Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here!

tcgreaux · 10-03-2007, 10:04 PM

I used to live in the virgin islands 5 years ago and the bigest tank i own was a 55 gal custom made with a mahogany frame, fish only with canister filtration, now i moved to Fl and have been bouncing around since. so the tank of choice was an all-glass 29 gal black trim with black silicone. Now that ive settled in to my permanant home in orlando. i want to go bigger and harder. i bought a 72 bow front all-glass an the stand is one the way. i have a 10 gal with all my fish that i wanted to keep a p-clown a figi blue devil, and a blue damsel. resons for keeping, they been with me from the start since i moved to fl. Now i have my 29 gal that i want to make in to a refugium, ive never knew what a refugium was till tryed lookin for a forum for aquariums. i put something to geter in paint with specs included but not to scale. my names tim btw.

tcgreaux · 10-03-2007, 10:14 PM

i dont know how to get this bigger
heres the link http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...n/refugium.jpg

Samper · 10-04-2007, 12:53 AM

I think that instead of using the return line from the pump to feed the refugium I would T off of the drain line and have half the drain go to the fuge side and the other half go to the skimmer chamber. This way you don't sacrifice flow in the display and you gravity force water through the fuge.

***Reefland*** · 10-04-2007, 10:29 AM

Or you could put the refugium in the middle and the pump in the last section. The only downfall here is that all of the flow from the system will go through the refugium.

tcgreaux · 10-04-2007, 06:08 PM

my fist design was with the fuge in the middle but i got the ideafrom this guy Melevsreef.com - Welcome! and i saw that a people had only like 30 gph running though the fuge (im gessing so it does not stir it up to much?), an im gonna be try to get the 10X cerculation that ive read on here but im open to ideas thanks. Tim

jsheffel · 10-12-2007, 04:16 PM

Interesting idea for draining your fuge section as well. Is there a reason you didn't want to just let it flow over the weir?

Samper · 10-12-2007, 07:00 PM

I'm not sure what you mean?

tcgreaux · 10-14-2007, 01:08 PM

well i though about it and decide that that high of a drop for water is going to be noise and cause bubble for the pump but the way i plumed it it should be nice queit and no bubbles

10-03-2007, 10:04 PM	#1
tcgreaux Just Moved In Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: orlando Posts: 9	Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! I used to live in the virgin islands 5 years ago and the bigest tank i own was a 55 gal custom made with a mahogany frame, fish only with canister filtration, now i moved to Fl and have been bouncing around since. so the tank of choice was an all-glass 29 gal black trim with black silicone. Now that ive settled in to my permanant home in orlando. i want to go bigger and harder. i bought a 72 bow front all-glass an the stand is one the way. i have a 10 gal with all my fish that i wanted to keep a p-clown a figi blue devil, and a blue damsel. resons for keeping, they been with me from the start since i moved to fl. Now i have my 29 gal that i want to make in to a refugium, ive never knew what a refugium was till tryed lookin for a forum for aquariums. i put something to geter in paint with specs included but not to scale. my names tim btw. __________________ Nip/Tuck season 5 oct. 30 yeay !!!! Last edited by tcgreaux; 10-03-2007 at 10:12 PM.

10-03-2007, 10:14 PM	#2
tcgreaux Just Moved In Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: orlando Posts: 9	Re: Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! i dont know how to get this bigger heres the link http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...n/refugium.jpg __________________ Nip/Tuck season 5 oct. 30 yeay !!!!

10-04-2007, 12:53 AM	#3
Samper Contributing Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,761	Re: Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! I think that instead of using the return line from the pump to feed the refugium I would T off of the drain line and have half the drain go to the fuge side and the other half go to the skimmer chamber. This way you don't sacrifice flow in the display and you gravity force water through the fuge. __________________ Keep your heart pure conceive your own dreams Respect your fellow man the earth and the trees.

10-04-2007, 10:29 AM	#4
*Reefland* Owner Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 13,031	Re: Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! Or you could put the refugium in the middle and the pump in the last section. The only downfall here is that all of the flow from the system will go through the refugium. __________________ Scott Z. 75 Gallon Reef Log Powered by Reefland's Personal Online Aquarium Log

10-04-2007, 06:08 PM	#5
tcgreaux Just Moved In Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: orlando Posts: 9	Re: Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! my fist design was with the fuge in the middle but i got the ideafrom this guy Melevsreef.com - Welcome! and i saw that a people had only like 30 gph running though the fuge (im gessing so it does not stir it up to much?), an im gonna be try to get the 10X cerculation that ive read on here but im open to ideas thanks. Tim __________________ Nip/Tuck season 5 oct. 30 yeay !!!! Last edited by tcgreaux; 10-14-2007 at 01:11 PM.

10-12-2007, 04:16 PM	#6
jsheffel Tenant Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 85	Re: Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! Interesting idea for draining your fuge section as well. Is there a reason you didn't want to just let it flow over the weir?

10-12-2007, 07:00 PM	#7
Samper Contributing Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,761	Re: Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! I'm not sure what you mean? __________________ Keep your heart pure conceive your own dreams Respect your fellow man the earth and the trees.

10-14-2007, 01:08 PM	#8
tcgreaux Just Moved In Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: orlando Posts: 9	Re: Will this refugium take care of me? warning noob here! well i though about it and decide that that high of a drop for water is going to be noise and cause bubble for the pump but the way i plumed it it should be nice queit and no bubbles __________________ Nip/Tuck season 5 oct. 30 yeay !!!!

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