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Quick update: 05/20/2016
When the tank was first setup the middle section of my sump served as a refugium but after getting the sps bug my DT began to look like a frag tank with all the frag racks I had on the glass. I decided to empty out the refugium and convert that section into a frag tank. It worked well for a few months but I eventually got tired of having to get on my knees to check the frags, move them around, etc. So long story short, I began to plan a frag tank which is what you have seen in the pictures above this post, its plumb to my main system so no extra maintenance and it adds 40 gallons to the whole systems which is now over 400 gallons.
Now that the middle section of the sump is empty (no eggcrate) I can turn it back into a refugium. For now I will just be growing chaeto, it has worked great in the past for me. Back when the tank was first setup I was using two fluorescent bulbs and that grew the cheato just fine but this time around I wanted to try something different. I purchased a Mars Hydro, a full spectrum grow light (140w). Visually it has a real pink look.
Not my picture but its the same light! (Photo belongs to @d2mini)
and my tumbling cheato ball!
Short video of the chaeto in action. I bought a sandwich size ziplock bag of cheato and in just a week it has triple in size.
When the tank was first setup the middle section of my sump served as a refugium but after getting the sps bug my DT began to look like a frag tank with all the frag racks I had on the glass. I decided to empty out the refugium and convert that section into a frag tank. It worked well for a few months but I eventually got tired of having to get on my knees to check the frags, move them around, etc. So long story short, I began to plan a frag tank which is what you have seen in the pictures above this post, its plumb to my main system so no extra maintenance and it adds 40 gallons to the whole systems which is now over 400 gallons.
Now that the middle section of the sump is empty (no eggcrate) I can turn it back into a refugium. For now I will just be growing chaeto, it has worked great in the past for me. Back when the tank was first setup I was using two fluorescent bulbs and that grew the cheato just fine but this time around I wanted to try something different. I purchased a Mars Hydro, a full spectrum grow light (140w). Visually it has a real pink look.
Not my picture but its the same light! (Photo belongs to @d2mini)
and my tumbling cheato ball!
Short video of the chaeto in action. I bought a sandwich size ziplock bag of cheato and in just a week it has triple in size.