Set your saltwater reef tank up for long-term success with the Ultimate Refugium Starter Package — everything you need to build a thriving, natural refugium system in one convenient and cost effective bundle! While this bundle is designed for refugiums, it is also a great way to cycle a newly established tank with bacterial life and microfauna.
Why Our Kit?
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Cost effective – All components can be shipped via ground mail. The entire kit is the cost of most overnight shipping services.
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Maximum Biodiversity – Individual items come together from an established system.
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Natural Nitrate and Algae Reduction
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Includes Seeded Pod Shuttle – Supports a healthy populations of copepods, amphipods, and other microfauna for biodiversity and food for species such as the Mandarin Dragonet that can be transferred into the display tank.
What You Get
- 1 Ball of Live Chaetomorpha Macro Algae – Reduces nitrates & phosphates, creates a natural microfauna habitat for copepods and amphipods. Grows best in moderate to strong white lighting.
- Starter Live Rock Rubble (~8 Oz total) – Adds beneficial bacteria, habitat structure, and surface area for microfauna. This live rock has been seeded with bacteria and microfauna from an established coral propagation system for at least 1 month. It may contain small colonies of corraline algae but it is not guaranteed. It is very likely spores have attached and will grow with time.
- 1/2 cup Live Sand – Provides a healthy substrate for your tank’s ecosystem, seeded with life in an established coral propagation system for at least 1 month.
- 1 Seeded Hive Cube – Copepod and Amphipod Hotel. Designed with massive surface area for both microfauna and bacterial colonization. Ideal for spreading copepod and amphipods to your main tank to feed species such as the Mandarin Dragonet. It has been seeded with life in an established coral propagation system for at least 1 month.
- Free PETG Scraper – Perfect for Acrylic or Glass
- Note that the live rock and sand is intended to seed dry base rock and aragonite sand for larger aquariums and refugiums.
