New Refugium!

[Michael_Lambert]

Well I'm building the refugium for my 150G tank, This has had to have been the longest 45 mins of my life! I bought this 1 inch Diamond drill bit about 2 years ago and have used it to drill now 18 holes :) Love it.. paid 99.99 for it on line.

So its getting dull and have to go much slower now on drilling..



So this is the shot one of my Refugium, just the hole drilled and the bulkhead installed!

More to come!
http://aquariumpros.ca/photopost/data/500/246Refuge_001.jpg

[Michael_Lambert]

well got it plumbed in and running, Just need to add my live sand and rock with macro algae..

Now remeber guys this is being build on a ZERO dollar budget, Just crap im finding around the house...

http://aquariumpros.ca/photopost/data/500/246Refuge_plumbed_.jpg

[Michael_Lambert]

as you can see its fed with a Powerhead, and then drains out into the center of the tank by a 3/4 inch return line. now again its messy looking but it works :) , Will do her up better when i get the cash flow moving agian and can afford the proper parts!

[Michael_Lambert]

So here we go..

Its a 25G being fed my a Powerhead 402 and its got a Small pound pump with a custom spray bar.

running 10 pounds of live rock and 50 pounds of sand and a nice sized Mangrove lite by a 18 watt Marine glow bulb.



http://aquariumpros.ca/photopost/data/500/246Refuge_003-med.jpg

[Ocean Images]

Toooloud....nothin' wrong with that setup :)
You will be surprised how fast the algae will grow
:cheers:

[Michael_Lambert]

Oh yea.. i konw it will grow.. i just yanked that out of my my 33G refuigum on my 30G tank..

I just dont like the way the powerhead is feeding the tank, Would like to when i get the money put a stronger pump on the tank and tap into the pumps return line with a ballvalve to control the water flow into the sump.. i put a 3/4 inch return becouse i have found that the refuigum does best with low flow.