I don't have a refugium, I had one on the tank at my parent's house filled with chaeto and rubble if I need one. I'm not sure if I want to go that route or to try to get a population started in a completely separate container.
Maybe I'll try to do two cultures. One of a separate container and one in a refugium? I have extra filters around here that I can modify. Maybe having a constant source to resupply the tank in the refugium would be a good idea and then I can use the separate population to dose the tank with. I know the lil suckers reproduce about every 20 days or so...
I just ordered a multi-variety pack from livecopepod.com that I plan on using as my colonies. Then I also ordered another thing of pods for feeding until that point and putting into the rubble piles inside the tank!!
I'm hoping he takes to prepared foods before I go insane, or broke....