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Hey guys, I'm in the plans of making a fuge for my 150G..

I'm going to buy a red sea fuge I think it's called.

So my question is how many gallons do I probably need? My sump is 25G, maybe I should add another 25G to make my system 200G?

About How much does a fuge cost?

 

A fuge can cost hundreds and no time spent, or a lot of time and only $50-60. It's up to you.

I didn't know that Red Sea made a refugium of any sort. If I'm wrong I'd like to have that pointed out to me with a link, because it had better fit under a RSM250, come as a AIO upgrade (all parts included), and be ~20 gallons.

You're going to need to be more specific on what you expect to achieve from your refugium in order to get truly good advice. If you want something to produce more 'pods for your DT inhabitants to eat, export nutrients with caulerpa, or have a mantis/dusters/crabs chilling in there, the people who know more about setting these things up that I do are going to need to know your goals in order to put you on the right track.

 

Well it's mainly to keep my pods population up and also to filter exess nutrients. Planning on having chaeto and mangroves.

 

A fuge really doesn't need to be that big, just a nutrient export with algae and a pod farm. If you have room fora 20g, go for it. I would make my own instead of buying one.

A simple Rubbermaid tote with a couple bulkheads and a light is all that is necessary, but you can turn an aquarium into one easily as well.

 

I have a 20g acrylic aquarium that I'm not using but I don't know how to make it work. I made a thread long ago about making one but I dot wanna drill holes in the tank.
How can I do it so that the fuge and sump both have enough water? Or so that I don't have an instant flood?
I thought on just conecting a powerhead to a pipe that will go to the sump, but idk how strong should the powerhead be so that enough water is being sent to the sump for it not to be out of water nor the fuge to flood.
Do I make sence?

 

Bump

 

Acrylic tanks are easy to drill, just go slow and use a spray bottle to keep it all wet (don't get water in the drill!!!). LFS will often do it too if they're on good terms with you.

As for size, bigger is almost always better, and smaller is less expensive. For a 150 I would use a 10-20 gallon tank as a refugium. Set the fuge on some kind of stand about 4-5" higher than the sump and drill it on the end so that it can overflow into your sump. Leave a couple gallons space at the top for added comfort. Divert some of your overflow water to the fuge, about 15-20 GPH should be plenty.

I have been going nuts trying to figure out how I'm going to set up my fuge/sump combo and this is what I'm leaning towards - 2 tanks.

Good luck, and really - just drill the tank

-Doug

 

Well this would be a good idea if I had a place for the fuge to be higher than my tank. Or the materials to drill it with.

Is it possible to just Use a pipe and transfer the water with a pump instead of drilling?

 

Yeah, you could do that, but you run the risk of a flood if the pump fails. You really only need the fuge tank to be an inch or two higher for a gravity fed fuge. Plus, passing pods through multiple pumps means more chance for them to get smashed.

 

oh i understand.. ill see if my LFS can drill the tank for me.. thanks K+