Refugium or wet/dry?

[Wreck_it_Pabs]

Just finish build my sump I was just wondering if I should set it up as an refugium or wet/dry? I it's going to be a FOWLR... But would I would wanna put some easy to take care corals in the future..

 

[TheTodd]

Refugium. My 240g came with a CPR wet/dry setup and I was worried that it would be a pain to clean and could hold nitrates. I figure more live rock plus some macro algae in a fuge will get nitrates going the other way.

 

[melosu58]

I too say refugium for the same reason as Todd gives.

 

[Ljfdfireboy]

+1 on the refugium.

 

[Wreck_it_Pabs]

What do I put in side of the refugium?

 

[mr_X]

Algae, and maybe some rock for pods to live in and more surface area for bacteria.

 

[Wreck_it_Pabs]

Algae, and maybe some rock for pods to live in and more surface area for bacteria.

What kind of algae?

 

[mr_X]

Anything really. You just want something in there that will absorb nutrients. Chaetomorpha is popular, as are various types of caulerpa.

 

[baron1282]

I also got a wet/dry filter as well. Do I put the algae and rock in the filter where the bio-balls would normally go? Is that how it's set up?