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Refugium Tank Setups Information

Whether you buy or build one, a refugium tank or other type of setup is easy to install or add on to an existing aquarium to provide a safe haven for sessile invertebrates and other delicate species, as well as prevent the over-predation of desirable macroalgaes, tiny beneficial crustaceans, such as copepods and amphipods, or other things you may be cultivating.
Top 1 to 50 Gallon Aquarium Picks
Read reveiws and compare prices on 1 to 50 gallon aquariums that your About Guides consider to be some of the best choices on the market. Tanks of this size make a good refugium.
Building A Refugium
From your About Host-Guide Don Carner, Don explains what a refugium is, how to plumb and put one together, what lighting to use and what you can place inside of it.
Above Tank Refugium Info Page
From Darren Baucum's Reef Tank Pics website, this page is chalked full of information about refugiums, and he includes photos with great detail about how he set up and plumbed his above tank refugium shown.
In-Sump Refugium Set Up
From Dogs Reef Pages website, Scott Wilson shares a very nice diagram of his reef tank sump set up that has a refugium built in, along with some photo images and general information about the whole layout.
In-Tank Refugium DIY Plans
From the OZ Reef Marine Park DIY Plans Index, DBW gives instructions for building a simple in-tank refugium constructed of egg crate and plastic cable ties. Total cost - only about $4.00.

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