To fuge or not to fuge?

[kien]

When I first set up my tank 3 years ago I had a fuge too. It didn't grow chaeto very well. Then BioPellets came out and they worked great for me so I rebuilt my entire sump and scrapped the 'fuge in favour of a larger reactor chamber for my skimmer and bioPellet reactor. Haven't looked back since!

[Proteus]

I also use prodibio and though I would use a fuge with cheato. Within a week the cheato was falling apart. The fuge quickly became filled with rubble

IME prodi bio has been best on its own. I used to use gfo but pulled it. I saw a small po4 jump for a week then bacteria levels balanced out. I clean glass once a week if I'm board but def not required. In turn I filled reactor with hydroton for a little more bacterial filtration

[mseepman]

Thanks for the info. I will try to figure out what to do with the space. Maybe still a fudge without macro...just a pod farm. Maybe just an area for my reactors.