Description
The Ultimate Refugium Starter Pack
Everything you need to set up, start and seed a healthy refugium.
Setting up a new refugium?Looking to establish a copepod population in your tank?This hand-selected package is designed to make that easy and affordable.
Size Guide:
Medium:(For nano, all-in-one, or HOB refugium tanks OR For sumps up to 10 Gal with a refugium section of 2.5-5gal) |
Large:(For sumps 10gal-19gal with refugium section of 6-10gal) |
Extra Large:(For sumps 20gal+ with refugium section of 11+ gal) |
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We only recommend adding all items at once into anestablishedtank. This kit isnot meant to help with system cycling.To cycle your system, please use ourCycle Kitinstead!
- MarinePure Biofiltration Ceramic Media:An ultra porous ceramic media that allows water to flow through it and has an unparalleled amount of surface area providing an ideal environment for beneficial nitrifying bacteria and copepod populations.
- Fritz Aquatics Turbo Start 900 Live Nitrifying Bacteria for Saltwater:manbetx3.0最新A super-concentrated blend designed to contain all of the strains of beneficial nitrifying bacteria necessary to seed and cycle your saltwater aquarium making it safe for copepods, phytoplankton, macroalgae, and other livestock.
- manbetx3.0最新Clean macroalgae of Your Choice:manbetx3.0最新We treat, quarantine, and inspect all of our CleanMacro algae to ensure your refugium gets off to a healthy parasite and pest-free start.manbetx3.0最新Macroalgae also provide excellent habitats for copepods, zooplankton, and other beneficial microfauna.
- 5280 Pods™ Live Copepods:A three species blend of over 5,280+ tigriopus, tisbe, and apocyclops copepods of all sizes and life stages for maximum zooplankton diversity designed to seed and establish your tank with a healthy and diverse copepod population.
- OceanMagik™ Live Pyhytoplankton Blend:A nutritious blend of four strains of live phytoplankton designed to give your copepods, corals, and filter-feeding inverts a healthy and complete diet.
Directions
- Rinse MarinePure in RODI water until it runs clear then add MarinePure Cubes to refugium, sump, overflow box, etc.
- Turn off the skimmer and add TurboStart 900 Live Nitrifying Bacteria to refugium, display tank, or any other high flow area.manbetx3.0最新This will introduce and establish the beneficial bacteria colonies in your tank and also make it safe to introduce the copepods, phytoplankton, and macroalgae..
- manbetx3.0最新Add Live Cleanmacroalgae to the refugium area under an adequate light source.Follow the directions on the product label and discard any water in the bag.
- Remove filter socks, turn off pumps and skimmer, and add the entire Jar(s) of 5280Pods™Live Copepodsto the refugium area.Some may also be added to the display tank if desired.Follow instructions on the product label for best results when adding copepods.Do not put the pods in the fridge, instead, keep them at room temp between 55-80 with the lid off.
- Begin dosing OceanMagik Live phytoplankton blend at 5ml per 20gal per day to keep the copepods fed and reproducing in your refugium/ tank.Store unused portion in the fridge.
- Store unused portions of OceanMagik in the fridge.