refugium more fun than the display tank?

[Mr. Ono]

I spend more time checking out my 20 gallon refugium than the main tank. I have four types of Caulerpa growing, snails, micro hermits, worms, ministars and amphipods crawling all over the place.

I am hoping that I can get my red algae (Gracilaria tikvahiae) to grow

[fishinchick]

the kids and their friends seem to love watching the refugium more than the tank too. They howl in laughter at the antics of the amphipods. I cant seem to find the humor but they think its funny. Hey, they could be doing worse ya know??

I like to lay on the floor and watch my refugium with my cat. I see so much going on in there and to me it will be one of the first things to tell me if something is up with the tank I need to check into.

[Mr. Ono]

I put a few pieces of flake food in the sand and I watch the stampede. The snails come out of the sand, the hermits and amphipods leap frog over each other and they all end up in a big pile of motion on top of the flakes.