So, I am considering doing a new tank with a display refugium.
Tank will hopefully be 36" x 36" x 30" and sit on a 36" stand, giving it an overall height of 66" + a bit due to leveling feet. I know some of you will say maintenance, fish catching, coral mounting, etc will be a pain, but honestly, I'd rather that once in a while than me having to bend over to look into my tank every day. It will be in a walking/standing area vs a sitting area.
I also want a display fuge, I'm thinking a 40-breeder with a sump baffle.
Both tanks will have a Shadow overflow, or something similar, and both will be bean animal.
Here's a quick sketch of what I'd like to do:
So, first question I guess is, will this design work? In my head it does, water from display goes down overflow into fuge, water from fuge goes down overflow into sump, and then (not pictured) return pumps water back up to display.
Obviously there will be a gate valve or two involved (how many would you recommend? 1, or 2?) for the drain(s). The sump will house a skimmer and a couple of reactors, heaters, dosing stuff, etc.
The right side of the tank (and possibly the back of the tank) will be blacked out with vinyl or paint of some kind (on the exterior not interior) because I want to run the refugium daylight cycle opposite of the tanks. I know there will be some lightspill when the tank lights are on, but there should be none when the fuge lights are on, provided they're lower than the top of the tank.
Any other ideas, suggestions? Criticisms? Feedback (I didn't draw the rocks and fish, I used Adobe's Generative AI).
Thanks for reading
Tank will hopefully be 36" x 36" x 30" and sit on a 36" stand, giving it an overall height of 66" + a bit due to leveling feet. I know some of you will say maintenance, fish catching, coral mounting, etc will be a pain, but honestly, I'd rather that once in a while than me having to bend over to look into my tank every day. It will be in a walking/standing area vs a sitting area.
I also want a display fuge, I'm thinking a 40-breeder with a sump baffle.
Both tanks will have a Shadow overflow, or something similar, and both will be bean animal.
Here's a quick sketch of what I'd like to do:
So, first question I guess is, will this design work? In my head it does, water from display goes down overflow into fuge, water from fuge goes down overflow into sump, and then (not pictured) return pumps water back up to display.
Obviously there will be a gate valve or two involved (how many would you recommend? 1, or 2?) for the drain(s). The sump will house a skimmer and a couple of reactors, heaters, dosing stuff, etc.
The right side of the tank (and possibly the back of the tank) will be blacked out with vinyl or paint of some kind (on the exterior not interior) because I want to run the refugium daylight cycle opposite of the tanks. I know there will be some lightspill when the tank lights are on, but there should be none when the fuge lights are on, provided they're lower than the top of the tank.
Any other ideas, suggestions? Criticisms? Feedback (I didn't draw the rocks and fish, I used Adobe's Generative AI).
Thanks for reading