is my refugium design sound? diagram included
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Looks similar to mine, except my fuge is just a compartment in my 20gal sump. Is this a flow-through design? Is all the flow draining from the tank going through the fuge? I have maybe 1/3 of the flow through my sump directed through my fuge. How big is the main tank? If its decent sized and this is a straight pass-through without any redirect, something like 500-800gph through the fuge is too much IMO. More information por favor?
are the grey circles bio-balls? If so id ditch those personally. Other than that it looks good, maybe throw the heater on the side instead of the bottom though, just so the macro algae can rest on the DSB.
so is the large grey box on the left the return pump, or a skimmer? I'm guessing its a skimmer. Does the drain run to an external pump that returns the water to the display tank?
I would run the skimmer in the first section for a more consistent water level and that will let the skimmer run more efficiently .
Or maybe this is better:
I would agree with Archer on this, run the skimmer on the inlet section where the filter sock is and leave just the return pump in the return. I see you have a tank connector on the left hand side of the tank, is that to connect the return pump too?
