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Wanting a refugium, using two sumps, is that wise?


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Currently I have a Red Sea Reefer Nano tank. The tank does come with a sump, but as you can imagine there is not much room. I would like to have a refugium for biological filtration and pod growth. I have seen numerous recommendations for hang on refugiums and chaeto reactors. I was wondering if a second sump would work. If anyone has done this, can you share how it was configured?

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gulfsurfer101

Yes! Anything you can do to increase your water volume and biological process is going to be beneficial! Some people have display macro algae tanks tied into their display tanks and use the sump for equipment only.

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Cencalfishguy56

Currently I have a Red Sea Reefer Nano tank. The tank does come with a sump, but as you can imagine there is not much room. I would like to have a refugium for biological filtration and pod growth. I have seen numerous recommendations for hang on refugiums and chaeto reactors. I was wondering if a second sump would work. If anyone has done this, can you share how it was configured?

you mean it doesn't come with a refugium section? You can always cut glass and create one
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masterbuilder

I dont care much for the HOB fuges especially on your RS Nano. It would really spoil the sleek look, plus I dont think they have the volume to do much of anything anyway. If you Google "plumbing a separate refugium", you can see dozens of examples on how its done. Sent you an IM on another way to figure it out as well.

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Cencalfishguy56

That sump you sent a link to looks pretty interesting didn't know you could use pvc and acrylic together

of course you can bro!
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gulfsurfer101

Those advanced acrylic set up are the bee's! I set up my diy 20g sump after their design!

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Cencalfishguy56

Those advanced acrylic set up are the bee's! I set up my diy 20g sump after their design!

my sump is advanced acrylics, they do awesome work!
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I totally agree the reefer is pretty sleek and a hang on refugium would take away from the look. The current sump is only 7 gallons. By the time I fit a skimmer and a return pump there is not a lot of room left. Masterbulder thanks for the IM.

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Cencalfishguy56

 

So is mine. They do superb work.

they really do, I want an ATO container from them but I always tell myself my cereal storage container works fine and was free lol
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