Display Refugium?

Hey guys im looking into setting up a display refugium with macro algae and sea horses and i was wondering if anybody has any info on them. I cant seem to find anything on them.

Thanks

what kind of info? Vivid has a few in their show room, but you can do all sorts of cool stuff with that. Deep sand bed, macro algae, mangroves, low flow. You wont need a ton of light unless you want sea grasses. Great place to keep anemones and clams too.

I just wanted some general info. What can i keep? What cant i keep? Is it benifitial to have many species of macro algae or just cheato? Is there any specific type i need to have for the sea horses?

you need like a 1000000000000 gallon tank

Why is that?

So chaeto* is not a good algae for a refugium, typically chaeto likes higher flows and more exposure to movemnt than other "lower" flow algaes. If you want a low flow refugium you can do things like Ulva, Mangroves, Maidens hair, Halimeda, Sea grass etc...You can also have clams, anemones, shrimp etc. I would refrain from too many fish or any fish for that matter. Sea horses might be ok, but a good bit of work and they are hunters, though that is a great environment for them. You can also do sponges in the refugium or other NPS corals if you decide to do very low lighting.

*Not the best...it will still work, but its more apt to grow out of control in a high flow environ...when I tried to grow it in my low flow fuge/sump it died.

Ok and that would still work as a goodnutrient export?

The whole point of a refugium is to be a "refuge" from predators, while it might double as a place that exports some nutrients, that shouldn't be its primary goal. If you want straight nutrient export, try remote DSB or algal turf scrubbers, way more effcient.

Ok that makes sence. Thanks!