refugium flow

[Craig]

My fuge is fed by the output of a phosban reactor and the output of an aqualifter pump that draws from my overflow. I would guestimate the input to be in the ballpark of 60 GPH. This means that allthought I have a constant supply of water coming into my fuge, the flow is so gentle that the chaeto does not tumble at all. Would there be any benefit to adding a small powerhead into the fuge to get the ball tumbling? The chaeto does grow well and I have to trim every other month.

 

[House of Laughter]

. . . . The chaeto does grow well and I have to trim every other month.

if it aint broke, don't fix it! :squid:

House

 

[Psycho graphic]

^^^^^^^^^^What he said! I don't have much flow through mine Fuge either, certainly not enough to make the Cheato tumble. I do take out a good sized ball ( I stuff a sandwich sized ziplock) every week to give to my niece for her tangs. What I do when I do the weekly harvest, is to manually roll the ball in the fuge 180 degrees, this way it pretty much is always getting moved around.

 

[Craig]

Thanks guys. I'll leave well enough along. i will try spinning the ball weekly though.