Recent content by gregredic

Hello everyone, I am still somewhat new to saltwater hobby, so I am looking for a few words of wisdom and perhaps personal opinions. I currently have a 110 gallon tank with approximately 140 lbs of LR with coarse crushed coral substrate. I have a 20 gallon refugium with 4" DSB and cheato...

Here is a drawing of the refugium that I am thinking about building (its not to scale). Does this look right?

I forgot one more question....since I won't have my protein skimmer on the refugium, can I forgo putting in a bubble trap on my refugium? I don't see where I would be getting any bubbles in the system.

Please correct me if I am wrong.... If I am doing a 20 gallon tank for the refugium, I would be in the range of 10-12 gallons in the actual refugium portion? You said fairly low flow....so assuming a 10 gallon section, would I be wanting around 100 gph? My biggest question left in my head is...

Since I have no plans to put my protein skimmer down below, what sort of flow rate (gph) should I be aiming for in my refugium? Also, I was thinking about buying this inexpensive tank for $32 off Petsmart Top Fin® Glass Aquarium - Fish - Sale - PetSmart Since it is only 13" high, what depeth...

Hi everyone....this is my first time posting, so please be patient if I have left off any information...... I currently have a 110 gallon saltwater tank with crushed coral substrate, approximately 140-150 pounds of live rock, a HOB protein skimmer, and canister filter (I have an inline UV...