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How would one use this with the jbj 65 tank? What did hang on the side or would it hang on the back? The jbj 65 has a tank in the back this is the reason for my question just to be clear
Thomas Burton, I don't even want a refugium, but I watched the video five times to get a look at how you're doing. I'm glad you're happy, so don't be nervous. We’re still a family, and we support you all the way. Much love Thomas ❤️
YES! Loved the vid. Man, Thomas is such a perfect fit. Plus I never thought about actually hooking this up on my sump for extra possibilities. It has a slim enough form factor that I can see it actually fitting inside a lot of peoples tight stands.
I totally agree with the light spill. The tank never went dark because of it, so I used some spare carbon fiber vinyl I had from another project and covered the bottom and sides of mine. Works great now!
what size did you get for what size tank? Did it up ph and lower nutrients? How can I find this carbon fiber vinyl? I thought of suing black electrical tape if I buy it!
Awesome as usual Thomas! Thanks for the great first video with BRS. I am going to look at one of these for a future salt water tank setup, particularly the one that is built into my bar and doesn’t have much space to add additional saltwater care items.
Great addition to the BRS TV team. Ryan & Randy said you were looking for honest feedback. The only thing I would suggest is that the sound is quite echoey. What you need is a couch/sofa. 1. It will dampen the sound (every music studio has a couch for this reason). 2. You exert so much energy & enthusiasm in your videos you will probably need a place to relax afterwards. Looking forward to more reviews - keep up the good work.
Really glad Thomas has found a new home. His info has been incredibly helpful with getting my tank up and running. Given this channel's name, I assume he won't be doing much about freshwater tanking any longer. Unfortunate, but again, I'm glad he's got this going on.
Awesome job Thomas!! I could tell you were nervous. You've always been excited in your videos and this one you were extra excited! ;) Anyway, this was a great video because I have this hob refug and the light spill at night was to much for us. I am definitely going to add the tunze water proof Led into my cart (edit: when back in stock) so I can get my refug back up and running. Again great job Thomas!! ❤🐠🐟
The BRS video with Ryan a few months back did a lighting test on refugiums and the main takeaway was that lighting is king. That video series saved me killing my overstocked tank. A tank I invested around £2k in as an eager noob at the time. I had and have a 200L / 45G tank, with a Fluval 407 canister setup. I bought a 10l / 2G tank off eBay and hooked up a upump with an eheim return pump. Whacked a kessil A80 on it and it sucks up nitrates like a dyson (with cheato). I run in 24 hours to out perform the display tank. The plankton might well get diced in the return pump (I can't ever see them in the display so I assume this happens), but for me the benefits outweigh. I owe this success (and massive financial saving) to Ryan's video, so my only gripe with this video is that it seems to contradict the importance of lighting in refugiums.
Nice review. Glad to see you working with BRS. Try to switch to a decent lav mic and deaden the room as much as you can. that would up the production quality of your videos a ton. Otherwise, great job.
This is a great product! I've been thinking of converting my 40 cube to saltwater but already have a canister, I wanted to have a sump/refugium but not super excited about having to redo my whole setup. This solves everything! One suggestion I have for the video is maybe add a photo of who's hosting the video in the thumbnail. Not gonna lie, I'm way more likely to watch a video if I see Thomas in the thumbnail.
I have the Red Sea Max S 400. I wonder if I could hang one on the front of my sump? It can't be hung anywhere on the main display, and the stock sump does not leave much room for anything but filter socks, skimmer and media.
