Refugium

[Cleveland Clowns]

Is a 10g refugium good enough to keep my 20g tank clear and healthy. I have no other filter running now. I just got my fugi going and worried about keeping the middle and bottom clean because my overflow is just skimming the top.

 

[Mrc8858]

Is it a sump/refugium or just a refugium either way id say thats good since a tank that small doesn't really need all the other types of filtration as a larger tank unless you are planning on corals which in that case a nano skimmer would be great

*edit* you do have something else moving the water too right? Like a powerhead or circulation pump..you should have enough flow that stuff does not really have a chance to settle on the floor

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

Right now no. I had a powerhead going but the lowest setting was too much. Ill have to pick up a small one soon. I just have the return from the fugi moving water now

 

[Mrc8858]

Is this tank just cycling right now or is it stocked at all because if its cycling then that's fine

 

[Mrc8858]

And go with a circulation pump instead something in the 500gph range should be good (depending on what you want as a final stock)

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

I have 2 clowns and 2 damsels. the pump from my return is making some movement in the tank but i will get a small circulator

 

[Mrc8858]

How old is your tank?are you doing a fish in cycle?

 

[Mrc8858]

And when those fish get larger in that size tank there's a good chance there will be some aggression issues...imo id stay away from damsels and chromis theyre lil demon fish haha

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

yeah, they are always zipping around causing trouble and kicking up sand. I plan on getting my 55g up and running in a few months

 

[Mrc8858]

So could you answer a couple questions....how long has this tank been running? How much LR do you have? And do you plan on going reef?

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

its a month old, the refugium is a day old, i only have about 10lbs in the 20g and 3lbs in the refugium of LR, with live sand.

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

Its been up for a month and the fugi for a day. i have 10lbs in the 20g and 3lbs in the fugi of live rock, with LS. I want to go reef

 

[Mrc8858]

Ok well I think you need to put the brakes on and start reading up on getting started again you should have 1-1.5 lbs per gallon of rock and have you read about cycling and the nitrate cycle..one thing with a successful SW tank is patience

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

oops. thought that first post didnt work

 

[Mrc8858]

My current tank has been running about 3 months and I've just started stocking it a couple weeks ago..do you have a test kit?

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

I know need more rock, why start over when i can just add more rock. im not in a hurry to make a big reef tank. Im just making this 20g stable and established

 

[Mrc8858]

But back to your original question if you have that little rock and flow then your water parameters will almost undoubtedly become unstable quite quickly

 

[Cleveland Clowns]

All my test were good. a little high on nitrates-10ppm but they have been dropping.

 

[Mrc8858]

I know need more rock, why start over when i can just add more rock. im not in a hurry to make a big reef tank. Im just making this 20g stable and established

I don't mean start you tank over I meant start over on the learning process..you should read up on how to start and run a SW tank from start to finish before you go any further with you tank other then up your rock and circulation

 

[Mrc8858]

The last thing you want is to have a finished tank and hundreds maybe thousands tied into it just for it to get nuked by something that could have been avoided