forestal
Active Member
Hello all...
I am coming into a 125 gallon tank and my desire (and i've been given official permission too) is to put in next to my 120 reef, but in a corner so the non viewable side of the 120 will be covering the left 24" of the 125. Lighting will be minimal and the tank will be a 6-8" deep sand bed stocked and letting it cook, and eventually putting my axanthellate corals in (sun corals and some gorgonians).
maybe some fish, but the idea is to utilize this tank to increase the overall water volume and use a large populated sand bed to help the reef
the question is how to connect the 2 tanks? You all have very elegantly designed tanks/plumbing and i am hoping for some help
i thought of having both sharing the sump, but my 2 problems are 1: power outage, sump may overflow, depending on water level, and believe me if its possible , i'll do it... 2: i want to avoid using the HOB overflow (i have cpr one with the little pump) as it invariably develops an air bubble and the little pump sucking out the air will break down and flood...
drilling if it is not too hard, might work with a bulkhead up high so just 1/2" water is flowing to sump and return pump, so flow isnt as fast, but ideally it would be nice to have water flowing to 120 reef then to sump to bring with it the lil pods and stuff...
2 pumps of equal size in each tank also not so elegant...
drilling the 120 is not an option as it is full, the 125 won't be , but as easy as drilling may be, i would be awful scared i would break it, and will have to check how expensive it would be (if bottom is tempered which it prob. is- cant drill it i know)
thanks for any help
I am coming into a 125 gallon tank and my desire (and i've been given official permission too) is to put in next to my 120 reef, but in a corner so the non viewable side of the 120 will be covering the left 24" of the 125. Lighting will be minimal and the tank will be a 6-8" deep sand bed stocked and letting it cook, and eventually putting my axanthellate corals in (sun corals and some gorgonians).
maybe some fish, but the idea is to utilize this tank to increase the overall water volume and use a large populated sand bed to help the reef
the question is how to connect the 2 tanks? You all have very elegantly designed tanks/plumbing and i am hoping for some help
i thought of having both sharing the sump, but my 2 problems are 1: power outage, sump may overflow, depending on water level, and believe me if its possible , i'll do it... 2: i want to avoid using the HOB overflow (i have cpr one with the little pump) as it invariably develops an air bubble and the little pump sucking out the air will break down and flood...
drilling if it is not too hard, might work with a bulkhead up high so just 1/2" water is flowing to sump and return pump, so flow isnt as fast, but ideally it would be nice to have water flowing to 120 reef then to sump to bring with it the lil pods and stuff...
2 pumps of equal size in each tank also not so elegant...
drilling the 120 is not an option as it is full, the 125 won't be , but as easy as drilling may be, i would be awful scared i would break it, and will have to check how expensive it would be (if bottom is tempered which it prob. is- cant drill it i know)
thanks for any help