Welcome to BRSTV - I’m a fellow Canadian who does both FW and salt water and have always watched your TH-cam videos. That said, I’d like to make a small comment on my observations of this product. The concept is great. I actually have something similar and it works rather well. They should have blacked it out as said. The other thing they should incorporate into this model is a shelf box for the pump - either as part of the product itself or as an optional add on. Honestly I don’t want a bunch of crap in my DT, especially not some ugly pump. But if they could enclose the pump in black acrylic, providing the right amount of cut out for proper water circulation, then at least it could more easily blend into your (likely painted) black background. It would just clean it up a bit. They could incorporate a degree of adjustability so it can accommodate a wider range of pumps too. The only downside I can think of would be the potential of the cut outs getting clogged, but if it is easily removable, then with a vinegar bath etc., the right amount of maintenance would prevent this from happening. Just my two cents🤗🤗
I now know why he was chosen as part of the team - its a different tone to the videos vs what Ryan and Randy do. They are sort of the high-level professors teaching the difficult in-depth subjects and Thomas is the fun-loving substitute teacher who lets you have fun - but lets you think about things in a different way - while blowing up the main teachers' lesson plan.
It should work perfectly for a rimless setup. It has nylon screws at the top to clamp to the tank, and ones on the bottom to act as adjustable stand-offs so it can be properly leveled.
Great video. Looked at these for a smaller tank I was going to setup. Can also hide the heater inside of it. One comment about audio quality. Your room sounds like it echos a bit. Using a lapel mic, boom mic just out of view and or some sound panels would solve the problem and bring your voice through cleanly. Looking forward to more videos. Thanks
We actually used a high quality audio recorded & boom, but the room, even with its current sound insulation, is just too tinny. Two more videos will come out with that sound setup, but we switched to a label going forward and it made a big differnce. Thanks so much for the feedback!!! :D
I have a empty tank ( 36 bowfront) so I can just run this and no protein skimmer. I had one saltwater tank before using a aquaclear 70 with a hob protein skimmer.
hi, Corals as natural indicators for water parameters , why don't you try to explain relationships between water parameters and certain type of corals reaction ? it would be extremely interesting .. for example it is known that pulsing xenia stop pulsing if iodine is low or if ph is low .
I think ppl would love to get an introduction video with Thomas instead of the earlier live video. I think jumping in straight away to product review might ruffle some viewers that didnt know about Thomas from his previous channels. They are not used to Thomas presentation
Totally fair, Ronny! I am definitely a lot more energetic than the crowd might be used to, I am trying to ease everyone into the zaniness as best I can haha.
Do these smaller refugiums just give a place for copepods or will they up ph and lower nutrients? I read it should be 20 % of your DT though which I don't even think the large one is big enough for a 36g! I need 3 so I wanted to buy small. How do you think a small would work out on a 36, 20 aio and 20 l frag tank? I would like to have pods but would i be better just carbon dosing and maybe a co2 scrubber! is 25 nitrates to high with easy sps? So far so good but slow growth!
Awesome first video on BRSTV Thomas! Excuse my ignorance..I don’t know what a refugium is but I’m assuming it’s like a sump for a salt water aquarium. Does it have a built in pump too?
Thanks Jay-Dee! Think of it kind of like a hang-on version of a sump, but geared towards using algae/plants as the primary form of filtration. Technically you could fill it with other equipment like a heater, and a bunch of biomedia etc as well.
Thomas Burton ohhh ok that makes sense! Thank you 😊 Oh and I saw after I posted that there is a pump inside the tank that pumps water into the refugium sump. I like this. I have seen some built in versions of this but didn’t know what it was for. Seems you can use it as a freshwater aquarium as well.
Great review. Only improvements I can come up with are better audio and some level of testing (how well does the light grow chaeto). The latter may be a different video format than this.
Like the idea but I'm kind of scared to put more pressure on the back of my 29g reef with an already heavy Aqua Illumination light fixture already putting alot of weight on the back glass panel.
I can appreciate the concern, but we've not seen any instances where a HOB fuge has caused a tank failure. You'd be surprised how strong most aquariums are 💪
Hey Thomas! Great video with great info. I saw one of your videos in the past about a DYI Cheato reactor and thought that looked like a great idea and pretty budget. What route would you suggest? DYI or something like this? Thanks!
The small or medium sizes will do the trick. If you're using this for your primary filtration, I would suggest the medium. If you're using this with other filtration, like a protein skimmer, I would suggest the small.
