CPR Refugium upgrade!

[Luckyduck]

First off I want to say to R2R I think we should make a specific category for Refugiums/Macro Tanks.

Super excited to be upgrading today! Going from a small (13") hang on back CPR Aqua Fuge to a medium (19") CPR Aqua Fuge 2. Brightwell Aquatics was kind enough to send me some Mangrove Substrat to try out. I ran the previous one with Brightwell Koral Lagoon Substrat but thought it was just a little coarse for my liking. I also have some Miracle Mud I'm going to mix in with it. As well I'm upgrading my little 5 watt grow light to the 9 watt Chaeto Max by Innovative Marine. I'm shooting the whole thing on my GoPro and will edit the video and get it up to my YouTube channel ASAP.

 

[Sdot]

First off I want to say to R2R I think we should make a specific category for Refugiums/Macro Tanks.

Super excited to be upgrading today! Going from a small (13") hang on back CPR Aqua Fuge to a medium (19") CPR Aqua Fuge 2. Brightwell Aquatics was kind enough to send me some Mangrove Substrat to try out. I ran the previous one with Brightwell Koral Lagoon Substrat but thought it was just a little coarse for my liking. I also have some Miracle Mud I'm going to mix in with it. As well I'm upgrading my little 5 watt grow light to the 9 watt Chaeto Max by Innovative Marine. I'm shooting the whole thing on my GoPro and will edit the video and get it up to my YouTube channel ASAP.

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Nice and good luck! I think more people should have seperate fuge systems rather than have a compartment on a sump...makes it so much better imo. Below is a pic of my fuge... i use miracle mud in this system.

 

[Luckyduck]

Nice and good luck! I think more people should have seperate fuge systems rather than have a compartment on a sump...makes it so much better imo. Below is a pic of my fuge... i use miracle mud in this system.

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Yooo my buddies used to call me Sdot! Lol

Dude that's sexy!! Nice! I love having the completely seperate area, it's almost like having a different tank with a totally different environment/habitat.

 

[Sdot]

Yooo my buddies used to call me Sdot! Lol

Dude that's sexy!! Nice! I love having the completely seperate area, it's almost like having a different tank with a totally different environment/habitat.

Lol Nice! That means we are family! Yeah i love the separate area for the fuge.... opens the doors to so many options. I personally turn off the flow to the fuge and feed phytoplankton every week...and i can tell you that it does benefit the main display.... i love seeing the anthias pick the pods out of the water column.


Here is the tank at night..kinda ran across this by accident