Refugium Contents

[plankton99]

I am starting my first refugium and was thinking for doing the following: What do you think? Suggestions?

 

bottom layer: fiji mud (1 inch)

next layer: Fiji live sand (1 inch)

in water: cheato

critters: snails (any other suggestions on critters?)

[Atticvs]

I am starting my first refugium and was thinking for doing the following: What do you think? Suggestions?

 

bottom layer: fiji mud (1 inch)

next layer: Fiji live sand (1 inch)

in water: cheato

critters: snails (any other suggestions on critters?)

 

Sounds like a cool idea. I am in the planning stages of my fuge aswell.

[mattfox27]

Is this going to be connected to a already running tank? If so i would not use the sand and just use LR rubble. I just started a fuge and i was going to use sand but everyone said not to becasue it was cause the tank to recycle. Also i would be messy and doesn't really do anything, so i bought 2lbs of LR rubble and it seems a lot better, les messy and more places for stuff to hide.

[dtfleming]

You dont need the mud, sand is fine, LRR if you want but dont have too and macro algae and a light. How big of fuge? If its a HOB filter fuge you dont need any snails.

[plankton99]

it is a 10 gallon sump/fuge from cadlights. Why is fiji mud not a good idea. also every pic i see of fugiums have sand. So exactly why is sand so bad?

[BibleSue]

My research has been showing that sand benefits. Mvite thought removing his caused problems from what I remember. I will be putting sand as well as LR not rubble in mine. I am putting mine on my prop tank & need the LR for a stable system-will only have frags in the main tank.

[scott45acp]

I am also setting my fuge. I was thinking of 4 inches of fuji mud to give the anaerobic bacteria a place to live. I do not have a deep sand bed in the display tank.

 

I can not by fiji mud locally and i am afraid it would freeze in shipping. If it would freeze would it kill the bacteria that is already in it. or is this a non issue

 

this is the brand I was looking at

 

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod...tt=mud&Np=1

[holdorf333]

Just started mine. I took my little 2.5g that I was using to grow out pods and chaeto, and transfered it to the CPR. A little rubble, 2 baseball-sized pieces of LR, big ol' chaeto ball, and the water. We'll see how it turns out.