Hey Thomas, this seems great. I have 20 gallon high tank and I would like to get CPR Large AQUAFUGE2. Do you know if I'll be able the hang it on a back of my tank or do I need to opt-in for a medium size one?
Do they sit ok on rimless tanks? And does the medium size fit on an IM Lagoon 25... the product spec sheet does not give measurements for the inlet/outlets, just overall size.
Isn't that a lot of unanticipated weight to hang on one side of a tank? I have a 30 gallon Aqueon frameless tank that I wouldn't dare stress like that for fear of pulling it apart.
Awesome video. I like that you are highlighting items that could be used on a beginner style tank. Its hard to get a friend into the hobby when they see my tank setup that costs thousands and explain they can have just as cool of a tank with different equipment. Also, you need to work on the sound, the echo is annoying. Maybe its a better mic or more sound absorption in the room.
Wouldn’t that bigger refugium on such a little tank be a problem , bear in mind most tanks don’t have a rim . I have Red Sea 170 and nowhere in sump to place . Would one the same size u show here be suitable to go on the side of the sump or on the sides of the Red Sea 170 display tank .
I'm a freshwater aquarist and nee step by step direction on how to set up a 40 gallon saltwater set up. I like the idea of coral but I'd also be interested in salt water plants to soften the tanks looks if that's a thing. Video series?
Nice video Thomas & BRS - one problem I see with it - since fuge hangs over back of tank, lighting mounts are compromised.Unless of course you hang it from ceiling etc. CPR makes excellent equipment I have 2 of their aquafuge 2 sumps
Really good point! A lot of companies make light mounts that go from side to side now as well thankfully, but I hadn't thought of something like a standard RMS mount, Kessil arm, etc. which could be offset by the hang-on fuge. They pulled it off nicely on the 40 breeder for the 5 minute reefing guide, though!
Idk how comfortable I’d be putting that on the back of a 20 gallon tank long term. It’s a lot of weight pulling back there. I’ve taking mine off and went with a fluval hang on the back filter. It has plenty of room for carbon , floss, and Gfo.
That's Chaetomorpha algae (Chaeto for short). Chaetomorpha is a green macroalgae that under the right conditions can grow pretty rapidly, and will consume nitrates and phosphates as it grows reducing the available amount of nutrients for unwanted algae to grow.
@@BRStv what would you recommend for nuvo 10 phosphate control. I’m looking for a permanent fix, no chemical dosing. Something like an algae reactor or a phosphate reactor. Thanks BRS
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How would one use this with the jbj 65 tank? What did hang on the side or would it hang on the back? The jbj 65 has a tank in the back this is the reason for my question just to be clear
Bulk Reef Supply too expensive lol
Would this work for a 75 gallon tank ? Or should I go with a bigger one ?
HUGE thank you to everyone for all the kind comments! Definitely glad to be a part of one of my favorite channels of all time!!!!
Thomas Burton, I don't even want a refugium, but I watched the video five times to get a look at how you're doing. I'm glad you're happy, so don't be nervous. We’re still a family, and we support you all the way. Much love Thomas ❤️
@@emeryz10 thanks so, so much Apex!!!
Thomas Burton so happy to see you again, I missed you!! Awesome job, great video as always !
Match made in heaven. Congrats Thomas.
@@emeryz10 I couldn't have said it better myself!
Great to see you back on TH-cam Thomas. I look forward to seeing you more. I also enjoy learning about reefing.
So glad to see Thomas over here now. This can be the beginning of a beautiful relationship!
Glad to see you here with BRS!!!! 🎊🎉😊
Thanks so much, Gene!
Glad to see you back, Thomas! Keep the videos coming!
Super strong move BRS!! Ryan Randy Thomas - making reefing easy! You guys explain things so simply and true! Thanks - all star team here!
So glad to see Thomas here on this channel!
YES! Loved the vid. Man, Thomas is such a perfect fit. Plus I never thought about actually hooking this up on my sump for extra possibilities. It has a slim enough form factor that I can see it actually fitting inside a lot of peoples tight stands.
