Refugiums: Why they are beneficial to a reef tank
Reef tank 7 years ago 23,183 views
I was inspired to talk about refugiums today, and you get a brand new video. Win-win! If you have questions, ask below. Remember, Live Streams are Saturdays at 2pm CST and the next one is about *Water Quality*! Follow me here: http://www.facebook.com/melevsreef Visit my site: http://www.melevsreef.com Music by Kevin MacLeod - Music for Manatees http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-1GtiLcItA
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20. comment for Refugiums: Why they are beneficial to a reef tank
Great work buddy
But my friend you need to clean your side of the tank is not going to be tank of the month!! Just kidding you have a great tank and is beautiful
Keep teaching us please don't stop making videos
Thank you!
30. comment for Refugiums: Why they are beneficial to a reef tank
See you at MACNA.
Lower the Phosphate with Phosphate Rx (6 drops per 10 gallons) and wait three days, the pick the algae out by hand until the majority has been removed. Then add a clean up crew - 1 critter per gallon - to mow down what you couldn't removed yourself. You can watch my GHA video where I discuss this in detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xilqKzoOgBE
I'm still confused about the whole thing of algae going sexual, can someone explain that to me? I'm coming more from a background of planted freshwater aquariums so theres lots of little things in salt water that are still mysterious to me.
The taller the refugium, the more lighting is needed to penetrate the water. Some have reportedly thrown tons of wattage at their refugium and see massive growth, so there is validity to lighting choices. People have used T5s, VHOs, Metal Halides to grow these plants, but LEDs are the less energy-consuming choice of course.
Then last year when I washed out all the sand, I saved two large cups of live sand that seemed clean enough, and added it back to the zone after the clean sand had been put in that compartment.
50. comment for Refugiums: Why they are beneficial to a reef tank
And color me in the category of living in California and being pissed that some dummy dumped it in southern california and now everywhere in the state it's banned. Don't get me wrong I'm sure chaeto can do the job, but the "green steel wool" look doesn't look anywhere close to as nice as macro that has rooting capabilities.
Happy to discuss your next sump build and make what you want. :)
Sorry for the change of direction, but I wouldn't want you upset with me if your algae thrived, but coral died. Last comment: although a refugium can be beautiful and very helpful in reducing nutrients and algae in a display, if your tank likes to grow GHA, an algae scrubber might be perfect for you :). Same concept of using the algae in a separate location to keep the DT clear, but you already know you can grow GHA no problem, lol. Saves space too!
Suffice it to say, my tank has some nitrate and some phosphate. I run biopellets and use Phosphate Rx to keep the numbers reasonably low.
Thanks for these videos. I've been a long time fan of you before I found you on here, and honestly your videos far exceed the informative.
Thank you!
CO2 + H2O <-----> H2CO3 <---> H+ + HCO3
HCO3 <----> H+ + CO3
According to le chateliers principal, a buffer system will shift to reach equilibrium, therefor the removal of CO2 from plants shifts this buffer system to create more CO2, reducing free floating hydrogens and so it increase PH
I don't feed macro algae to my fish because there's a chance some of the plant can pass through the fish and land in the rockwork to take root.