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Biopellets- with or without a Refugium?

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ducks247
, 08-26-2011 at 10:00 AM (5588 Views)
First I'd like to say thanks to Melev for all of his articles over the years, I've learned a lot reading them and have enjoyed following along your blogs.

I am setting up a 180 gallon tank that will be mostly SPS. I tore this tank down in 2008 and am setting it up again with some updates. Main one being I'm switching from MH/VHO's to AI LED's.

I've been doing a lot of reading and research and I am planning on running Biopellets on this system. Is a refuguim required if you are using biopellets? I have a 75 gallon sump under my tank that I had a small refuguim built into, previously I had it running with Miracle Mud, chaeto, etc. I do not have a dedicated fish room and would like to make this a small frag tank if possible.

Biopellets will be in a reactor that I will use to fed a 851 Deltec Skimmer(is this still considered a good skimmer).

Thanks for any help or advice you can give me.

Andre

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  1. melev's Avatar
    I don't know the answer to your skimmer question, but the brand is well-respected. People running biopellets seem to have mixed results with refugiums. Some can't keep plants alive. Mine thrive. Go figure.

    The thing I don't have is a lot of nuisance algae in my reef, and I attribute that to the refugium's macro algae. The biopellets keep my nitrate and phosphate at zero, according to my test kits.
  2. ducks247's Avatar
    From reading the threads on the tanks I've been following it seems that it is 50/50 on the refugiums, when I was in it a few years ago it was the "thing". With the limited space I have I could use the space for something else if it wasn't needed but trying to figure out if it will help my system overall or not. If it will I want to keep it.
  3. DJ in WV's Avatar
    remember a fug is more than just a place for algaes.
  4. adam's Avatar
    The idea with biopelets is they use up all nutrients. Some people running biopelets don't have enough phosphates and nitrates leftover to grow micoalge. If you have the space I'd try a fuge. It's a great place to culture pods, increase water volume and helps maintain PH. If you can't grow microalge try a crypitc fuge.