Hello all....thank you for taking time to read and hopefully reply.
Wife and I are new to salt water and went all out with a 210g reef less than a year ago. We have quickly fallen in love with the incredible variety and colors of coral and are wanting a frag tank to better see/interact/grow/feed/care for them. However, I'm the maintenance guy and handle all aspects of this hobby so I'm really wanting to keep it simple. I was hoping that we could somehow connect the frag tank water with the display tank system. Doing so shouldn't change much as far as maintenance/water changes/water testing/etc.....right?
I'm in the process of making a bigger sump out of a 40g breeder and I'm thinking....if the frag tank is 4'x2' and only 2 feet away from the display tank, I could have a single overflow on the back side of the frag tank closest to the display sump. Run a single overflow feed line to the display sump and use a separate return pump to run a single return line back to the frag tank.
Thoughts/suggestions/ideas?
Also, I'd like to have a few small fish in the 4'x2' frag tank.....anyone have a good recommendation on the frag tank depth? I assume I'll have to have one made....know of any good custom tank manufacturers?
Wife and I are new to salt water and went all out with a 210g reef less than a year ago. We have quickly fallen in love with the incredible variety and colors of coral and are wanting a frag tank to better see/interact/grow/feed/care for them. However, I'm the maintenance guy and handle all aspects of this hobby so I'm really wanting to keep it simple. I was hoping that we could somehow connect the frag tank water with the display tank system. Doing so shouldn't change much as far as maintenance/water changes/water testing/etc.....right?
I'm in the process of making a bigger sump out of a 40g breeder and I'm thinking....if the frag tank is 4'x2' and only 2 feet away from the display tank, I could have a single overflow on the back side of the frag tank closest to the display sump. Run a single overflow feed line to the display sump and use a separate return pump to run a single return line back to the frag tank.
Thoughts/suggestions/ideas?
Also, I'd like to have a few small fish in the 4'x2' frag tank.....anyone have a good recommendation on the frag tank depth? I assume I'll have to have one made....know of any good custom tank manufacturers?