DIY refugium in sump with a pond plant basket?

[c_johns89]

Hi everyone,
I'm currently using an old oceanic 20g sump that only has two compartments. One for the return pump and the other for everything else (this includes my skimmer, heater, some live rock, and carbon). I was thinking of trying to set up a refugium to grow some macroalgae with a floating pond plant basket, perhaps one that is black to prevent excess light spill over.

I've read some threads with this type of setup and I was wondering if anyone could weigh in how they liked it and if they ran into any issues.

Cheers

 

[MnFish1]

Did something similar. The issue - was algae from the basket/area - getting into the tank

 

[c_johns89]

Did something similar. The issue - was algae from the basket/area - getting into the tank

This was one of the things I was worried about. What kind of algae were you growing in the basket? Was it chaeto?

 

[dedragon]

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/aquamesh-green-2.html,
this can be used to add an extra wall to separate the skimmer and refugium if you have room, just cut it and slide it into the sump

 

[MnFish1]

This was one of the things I was worried about. What kind of algae were you growing in the basket? Was it chaeto?

yes