my 20 gallon reef with homemade refugium and skimmer

[tvshowuploader3]

hey did u get my friend invite? making my own over flow PVC and buying a return pump is the same thing as the biocube tank right?

[SIPHER8]

You mean a fish tank? the biocube i mean?

[SIPHER8]

basically my setup is a 20 gallon display tank "which i am going to upgrade to a 50 gallon in the next year" and a 10 gallon fish tank that i turned into a refugium. A return pump is just a pump that is what is in the lower left side of my refugium.

[tvshowuploader3]

DOes bio balls help to stop algae growing and cleans the water too dude?

[SIPHER8]

I don't think so, they are basically used to increase surface area for beneficial bacteria to live on. All the little prongs on the balls increase the surface area in the aquarium.

[tvshowuploader3]

What kind of water do u use too?

[SIPHER8]

I don't use any kind of overflow box at all... I drilled my tank myself and at the bulkhead i 90'd one inch pvc up to where i wanted my water level to be. My water gravity feeds right from the surface down to the refugium. Also i use RO water that i get from a fish store here in town.

[SIPHER8]

I also had to drill holes on the side of the pvc near the water surface because the water wasn't flowing out as fast as the pump was putting it in.

[tvshowuploader3]

How many over flow pipes box u using in order to make a cheap over flow box for your reef tank?