HOB Refuge for nano tank

ReefDave · 12-18-2007, 08:48 AM

I've seen a couple mentions here, and on "other sites" that talk about a hang on the back fuge for a nano. Do any of you know anything about these? I'm trying to figure out how much space I need to leave between my aquapod nano, and the wall in case I want one of these down the road.

* Where can you get one? Cost?
* How much modification is needed to get it on? do you have to cut into the top?
* How much clearance is needed behind the tank?

Thanks.

MiMiC · 12-20-2007, 10:49 PM

Why dont you just buy a Aquaclear filtration system, they are cheap and convert it to a fuge, will fit behind your sump, or in your sump all you need is a light to grow the algae.

ReefDave · 12-20-2007, 11:16 PM

Well, after a little reading and trying to find reviews on the fuges I kept coming across the ac 70 and ac 300 as nano fuges, so I guess that is looking more and more like the direction I'm going to go.

MiMiC · 12-21-2007, 02:22 AM

Cool man I was going to put a fuge on my AP24 but then I was like, " I can just turn one of the sumps into a fuge" then I realized I could just get a soap holder and slap some Chaetos in it and put it in my display tank and it would serve the same purpose.

chrisdamage · 12-29-2007, 05:50 PM

^
except that it will cause a greater change in your pH if you do it this way than if you had a fuge running on a reverse photoperiod... ie, at night

Mizer67 · 12-29-2007, 10:27 PM

Also, part of the reason for a fuge is to act as a refuge for pods and other micro critters. If the cheato is in the display tank, any pods would get snacked before they have a chance to multiply. not sure how much pod breeding happens in a HOB fuge, but something else to think about.