I had bought an 8 gal hang on back refugium from this guy he had on his 125g reef tank. When i picked it up he had told me with his auto top of filling up his sump, it would cause his skimmer to overflow so he turned it off and just relied on the refugium. There is a few inch miracle mud sand bed, and it looks like 7/8" fish waste on top of that. ( You can see the fuge floor kind of in the pic)
My question is should i just syphon all that waste out, scoop all the mud out, replace with live rock or rubble, or leave it. My nitrates are up, but in the ok range. There is cheato in there, but getting small algae blooms..
My question is should i just syphon all that waste out, scoop all the mud out, replace with live rock or rubble, or leave it. My nitrates are up, but in the ok range. There is cheato in there, but getting small algae blooms..