I currently use this on my eshopps sump as my refugium since there isn't room in my sump. It works perfectly.
Thanks so much for the kind words!
And yes, totally, a lot of sumps/stand these days are packed in pretty tight.
I totally agree with the light spill. The tank never went dark because of it, so I used some spare carbon fiber vinyl I had from another project and covered the bottom and sides of mine. Works great now!
what size did you get for what size tank? Did it up ph and lower nutrients? How can I find this carbon fiber vinyl? I thought of suing black electrical tape if I buy it!
Awesome as usual Thomas! Thanks for the great first video with BRS. I am going to look at one of these for a future salt water tank setup, particularly the one that is built into my bar and doesn’t have much space to add additional saltwater care items.
Thanks so much, Graham!!! And really good option, I'd say!
Welcome to the brs team Thomas! Looking forward to all the extra content.
Great addition to the BRS TV team. Ryan & Randy said you were looking for honest feedback. The only thing I would suggest is that the sound is quite echoey. What you need is a couch/sofa. 1. It will dampen the sound (every music studio has a couch for this reason). 2. You exert so much energy & enthusiasm in your videos you will probably need a place to relax afterwards. Looking forward to more reviews - keep up the good work.
Guy is good, very crisp delivery. Boooom!
Really glad Thomas has found a new home. His info has been incredibly helpful with getting my tank up and running. Given this channel's name, I assume he won't be doing much about freshwater tanking any longer. Unfortunate, but again, I'm glad he's got this going on.
Holy freak. Thomas! Glad to see ya! Best guy to five tutorials and such a great personality
Thomas!!!! Glad to see you! It feels like it's been so long! #NaturalAquaria
Thomas you are awesome!! Love your energy! Great addition to an already wonderful BRS team! 👏🏻🤘🏻👍🏻🙌🏻
Thomas helped us get started in this hobby
These is the guy you guys were missing in BRS!! Good work!!
Hey Thomas great to see you enjoying your dream job. Because of you I'm slowly getting into the saltwater side. 😁
Good job, plus I followed the link for top 15 refugium mistakes for more info.
Love the top 15 mistakes series. SUPER useful!!!!
Awesome video cant wait for what's to come!
thomas's first video on BRSTV ! looking forward to more vids!
Hilarious Thomas! Don't be shy, let the beast out. Can't wait for more entertaining content!
Welcome Thomas to the BRS family
Thank you, Jeffery! The warm welcome has been really encouraging!
Awesome job Thomas!! I could tell you were nervous. You've always been excited in your videos and this one you were extra excited! ;) Anyway, this was a great video because I have this hob refug and the light spill at night was to much for us. I am definitely going to add the tunze water proof Led into my cart (edit: when back in stock) so I can get my refug back up and running. Again great job Thomas!! ❤🐠🐟
The BRS video with Ryan a few months back did a lighting test on refugiums and the main takeaway was that lighting is king. That video series saved me killing my overstocked tank. A tank I invested around £2k in as an eager noob at the time. I had and have a 200L / 45G tank, with a Fluval 407 canister setup. I bought a 10l / 2G tank off eBay and hooked up a upump with an eheim return pump. Whacked a kessil A80 on it and it sucks up nitrates like a dyson (with cheato). I run in 24 hours to out perform the display tank. The plankton might well get diced in the return pump (I can't ever see them in the display so I assume this happens), but for me the benefits outweigh. I owe this success (and massive financial saving) to Ryan's video, so my only gripe with this video is that it seems to contradict the importance of lighting in refugiums.
Nice review. Glad to see you working with BRS.
Try to switch to a decent lav mic and deaden the room as much as you can. that would up the production quality of your videos a ton. Otherwise, great job.
This is a great product! I've been thinking of converting my 40 cube to saltwater but already have a canister, I wanted to have a sump/refugium but not super excited about having to redo my whole setup. This solves everything!
One suggestion I have for the video is maybe add a photo of who's hosting the video in the thumbnail. Not gonna lie, I'm way more likely to watch a video if I see Thomas in the thumbnail.
