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What is the Right Approach to “Cleaning” Refugium?

April 26, 2017approach cleaning refugium right

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What is the Right Approach to “Cleaning” Refugium?

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We have a 120 gal saltwater aquarium that is maintained by a “service”. We’ve not had good luck with the LFS’s – actually, business is booming for them which unfortunately sometimes means that they focus on whoever currently has the biggest dollar project in progress. The first store we did business with was very attentive when they learned that we wanted to buy a new tank, have them install it and maintain it. Unfortunately, the did a half-xxx job on the install and then we didn’t see them often. They’d send someone out to maintain it but everything we bought died within a short period of time while they maintained it. The story has repeated itself, although we have a “service” maintain it now – same guy has done it for a couple of years – and the tank is stable. We found another LFS who recommended the addition of a 75 gallon refugium. They again did a half-axx job of installing it (not completed) an