Phosban reactor and refugium...?

[Reeftanker3295]

I was thinking about this just now and am now just about convinced to re-design my sump. The whole reason why I made my refugium was to remove any phosphates/nitrates in my tank. Throughout the life of my tank, my nitrates have never even been traceable, except during the cycle, and my phosphates were never at a very elevated level. I now have SPS and I bought a phosban reactor to run carbon and phosban. Now I am considering removing my refugium for several reasons. 1st, the light causes algae to grow in my plumbing and its a PITA to clean. 2nd, the caulerpa in there won't be doing much anymore since my phosphates will now be pretty much untraceable, and 3rd, I have always had a microbubble problem. The reason why is because my return pump is just too close to the waterfall coming over the baffles. It is also annoying to top off because I do not have an ATO and the small return pump space requires topping off every day. The larger space that I would have if I took out the refugium would allow the pump to be far from the baffles reducing microbubbles, and I wouldn't have to top off all the time.
What do you guys think? Should I remove my refugium?

 

[DEL]

i have a fuge as well as still running 2 phosban rx 1 for phosphate and 1 for carbon. id rather keep it extra extra clean!!

 

[nanchil]

The caulerpa helps to keeps your phosphate low too... So if you take that out, you might have phosphate issue...

 

[Reeftanker3295]

I started up the refugium after the tank had been running for a while already and i never had problems before that either.

 

[MIKE NY]

i have a fuge as well as still running 2 phosban rx 1 for phosphate and 1 for carbon. id rather keep it extra extra clean!!

x2 ..same here

 

[Reeftanker3295]

Ok I will leave the fuge then. Question though, can I put a sponge in the bubble trap to trap the last bubbles before they get to my pump?

 

[Imbarrie]

I have a huge return section on my tank. I have a 30 gallon sump with two sections. It's split in half so I have almost 15 gallons of return. I fill 5 gallons per week.
If you don't have phosphates or nitrates don't worry about the fuge or phosban reactor.


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