diy refugium

[titanredmg]

how do you build a cheap refugium, i only have a 30 gal , but i plan to set up a 75 or 125 this spring. so i want to try a small one first and see how it works out. thanks for any help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hotdamnman1]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1...man1/Fuge2.jpg


Just have 4 pieces of glass cut to fit a tank you allready have,and some silicone

[marinelife]

From the picture it looks like you are on the right track

[Cloran]

I would highly advise using acrylic and weld-on

[satch12]

be careful when you use acrylic as baffles though if you dont get thick enough acrylic the acrylic could bow and blow the sides out of the sump/refugium just a heads up never happend to me but i have read many horror stories of that happening. like hotdamn said go with glass and some silicone but again get at least 1/4" glass for the same reason. good luck and keep us posted on how the refugium comes along.

another good CHEAP refugium is a rubbermaid but they dont look as cool and you cant really look into them to see all the little critters but its a very cheap way to set one up.

[Cloran]

Didn't know he was talking baffles, i thought he meant from stractch. For baffles i would use glass in a glass tank. Although sometimes 1/4 glass can be real pricey! I just went to our local Ace and got their double-strength glass. For acrylic from scratch use atleast 1/4" and make sure to have some sort of top piece.

[hotdamnman1]

I had a broken house window and went to my local do it center and had some cut it was $1.00 per glass and it worked great.

[Cloran]

1/4"?

[hotdamnman1]

No it was very thin I even filled the fuge side of the tank before the rest just to see if it could hold the weight and it did.

[Cloran]

Oh, your talking baffles. I'll post pictures of mine shortly!