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inspire0522 · 02-23-2006, 08:14 PM

hey everyone.. just need a little advice before i start my tank. Its a 51g tank 120p of Carib Sea aragonite sand and 75p of "dead" rock.. will be running a 250w MH. my questions are... i have a 10g salt tank with about 15p LS and 15p LR that i would like to use as a refugium filter system.. would this be ok? its running a coralmini 18w.. and if so .. do i run it during the cycle? also do i run the lights and the minijets during the cycle? fishless cycle by the way... thanks for any help

Hara · 02-23-2006, 09:27 PM

I would go ahead and put your 10 gallon in line now. I would not run the lights on the main tank while cycling. I would run the pumps to keep water flow circulating nicely.

Brenden · 02-23-2006, 10:06 PM

I would get the setup completely plumbed now. Run pumps and heater while cycling. Lights are not needed.

inspire0522 · 02-23-2006, 10:36 PM

thanks for the info... should i run the light on the refugium at the same time as the main tank light? and also any idea as to what flow gph i should use for the in-sump refugium? it will be placed under the main tank. im sorry maybe i should have said the in the first post.. but i have a clown in my 10g now... would this be a problem during the main tank cycle?
thanks again

Brenden · 02-23-2006, 10:43 PM

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i have a clown in my 10g now... would this be a problem during the main tank cycle?

Yes do not put the clown through the cycle. Hold of on the sump. I run my fuge light 24/7. If not doing that run it opposite the main to help stabilize PH. How many gallons is the fuge going to be?

inspire0522 · 02-23-2006, 10:52 PM

im going to turn my 10g into the fuge... or should i go bigger?

02-23-2006, 08:14 PM	#1
inspire0522 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: TX Posts: 70	getting started hey everyone.. just need a little advice before i start my tank. Its a 51g tank 120p of Carib Sea aragonite sand and 75p of "dead" rock.. will be running a 250w MH. my questions are... i have a 10g salt tank with about 15p LS and 15p LR that i would like to use as a refugium filter system.. would this be ok? its running a coralmini 18w.. and if so .. do i run it during the cycle? also do i run the lights and the minijets during the cycle? fishless cycle by the way... thanks for any help

02-23-2006, 09:27 PM	#2
Hara Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,867 Images: 33	I would go ahead and put your 10 gallon in line now. I would not run the lights on the main tank while cycling. I would run the pumps to keep water flow circulating nicely. __________________ ~~~~~Hara~~~~~~ View My Tanks Visit FantasyReef.com's Databases!

02-23-2006, 10:06 PM	#3
Brenden Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 3,876 Images: 32	I would get the setup completely plumbed now. Run pumps and heater while cycling. Lights are not needed. __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. If guns kill people...Spoons make Michael Moore fat.

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02-23-2006, 10:36 PM	#4
inspire0522 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: TX Posts: 70	thanks for the info... should i run the light on the refugium at the same time as the main tank light? and also any idea as to what flow gph i should use for the in-sump refugium? it will be placed under the main tank. im sorry maybe i should have said the in the first post.. but i have a clown in my 10g now... would this be a problem during the main tank cycle? thanks again

02-23-2006, 10:52 PM	#6
inspire0522 Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: TX Posts: 70	im going to turn my 10g into the fuge... or should i go bigger?