tbittner
Well-Known Member
Thanks Lynn. Yeah, I had put in a ball valve to control the flow from the pump back to the aquarium and I just ended up leaving it wide open. Everything leveled off and is staying that way.
The pipes from the aquarium flow through a filter box that I currently have a bag of Purigen and a bio bag full of matrix active charcoal. I'll be taking the charcoal out in a week or so though. This box is inside the first compartment. Then the chiller pump will pump out it's capacity through the chiller and I'm thinking that bringing the water back into the refugium would be best to give the chaeto a chance to "purify" it.
I'm estimating that I'm getting around 1200 gph flow through the refugium currently but it's looking like the water is flowing over the top of it. Doesn't look like there is hardly any turbulence what so ever in the refugium. I thought chaeto works best if it's tumbled around so I figured using the water coming back from the chiller would add some movement in the water closer to the bottom of the refugium.
What's everyone else's thoughts on this idea?
Thanks!
Terry
The pipes from the aquarium flow through a filter box that I currently have a bag of Purigen and a bio bag full of matrix active charcoal. I'll be taking the charcoal out in a week or so though. This box is inside the first compartment. Then the chiller pump will pump out it's capacity through the chiller and I'm thinking that bringing the water back into the refugium would be best to give the chaeto a chance to "purify" it.
I'm estimating that I'm getting around 1200 gph flow through the refugium currently but it's looking like the water is flowing over the top of it. Doesn't look like there is hardly any turbulence what so ever in the refugium. I thought chaeto works best if it's tumbled around so I figured using the water coming back from the chiller would add some movement in the water closer to the bottom of the refugium.
What's everyone else's thoughts on this idea?
Thanks!
Terry