I'm really interested to see it in action. It appears to be a beast of a Cheato growing machine. Keep us informed.
Anyone use a big refugium?
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I'm really interested to see it in action. It appears to be a beast of a Cheato growing machine. Keep us informed.
Bcavalli;1074793 wrote: I'm really interested to see it in action. It appears to be a beast of a Cheato growing machine. Keep us informed.
+1!
Honestly they seem much like an algae turf scrubber, except it grows cheato. There are some other advantages. Very cool if one can afford them. I think they'd do better on an established system rather than a brand new system. The thought of controlling nitrates and phosphates with relative ease is appealing though. Also, I think pulling out some cheato once or twice a month seems easier than changing out GFO.
have they send it?
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When I upgraded to a 210 with a fish room, I repurposed my 90 gallon as a refugium. At the time, it made no sense to sell it for $50 just to buy another tank to use as a refugium. I have several pieces of live rock in there along with a sand bottom and grow copious amounts of chaeto in that sucker!
The fuge section on my tank is about 150 gallons and it supports a 480 gallon system.
I have probably 400 lbs of rock in there, along with the algea scrubber its been able to keep up with a crazy fish load and over feeding pretty well.
I have probably 400 lbs of rock in there, along with the algea scrubber its been able to keep up with a crazy fish load and over feeding pretty well.
Holy chaeto!
