Mitch1 Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Question ... What is the difference between a refugium and a sump ? Or are they the same ? THX Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FordFamily Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Refugium is a larger sump that has room for live sand, live rock, various algaes, etc. It creates an ecosystem underneath the tank where clean up crew and LS/LR can host various organisms that may otherwise be picked off or eaten by things in your display tank, above. I attribute MUCH of my success in this hobby to my refugium setup, and I don't even have a sand bed in mine. Mine is packed full of live rock, Chaeto, and I also have a turf scrubber recently added that is just starting to grow algae! I stuff as much rock as I can in the chambers, and I saw so many copepods and various creatures breeding and thriving in there! They get fed with what food makes it down there that the fish don't get in the 2 mintute feedings. A sump is a tank underneath your display tank. A Refugium is a type of sump. Most sumps were traditionally used to house equipment: Heaters, Skimmers, Turf Scrubbers, etc. to keep unsightly things out of the display tank. Now that we know biological filtration is more efficient and important a refugium is becoming an important part of how we provide good environments for our livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesterisdead Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 What scrubber did you get? Meant to ask you but forgot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FordFamily Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 What scrubber did you get? Meant to ask you but forgot.... I got a homemade scrubber from a gentlemen off of craigslist. It was only $80, although it is cheap-looking the important things are all there. I can be the test dummy if it works well I will let you know (I will also be buying one for my 75 as well if it works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recliner Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Ah, that explains why the craigslist guy stopped responding to my texts about his scrubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FordFamily Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Ah, that explains why the craigslist guy stopped responding to my texts about his scrubber. This was about a month ago. It seemed like he made a lot of these, I bet he could make another one very easily, or you can look at mine the only expensive component was the LEDs. I talked to the guy, he said he can make them with a few days notice for $80 bucks. We need to specify if it is for a reef or not. I asked if I can post his info on here, if he says yes I will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesterisdead Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Too funny. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3FordFamily Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 OK I will post here and also another thread. http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/for/4165100334.html He uses a different LED now it is much stronger and a "puck" shape. The photos are of an older setup, the one you would buy is better and is working well after about 2 weeks of activity it is getting algae growth. If you don't have a sump to put this in, it's not really the most attractive object but works great so far! Just specify the size of your tank, if it is saltwater/reef, and meet the guy and buy it. Good kid he works down town. I will keep contributing to let you guys know how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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