I am getting ready to pick up a frag tank for my system. It is 48/24/12 and I will plumb it into my current tank (48/48/24 cube).
I am considering, using my daily water change setup to supply the frag tank, so it would be an “open system” essentially. 1 gallon a day is my water change and instead of running it into my sump pump in the basement, I would use it for my frag tank. The overflow from this would be then directed into the sump pump in the basement. I know I would need a heater in my frag tank doing it this way. plus I would have to worry about evaporation, if the tank evaporated more than the gallon a day then it would never overflow into the sump pump. That would be he biggest obstacle, I think. Am I missing anything else or has anyone done this before and had luck with it?
I feel like it’s not the best way to do it, but could I be overthinking it?
thanks
corey
I am considering, using my daily water change setup to supply the frag tank, so it would be an “open system” essentially. 1 gallon a day is my water change and instead of running it into my sump pump in the basement, I would use it for my frag tank. The overflow from this would be then directed into the sump pump in the basement. I know I would need a heater in my frag tank doing it this way. plus I would have to worry about evaporation, if the tank evaporated more than the gallon a day then it would never overflow into the sump pump. That would be he biggest obstacle, I think. Am I missing anything else or has anyone done this before and had luck with it?
I feel like it’s not the best way to do it, but could I be overthinking it?
thanks
corey