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refugium
I was just wondering do refugiums have to be made out of a short tank? because i was thinking of building one out of a garbage can. Would it be to deep for a refugium?
Thanks for any input....
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A fuge can be any size, shape or color you want. Whatever works best for you. Light just penatrates shorter fuges easier.
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Any shape... many differing opinnions on size/tank relationship. I have a unique refugium made from an 18 compartment display tank from an LFS. See my gallery for a pic.
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you may worry about phosphate leeching...other then that i think its an awesome idea..i mean talk about a cryptic zone, only prob is you may never get to see all the interesting things and animals going on in the darker bottom.
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from the plastic in the garbage can I was a non believer in this until some one had me lift the lid in my RODI storage can and smell (CAT P)nasty
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you could still do this but the container may be a bit more expensive..HDPE will not leech...and i'm assuming this came about because it was cheap and you already have the container, but i really think its a cool idea.
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I stopped after I smelled it
I used a brute can for 4 years until it was pointed out to me then I went and got a HDPE container and have not smelled that smell since
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I used a trash can for a sump for a little while and the phosphates were off the chart. I had bad algae outbreaks. It was awful. I switched to an old tank and boom no more problems.
Tom
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I am guessing that my hair algae problem is from mixing salt water and RO water in a trash can
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