inline frag tank questions

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hi I currently own an sps 200g tank , I do constant waterchanges using 2 dosing pumps with change 10% of my display weekly. I was looking at connecting a frag tank to the discharge doser from the display and using another doser to remove water to waste from the frag tank.
I have a choice of 2 frag tanks I could employ a 900*600*350 or a 600*600*350 both are cades and come fitted with sumps.
The 900 has a total volume of 63gal meaning it would get a 32% w/c / wk
the 600 has a total volume of 46 gal meaning it would get a 43% w/c /wk
the cost between the two isnt a lot so im not worried about the price, I have a spare skimmer rated for 200g, I have two spare hydra 52 lights and I have 2 mp40's .
Im leaning towards the 600 as I would only need one light , the w/c ratio is higher so hopefully I wont need to dose. I intend to take frags from the main tank eventually but for now am to use it to quarantine new frags and snails. I dont think I would need the skimmer, maybe some bioballs. I dont know about the mp40's I could turn them right down?
I would love to hear other peoples opinion on my options and if they think what im proposing would work. thanks john
 
Could you drill the tank and run the line to the drain? IMO this would reduce the risk of overflow and reduce the need of an extra dosing pump
 
No not really if i had a power outage the sump would fill and run to waste and when it came back on the auto ro topup would dilute the salinity
 

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