Running Two Tanks on One Sump

[Polkster13]

Tim Marvin also did this with a 80 gallon tank and a 70 gallon breeder tank feeding one 55 gallon sump. Worked very well until he sold all of his stuff to me. Now I am trying to figure out what to do with all of these extra tanks!

[lhoy]

I have a 215g, 140g, 60g, sump, fuge, two frag tanks, etc. ... 700g total capacity (probably 500g operational) all tied together into one "System". This has GREATLY reduced maintenance and increased total water volume. Works great until you get Red Bugs and have to do 50% water changes :o

I was reading that post of yours and that frankly scared me to death at the thought of just the cost of SALT!!!! I have always thought a big tank would be nice until I read that post. I was wondering if I could fool my wife into building a swimming pool in the back (heated of course) and gradually convert to a giant in ground reef tank. I digress.

I got a lot of good feedback and I am leaning toward the one large system tied together. I do recognize the potential for one problem to become a system wide problem, but if I had the money to upgrade to a 200 gallon tank, that would still be the case.

Have you ever read so much material (I have perused here, RC, and Nano-reef) that you actually begin to LOSE what you have learned? Pathetic really.

Thanks for the input and I sure hope I can make the October meeting. Look forward to putting faces to avatars.

Lee

[mathias]

total water volume is the nice part of it.... and reading to much info isn't that bad whats bad is getting so many different opinions when they have to facts to back them up... Which you see on RC all the time....

not at this lovely place

[aquadoc]

Can't beat water volume!