Wow! Awesome informative video. Love this hang on idea for smaller tanks. I think the next step is compartmental systems to enhance filtration, etc
glad ur back man! Missed u! ::big goofy wave::
I like this guy.
It was such a wonderful video, please keep on posting such nice contents.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Love it welcome to BRS team
Nice Video Tommy 👍
Good Job Thomas! Canadian Proud!
I have the Red Sea Max S 400. I wonder if I could hang one on the front of my sump? It can't be hung anywhere on the main display, and the stock sump does not leave much room for anything but filter socks, skimmer and media.
Welcome back Thomas!!!
Thanks a ton :D
Awesome! Woohoo Thomas!
Yay!!!!
@@ThomasBReef subbed!
Brilliant idea for Refugiumless sumps but for the price I'd just get a bigger sump built from glass
What nano skimmer would you recommend to fit this fuge?
CPR still rockin!
Oldie but a goodie!
Binge worthy I'm thinking with the quick format.
Yay Thomas!
Welcome to BRSTV - I’m a fellow Canadian who does both FW and salt water and have always watched your TH-cam videos. That said, I’d like to make a small comment on my observations of this product. The concept is great. I actually have something similar and it works rather well. They should have blacked it out as said. The other thing they should incorporate into this model is a shelf box for the pump - either as part of the product itself or as an optional add on. Honestly I don’t want a bunch of crap in my DT, especially not some ugly pump. But if they could enclose the pump in black acrylic, providing the right amount of cut out for proper water circulation, then at least it could more easily blend into your (likely painted) black background. It would just clean it up a bit. They could incorporate a degree of adjustability so it can accommodate a wider range of pumps too. The only downside I can think of would be the potential of the cut outs getting clogged, but if it is easily removable, then with a vinegar bath etc., the right amount of maintenance would prevent this from happening. Just my two cents🤗🤗
In fact, they could just have it three sided and leave the back open and that gets rid of that issue entirely.
I now know why he was chosen as part of the team - its a different tone to the videos vs what Ryan and Randy do. They are sort of the high-level professors teaching the difficult in-depth subjects and Thomas is the fun-loving substitute teacher who lets you have fun - but lets you think about things in a different way - while blowing up the main teachers' lesson plan.
Would this HOB refug be good for a rimless tank?
It should work perfectly for a rimless setup. It has nylon screws at the top to clamp to the tank, and ones on the bottom to act as adjustable stand-offs so it can be properly leveled.
Great video. Looked at these for a smaller tank I was going to setup. Can also hide the heater inside of it.
One comment about audio quality. Your room sounds like it echos a bit. Using a lapel mic, boom mic just out of view and or some sound panels would solve the problem and bring your voice through cleanly.
Looking forward to more videos. Thanks
We actually used a high quality audio recorded & boom, but the room, even with its current sound insulation, is just too tinny. Two more videos will come out with that sound setup, but we switched to a label going forward and it made a big differnce. Thanks so much for the feedback!!! :D
Welcome thomas love the energy
What happen if there is a power outage and no one home how to avoid it flowing back in the tank am ready to buy one if I know how to avoid this
I have a empty tank ( 36 bowfront) so I can just run this and no protein skimmer. I had one saltwater tank before using a aquaclear 70 with a hob protein skimmer.
I think this video is the best. The guy was really funny
I would have many uses for this in my aquascaped aquariums.
cant you use this as a filter add sponge in there get bio and mechanical same as a hang on back. is that right?
Lol, had to double check if I was watching the BRS channel or Big Als
Hello! Is a delivery to austria possible ?
hi, Corals as natural indicators for water parameters , why don't you try to explain relationships between water parameters and certain type of corals reaction ? it would be extremely interesting .. for example it is known that pulsing xenia stop pulsing if iodine is low or if ph is low .
Someone drank a few 5 hour energy before recording...lol.
Love the energy, keeps your attention .
Coffee and Red Bull actually, but yeah lol...
