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Old 02-28-2003, 04:32 PM
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Default Refugium or not?

I'm tring to plan my sump out and wanted some opinions on weither or not to include a fuge of some sort or not. The main tank will be a 40gal cube, the stand will be 36hx24lx24w so space is limited. The area i have for the sump will be approx 14hx18lx14w. I'm going to use a 4MD-SC for a return, and another one for my skimmer. So i would think a few baffles are in order. So what do you guys think should i add a fuge or should i just use it to house my equipment? If anybody has a ny plans or drawings that i could gofrom that would be helpful too. Thanks.

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Old 02-28-2003, 05:11 PM
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awfully small. seems like you'll have a tough time fitting a fuge in there.
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Old 02-28-2003, 06:03 PM
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Yah, seems pretty tight. Hmm, I had lots of room, but I still just took my measurements down to Walmart and found two rubbermaids that fitted nicley in my required space.

I now run a 20 gal fuge, gravity fed into a 30 gal sump, on my system.
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Old 02-28-2003, 07:39 PM
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Yeah i know it's kind of small, but that's all the room i have. I drew out a plan and i think i can have a 6"x10"x12"Fudge that gives me about a 3gal fudge. Whould this be of any beifit, or should i just make it a sump? Thanks for the replys.

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Old 02-28-2003, 07:42 PM
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Well Clinton you can always go deeper with the refugium, as long you have lots of current and O2 in the tank and some critterto stir it
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