Cheap room saving fuge

[smoothie]

http://www.linomareefs.com/viewtopic.php?t=715">http://www.linomareefs.com/viewtopic.php?t=715</a>

Pretty neat. Hope you guys enjoy the link

 

[weaglereefer]

I'm planning to hook one of these up since I can't grow chaeto to save my life.

 

[thomas138]

were you gonna be giving this a try?

let me know if so

 

[enderg60]

I had one of those, it sucked. Actually caused nitrite spikes and algea blooms for the entire 2.5 months I ran it.

Took it off and made a sulphur denitrator...better!

 

[haninja]

That's not a fuge. Its a remote deep sand bed.

 

[smoothie]

haninja;417944 wrote: That's not a fuge. Its a remote deep sand bed.

Yep you're right. Thought of that after I posted.

 

[weaglereefer]

EnderG60;417941 wrote: I had one of those, it sucked. Actually caused nitrite spikes and algea blooms for the entire 2.5 months I ran it.

Took it off and made a sulphur denitrator...better!

Can you elaborate? Were you running a bucket or something else? How much sand and how deep? What kind of flow did you have? The site recommends a MJ-1200 and 3" of water. There are plenty of people who do/have run them and recommend them and can post their setups. Just saying that "I had one and it didn't work" doesn't say much. Maybe there's a reason your particular setup didn't work?

 

[enderg60]

My setup was exactly like the link, couldnt tell you why it didnt work like other peoples have but it didnt. Just caused problems until I took it off.

Besides the sulphur reactor is smaller and more variable to each specific tank(amount of media / flow rate can be changed to tune it to the tanks needs)

 

[enderg60]

uhh..there is no media in a RDSB...just sand

 

[lilrobb]

I think he meant the media for your reactor...

 

[phil47952]

I think I might just give this a try, could be fun also...

Phil :yes:

 

[harleyguy]

<span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: Verdana">With the setup of m new tank I originally planned on doing a refugium but decided to try the Elos system (similar to the Zeovit system). I wonder how a DSB would affect the Elos system. I know that a refugium would not work because the Elos stuff makes the water nutrient poor and the plants can't grow... The reason I ask is my sump has a spot for a nice refugium that I am not using... I could use it as a DSB though...</span></span>

 

[lilbluelude]

I plan on setting one of these up in the next week or so. Been collecting sand for several tanks and got a bucket and everything I need. Just need to spend the time to put in my 'bulkheads' and throw it on.

 

[weaglereefer]

I'm curious, is there any drawback to having the drain and input next to each other, instead of straight across? Don't really feel like running a few feet of clear hose if I only have to run one foot.