So I've recently consolidated a few of my smaller freshwater tanks into a 20g long and I now have an extra empty 10g. I suggested to my girlfriend that we turn the spare tank into a second nano reef as kind of a yin and yang idea. My current nano reef is running Hawaiian Black sand with about 10 pounds of rock, a hob with Chemi-Pure blue and fluval biomax.
The new tank would run a similar setup with a different rock layout and different sand (probably something along the lines of Fiji Pink). It would also have either a hob refugium or the same set up as the current nano reef.
This is where the idea gets fun. My girlfriend mentioned that she had seen a PVC pipe bridge between tanks to connect the two tanks but also allow the fish to swim between the tanks. I like the idea but I'm not sure if I could use the freshwater pipe bridge idea or if I'd have to find a way to have some flow or current through the bridge to prevent the water from being stagnant or becoming toxic in some way.
Anyone actually pulled this off on a saltwater tank before or have any things to consider that I might have overlooked?
The new tank would run a similar setup with a different rock layout and different sand (probably something along the lines of Fiji Pink). It would also have either a hob refugium or the same set up as the current nano reef.
This is where the idea gets fun. My girlfriend mentioned that she had seen a PVC pipe bridge between tanks to connect the two tanks but also allow the fish to swim between the tanks. I like the idea but I'm not sure if I could use the freshwater pipe bridge idea or if I'd have to find a way to have some flow or current through the bridge to prevent the water from being stagnant or becoming toxic in some way.
Anyone actually pulled this off on a saltwater tank before or have any things to consider that I might have overlooked?