Freshwater refugium ideas...

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pdandy

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I have a 40 breeder sump with an approximately 14 gallon section that is fed by my return pump and usually runs about 1-200 gph. This number can be adjusted with a ball valve.

What kind of cool ideas can you MFKr's come up with for me?! Plants, fish, bio media....right now there are only 4-5 mystery snails in it.

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I have never done a sump refugium before but I been doing a little reading on them, but why not have the refugium in the middle section and have the pump on the far right?
 
chaleng said:
I have never done a sump refugium before but I been doing a little reading on them, but why not have the refugium in the middle section and have the pump on the far right?
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Because of the way the baffles are set up. If I did it that way the 3 pane baffle would be bypassed. And I actually have put my heater in between those panes to increase efficiency. Also, this way the refugium gets water that has been cleaned by the filter sock.
 
IsdaFish said:
Live plants fast growing ones that will eat nitrate.


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Any specific suggestions? Other than hornwort. Because of the way the baffle is set up with the water flowing over it the hornwort would become a mess very quickly if it is floating.


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As for fast growing plants elodea,hydrilla,anacharis,myriophyllum sp.,hornwort,wysteria
 
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