So I have had my tank up (90 gal) for about a year now. Have been using alot of biowheel HOB filters (4 of them) to keep it going after cracking a 30 gal tank I was going to make into a sump.
When I last had reef tanks set up ( 75g & 180g) it was back in the days of bare bottoms and wet-drys. Live sand was just being talked about, and people were laughing at the idea.
So here I am after a lengthy vacation from saltwater, having just been keeping freshwater for the last ten years or so, starting the learning process all over with these "new ideas".
After the caleurpa crash earlier in the week and the increase in green algae in my tank I have set up a refugium. This was an old Amiracle 400 ( 36"X12"X16" ) that I have gutted and modified to be a refugium/sump. Water volume gain is about 22 gallons.
I have an area about 26"x12" that has live sand in it now and which I will be adding some rubble and macro algae to soon. With an area of about 10"x12" as a sump for the skimmer and misc to be sitting in.
For lighting I am using a two bulb 24" T5 fixture with 10K & 6700K bulbs and a 12" LED mostly white fixture.
This was my project for the day.
Now for some questions...
I know some people have been keeping caluerpa in their 'fuge for a lengthy period of time with no bad side effects when running the lights 24/7. I understand the light cycle needs of plants and wonder if using the remaining caleurpa I saved from the crash would be a good idea to put in there now temporarily.
What light cycles do most of you guys & gals use? Fuge lights on when DT lights are off? Fuge lights on 24/7? Fuge lights on when DT lights are on?
What are your macro algaes of choice? Chaeto, caluerpa, ??
When I last had reef tanks set up ( 75g & 180g) it was back in the days of bare bottoms and wet-drys. Live sand was just being talked about, and people were laughing at the idea.
So here I am after a lengthy vacation from saltwater, having just been keeping freshwater for the last ten years or so, starting the learning process all over with these "new ideas".
After the caleurpa crash earlier in the week and the increase in green algae in my tank I have set up a refugium. This was an old Amiracle 400 ( 36"X12"X16" ) that I have gutted and modified to be a refugium/sump. Water volume gain is about 22 gallons.
I have an area about 26"x12" that has live sand in it now and which I will be adding some rubble and macro algae to soon. With an area of about 10"x12" as a sump for the skimmer and misc to be sitting in.
For lighting I am using a two bulb 24" T5 fixture with 10K & 6700K bulbs and a 12" LED mostly white fixture.
This was my project for the day.
Now for some questions...
I know some people have been keeping caluerpa in their 'fuge for a lengthy period of time with no bad side effects when running the lights 24/7. I understand the light cycle needs of plants and wonder if using the remaining caleurpa I saved from the crash would be a good idea to put in there now temporarily.
What light cycles do most of you guys & gals use? Fuge lights on when DT lights are off? Fuge lights on 24/7? Fuge lights on when DT lights are on?
What are your macro algaes of choice? Chaeto, caluerpa, ??
