How to set up a refugium?

[pangz]

I have a DSB of abt 5" in my refugium tank. How should i start growing my microalgea? Where to get them? Thanks

[Eric]

I have a DSB of abt 5" in my refugium tank. How should i start growing my microalgea? Where to get them? Thanks

You can get the Macroalgae from LFS, just dump them inside ur refugium and run ur lights on them 24/7. Monitor daily, if they turn pale whitish or translucent, remove them........if they start growing, good news for you, it means the macroalgaes are exporting your nutrients for their growth. Remember to harvest them before they get too packed and turn assexual or sexual :-)

Eric

[pangz]

Pardon my ignorance, what is assexual or sexual ? There's several types of microalgae, which should i put in the fuge?

[blueheaven]

recently, there has been a debate on whether caulerpa sp. is suitable to be put into tank.

anyway, I also dun find it good because it easily goes asex and the toxins it produces will even disrupt the growth of some corals and cause RTN

[boowy]

recently, there has been a debate on whether caulerpa sp. is suitable to be put into tank.

anyway, I also dun find it good because it easily goes asex and the toxins it produces will even disrupt the growth of some corals and cause RTN

hi can post pic of caulerpa sp.

thks

[nicken]

is it gd to put the fuge after the skimmer ?

wat is the recommended hr to operate the light for the fuge ?

[blueheaven]

it all depend on you whether you want to grow pods there or not...

but its got its pros and cons for putting the skimmer after the fuge

And here's a pic from RC showing different types of caulerpa

[blueheaven]

Before fuge

Pros: Pods will not get skimmed up

Tank will be cleaned more effieciently (only if you place the output at the return)

Cons: Will not react fast enough when macros crash

Will reduce water flow in the refugium (depend on the type of skimmer you use)

After fuge

Pros: Able to salvage macro crash

Cons: May skim up pods

Tank water will take some time to reach skimmer