Thanks so much! It's my default setting hahaha
@@ThomasBReef I should have had some too, to get on the same level oO
I've had one. They are nice. Worth it if you cant have one in sump.
Merci pour ta vidéo !!! 👍👍👍
Will this fit the 30 Gallon Nuvo Fusion PRO AIO Saltwater Aquarium?
How do you setup on a max nano 20?
Can this go on a Innovative Marine Nuvo 20?
I think ppl would love to get an introduction video with Thomas instead of the earlier live video.
I think jumping in straight away to product review might ruffle some viewers that didnt know about Thomas from his previous channels.
They are not used to Thomas presentation
Totally fair, Ronny! I am definitely a lot more energetic than the crowd might be used to, I am trying to ease everyone into the zaniness as best I can haha.
@@ThomasBReef but I am glad to have you back. Looking forward on your reef tank build video. I am gathering funds to do that myself.
I think is good but it looks like it kind of big for my aio
Do these smaller refugiums just give a place for copepods or will they up ph and lower nutrients? I read it should be 20 % of your DT though which I don't even think the large one is big enough for a 36g! I need 3 so I wanted to buy small. How do you think a small would work out on a 36, 20 aio and 20 l frag tank? I would like to have pods but would i be better just carbon dosing and maybe a co2 scrubber! is 25 nitrates to high with easy sps? So far so good but slow growth!
Awesome first video on BRSTV Thomas! Excuse my ignorance..I don’t know what a refugium is but I’m assuming it’s like a sump for a salt water aquarium. Does it have a built in pump too?
Thanks Jay-Dee!
Think of it kind of like a hang-on version of a sump, but geared towards using algae/plants as the primary form of filtration. Technically you could fill it with other equipment like a heater, and a bunch of biomedia etc as well.
Thomas Burton ohhh ok that makes sense! Thank you 😊
Oh and I saw after I posted that there is a pump inside the tank that pumps water into the refugium sump. I like this. I have seen some built in versions of this but didn’t know what it was for. Seems you can use it as a freshwater aquarium as well.
Hey does this mean you are going to start distribution in Canada for less than what you currently charge to ship here?
Great review. Only improvements I can come up with are better audio and some level of testing (how well does the light grow chaeto). The latter may be a different video format than this.
BRS already has a lengthy series about fuge lights and the one in this video is included
It's Thomas! Yeah, baby! I dig this refugium, like, waaaay! #NaturalAquaria
Hi Tom, Nice and quick intro to the system. Can you recommend what tank sizes each fuge would be beneficial for. Thanks in advance 👍🏻
Like the idea but I'm kind of scared to put more pressure on the back of my 29g reef with an already heavy Aqua Illumination light fixture already putting alot of weight on the back glass panel.
I can appreciate the concern, but we've not seen any instances where a HOB fuge has caused a tank failure. You'd be surprised how strong most aquariums are 💪
I wish you would show it in operation and run it for some period of time, to give the pros and cons
Hey Thomas! Great video with great info. I saw one of your videos in the past about a DYI Cheato reactor and thought that looked like a great idea and pretty budget. What route would you suggest? DYI or something like this? Thanks!
Which on should I use for a 20 gallon high
The small or medium sizes will do the trick. If you're using this for your primary filtration, I would suggest the medium. If you're using this with other filtration, like a protein skimmer, I would suggest the small.
@@BRStv thank you
So can I add my media thats In my primary hob filter to the Aquafuge in this video and still use it as a refugium as well
You certainly can, just keep in mind that the more media you add, the less space you have for the refugium.
@@BRStv thank you
Hey Thomas, this seems great. I have 20 gallon high tank and I would like to get CPR Large AQUAFUGE2. Do you know if I'll be able the hang it on a back of my tank or do I need to opt-in for a medium size one?
Do they sit ok on rimless tanks? And does the medium size fit on an IM Lagoon 25... the product spec sheet does not give measurements for the inlet/outlets, just overall size.
