I agree with just about everything that was said excpet
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Originally Posted by DaveK  Incorrectly installed refugiums can also be a problem. Make sure it's being fed with cleaned water (skimmed and mechanical filtered) so that it doesn't become a settling tank and trapping dirt. |
Everything i've read has said the algea in a refugium needs unfiltered water because the "dirt" (meaning nitrates, phophates & such) is what the fuge feeds off of. i may be wrong but i havent read anything different yet.