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What if all I have in there in sand

How do you keep the algae from moving all over the refugium when you first put it in to the tank. The current in the tank is moving it all over the place in the tank.

What is the issue if the main tank and the refugium are covered? Theh water from the return has a 5in fall into the water of the sumo tank. Meaning that the return pipe stands above the water level of the sump. I would think that that would be enough to oxiginate the water or so I think...

I have an evaporation problem where I am losing about 1.5 gal per day in evaporation. It was suggested on this forum that I should cover the tanks. I am willing to do this but... I realize that I will lose o2 due to the loss of open surface are on the tanks. Is there a way to measure and...

if we are covering a portion of the tank, I have the refugium and the main tank. Which one are we covering? or both?:question:

will covering the tanks cut down on the o2 in the tanks

I have a 92gl Corner Tank, a 65gl refugium, and a 29 gl tall sump tank split into 2 sections. The first section is where the return is along with the protein skimmer. The other side is the return. The sump is devided by a simple over and under design with a black sponge filter between the tow...