It will work on a rimless tank, however, it unfortunately won't fit on an IM 25
could this work on a AIO Aquarium
As long as you've got the room, I don't see why not! 🙂
@@BRStv can you make a video on this on AIO aquarium mods or how to add a sump I had trouble looking for videos like that
Isn't that a lot of unanticipated weight to hang on one side of a tank? I have a 30 gallon Aqueon frameless tank that I wouldn't dare stress like that for fear of pulling it apart.
We've been carrying these HOB refugiums for years now and haven't had any reports of tanks being damaged by them.
Will this work on a RS Reefer 250?
This will work on both rimmed and rimless aquariums, so I don't see why not :)
Awesome video. I like that you are highlighting items that could be used on a beginner style tank. Its hard to get a friend into the hobby when they see my tank setup that costs thousands and explain they can have just as cool of a tank with different equipment. Also, you need to work on the sound, the echo is annoying. Maybe its a better mic or more sound absorption in the room.
So glad you liked the vid!
And a bit of both. Got a lav and some more soundproofing up!
Will it fit on standard rimmed tanks like a 33 long
Yep. It has some built in adjustment screws to make that happen
Bulk Reef Supply is there enough space to put bio media in it
How much for 40gl breeder
Wouldn’t that bigger refugium on such a little tank be a problem , bear in mind most tanks don’t have a rim . I have Red Sea 170 and nowhere in sump to place . Would one the same size u show here be suitable to go on the side of the sump or on the sides of the Red Sea 170 display tank .
I was thinking of the pressure on that side of the tank .
Seen Thomas and I had to double take what channel i was watching.
I'm a freshwater aquarist and nee step by step direction on how to set up a 40 gallon saltwater set up. I like the idea of coral but I'd also be interested in salt water plants to soften the tanks looks if that's a thing. Video series?
The only real SW plants like you are used to in FW, is algae.
Nice video Thomas & BRS - one problem I see with it - since fuge hangs over back of tank, lighting mounts are compromised.Unless of course you hang it from ceiling etc. CPR makes excellent equipment I have 2 of their aquafuge 2 sumps
Really good point! A lot of companies make light mounts that go from side to side now as well thankfully, but I hadn't thought of something like a standard RMS mount, Kessil arm, etc. which could be offset by the hang-on fuge. They pulled it off nicely on the 40 breeder for the 5 minute reefing guide, though!
@@ThomasBReef I'm glad to see you're doing BRS vids. Thanks and look forward to seeing more of your vids!
Idk how comfortable I’d be putting that on the back of a 20 gallon tank long term. It’s a lot of weight pulling back there. I’ve taking mine off and went with a fluval hang on the back filter. It has plenty of room for carbon , floss, and Gfo.
Wish I saw this before I got hang on power filter
I hope BRS can find it in their budget to get you a lav mic.
Got one now! :)
I'm quite new to all of this. What is the algae at 0:36?
That's Chaetomorpha algae (Chaeto for short). Chaetomorpha is a green macroalgae that under the right conditions can grow pretty rapidly, and will consume nitrates and phosphates as it grows reducing the available amount of nutrients for unwanted algae to grow.
Anything past a 40breeder will be to much for this small addition...keep that in mind everyone
Can I use one on nuvo 10
The smallest Aquafuge is 2" longer than the Nuvo10 tank, so it will not fit.
@@BRStv what would you recommend for nuvo 10 phosphate control. I’m looking for a permanent fix, no chemical dosing. Something like an algae reactor or a phosphate reactor. Thanks BRS
@@stevenwinton2335 For that small of a tank, I think a 5-gal bucket water change per week will be more than enough to manage excess nutrients. :)
@@BRStv I actually do this, but I only change 4 gallons a week. Nitrates always around 0-5. Phosphates are .15. Trying to get phosphates down
Tank is 3 years okd
Holy shit brs has Thomas now too scooping up all the good faces of you tube ha ha
Echo, please fix
Dr Thomas is back
KEEP ON TANKIN!
really wish the intake and water spill where flipped or else id buy