ccejka Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 (edited) I purchased a Finnex HOB Refugium with LED light I put some extra live rock I had and Chaeto algae in it. My heater is also in there right now. This is my first saltwater tank and just seeing if there is anything else I should add or let nature do its thing? Edited November 13, 2018 by ccejka Quote Link to comment
specore Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 In addition to biological filtration live rock and sand also collects a ton of detritus... So yes, too much can be a bad thing. It really only takes 5-10 pounds of live rock in a 20g, anything else would just be for looks and/or structure to mount corals. In fact I blast the live rock in my tank at least every other day and am always surprised how much stuff collects in the nooks and crannies in a day or two. 1 Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I have about 15 pounds in the tank right now and used about 16 pounds of sand Quote Link to comment
specore Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 minute ago, ccejka said: I have about 15 pounds in the tank right now and used about 16 pounds of sand I personally would remove the pieces in the refugium Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, specore said: In addition to biological filtration live rock and sand also collects a ton of detritus... So yes, too much can be a bad thing. It really only takes 5-10 pounds of live rock in a 20g, anything else would just be for looks and/or structure to mount corals. In fact I blast the live rock in my tank at least every other day and am always surprised how much stuff collects in the nooks and crannies in a day or two. I edit the post to keep it about the bio logical filtration and start a thread in the system sorry for any confusion.... such a FNG move. Just now, specore said: I personally would remove the pieces in the refugium Just run the chaeto algea by its self? Quote Link to comment
specore Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 minute ago, ccejka said: I edit the post to keep it about the bio logical filtration and start a thread in the system sorry for any confusion.... such a FNG move. Just run the chaeto algea by its self? That's all I run in my refugium section Quote Link to comment
ccejka Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 minute ago, specore said: That's all I run in my refugium section Thanks for the advice Quote Link to comment
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