as the title says do you? should you?

Sure, why not? And it's a good place to put all those hh crabs that might otherwise cause some problems (eating algae, kids, souls...).

i overheard a guy at my lfs talking about how his emerald crab ate all of his cheato

I keep hermits and as stated above, the hitchhiker crabs in there....that area collects detritus too, due to being a relative low flow area more settling occurs there, and thus needs a bit of servicing as well

dude at the LFS must have had either one MONSTER emerald crab, or a little tiny chaeto ball, IMO.....

Rule #1 Never believe anything you hear at your LFS.

i dont really understand the hatred towards lfs,
and the guy was buying more cheato which is kinda evidence that its true, also he didnt work there

it would be kinda neat to have a little crab harvest your cheato for you , although by eating it he is reintroducing nutrients back into the tank. although im sure some amount of it will go into his growth

How long have you been in the hobby?

This is so true. All my LFS are run by people who just want my money. they trick anyone into buying things that are too expensive and unnecessary. Live rock being $15 a lbs?? no.

Try to avoid adding CUC animals that defeat the purpose of a refugium: to be a refuge for things that would be eaten in the display tank.

Or you can stick the predators in there and watch them duke it out

Lmao. +1

I think snails would make sense in a fuge? Am I wrong?

i got 2 tangs suggested by an LFS when i first started for my biocube 29 when i first started with 2 clowns and a 6 line wrasse, cuz 5 fish was low bio load for a 29 gal.....he was pushing for me to get 8 fish total.

i trust LFS guys like i trust the tv salesman at Best Buy.

I had cheato in my main display before I put it in the fuge and it was the only thing my emerald would eat.I thew a few tiny ceriths in the back chambers of my biocube.

i keep a few saltwater glass shrimp in my fuge. they'll eat the detritus and a few pods but they also breed and in turn feed the display tank.

Are glass shrimps the same as mysis? Where can I get them?

Luis

thanks you all! keep it coming I just need something to keep up with cyno & detritus build up. I have tried to get rid of the cyno by adding more flow but it hasn't helped.. the only place i get it is in the fuge.

Seems like pods would be enough in your refugium. Laks has a good point, its a "refuge".

snails shouldn't hurt though since they dont consume pods or chaeto

I have 1 unidentified crab, 4 snails, and 2 pencil urchins in my fuge. Additionally there is a ginormous ball of chaeto and thousands of pods...

I forgot to mention there is also an unidentified anemone that protrudes from a small hole in a hermit crab shell in my fuge as well...

I know that i would not put an emerald crab with chaeto, i had mine in my fuge for awhile and he shredded chaeto like no tomorrow and i had bits of it flying all over the display all the time, It was horribly annoying.

AIPTASIA! keel eet!!!


nass snalls, destivores. Adding small pod starter colonies when you see your junk building up.

hey, I sold/installed TV's for best buy. Lol i was one of the few good guys, just had expensive taste so people thought I was a snob.

I've got the same problem, lmk if you figure out to get rid of it..still wondering if you can add CUC in refuge.

I don't see why snails couldn't go in there?

is this a HOB fuge or under the tank? how much water is going through it ? pics?

I got a nanocube and its in chamber 2 with submersible light and a mj900 as return pump.

Its been a couple months since.
I let it be and it cleared up on its own. I was figuring that since it was a add on to the main tank it would not have a problem w/ that.. it settled out on it own.

i would only add a cuc to a refugium if it was visible, or meant to look nice, or if cyano growth was choking out chaeto, or other refugium media. not necessary otherwise....nuisance algae filters water too.

I always put 1 astrea snail in my fuges... it helps clean up the glass a bit and also some stuff on the rocks.

+1 snails help keep the walls clean and hermits help trim down the overgrowth. At least thats what mine do. They also add waste that the pods readily feed on which in turn my fish feed on the excess pods...Another mini ecosystem