuge anyways, you may as well do a sump with the same lines so you have no HOB equipment for a cleaner look. Of coarse you dont have to. You can use an overflow box if your tank is not drilled. leave enough room in the fuge incase there is a power outage. The CPR overflow boxes utilize a small pump to retain the siphon, and also to restart it after a power outage.

 

do i have to drill my tank at all?

 

no you can use overflow boxes also you should make your overflow dump directly into your tank by gravity cuz if you pump the water out and into your tank you will chop up all the pods

 

do you have like a website or list of instructions you could give me

 

If you do a search on this site for diy refugium then you will see all kind of results! I hope this helps.

 

ty very much

 

Cool!!!! I can use a post that I put up yesterday to answer this question!!!! Here is the link.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/refugium/what-refugiums-used-61455.html#post582655