Show me your refugiums!

[empire]

As I still wait for my new sump from Custom King, I would love to see some of your refugiums. What macros are you currently growing and what light are you using to grow them?

Thanks!

 

[skene]

light from HD, CFL from GE.

Chaeto and feather caulerpa.

no pictures.

 

[empire]

CFL? GE=General Electric? What light from Home Depot?

 

[skene]

 

[empire]

Doesn't get any easier than that. Anyone have pictures of their fuge?

 

[lnevo]

 

[jademan]

Keeping it simply

With wingo lightsrangehat

 

[al0ha]

shoots, the light turned off. i'll get one for u tonight. I'm using wing's par bulb too

 

[jerl77]

Mine

 

[jerl77]

40 breeder

 

[empire]

All of them look great! How do you keep your chaeto to stay in place and not get pulled into the return? How deep are your sand beds? How often do you have to spray the tips(leaves) of mangroves with fresh water?

 

[jademan]

That's nice

I likey ..I have a 55 gal sump but not that much greens lol but all is doing good nice
:redface:

 

[jademan]

Love my wingo LEDs

 

[JimmyR1rider]

You're refugium should have slow enough flow that your chaeto should stay in place on its own. If running a sump/fuge combo there will be a bubble trap between it and your return pump.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Love my wingo LEDs

How much did wingo light cost ya... Cause my light from home depot with ligntbulb and fixture cost 15 bucks

 

[jademan]

Cost of led

He made me on to duplicate my ai sol blues three LEDs .wt,blue,and royal blue they are real nice and bright.got two from him i also got a white bulb from him.I think it a par 16 bulb .was $27 I think .He also has all connections and plugs .has everything to get u started :tank:

 

[strgazr27]

Chaeto actually likes a lot of flow and will show faster growth in those conditions. It will still grow well in a slow flow fuge but it tends to get clumpy and matted in those conditions.

 

[strgazr27]

I've run both LEDs as well as CFL's over my fuge. The best growth came under a 5500-6500K bulb. With the par38 bulb I had the growth slowed and all my macro took a turn for the worse. Swapped it back to the 5500K CFL and within a week it started to turn around. Macro is a plant and as such will show its greatest growth under low (5500-6500K) bulbs.

 

[empire]

alright so CFL seems to be the smartest choice. anyone know how often mangrove leaves/tips need to be sprayed with fresh water?

 

[mbg75]

This bulb.