using a overflow box as a refuge?

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It probably wouldn't be enough algae to do much for water quality anyway but you can make a zooplankton "reactor" with any dense inert material and there is no maintenance. Different media will encourage different organisms. Rock rubble is good for larger micro-crustaceans. Finer material for smaller organisms. Spun plastic fiber pads, algae scrubbing pads, foam prefilters, dacron, hung or stacked openly will promote amphipods, copepods, and mysid shrimp.