Refugium help - need info and ideas

[kien]

i've never heard that biopellets will increase pod population. Mind you, it is difficult to count pods I run a lot of pellets and can't say that I've notice any difference in my pod population. If you run a 'fuge I would recommend running a direct line from your display tank to your 'fuge if possible. I use filter socks and I only pull out two or three pods each time I clean the sock.

[mark]

just regurgitating what I read on the internet, but understand to keep enough pods for a Mandarin (if it's only eating live food), fuge needs to be big, then there's getting the pods to wash into the display.

[Twinn]

My fuge would be about 5 gal so around 10% of the display. Don't know if could plumb it so DT water goes directly into the display. Either way if I just want the fuge to build a pod population what should I put in the fuge sand or no sand? If sand than how much sand? I plan to have about 1 1/2 inch of sand in the DT.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Twinn

My fuge would be about 5 gal so around 10% of the display. Don't know if could plumb it so DT water goes directly into the display. Either way if I just want the fuge to build a pod population what should I put in the fuge sand or no sand? If sand than how much sand? I plan to have about 1 1/2 inch of sand in the DT.

Most mandarins would clean out a 40g in no time and a 5g fuge won't produce enough pods in that time to keep up with it. Best bet is to find onethat eats frozen as well

[mark]

have a 20g macro fuge, no sand, just LR. Though see them on the rock and glass, most seem in the Chaeto.