Converting Fluval 5 Gallon into Frag Tank

[csmolins89]

I am new to this forum and would like some help with a little project I am working on. Currently I have a Fluval 5 gallon tank that me and the fiancé started to see how we could do with saltwater tanks. We have had great success with it for about 6 months now. We have decided to start a 29g biocube tank. I will be setting that tank up today and starting to cycle it. My question is once I transfer all of the animals from the 5 gallon to the new tank, once it is properly cycled, I will have that fluvial tank left over, has anyone successfully used a small tank like that for frags? I am debating buying a whole other setup for a frag tank but if i can get away with using the fluvial tank i would much rather do that. Any thoughts from the more experienced reef and frag tank owners out there?

 

[civics14]

not sure about frag tank, but i used my previous fluval 6g as a quarantine tank, just another option

 

[csmolins89]

Anyone else have any thoughts ?

 

[BillNye]

Sure. As long as you make sure parameters are good and lighting is adequate, I don't see a problem. How is the filtration on those things? If it's not enough for frags, you could always use it as a QT like civics mentioned.

I'm not sure if Petco's $/gallon sale is still going but you could get a 20G frag tank for $20 - although you'll still need the filtration, lighting, etc...

 

[csmolins89]

Sure. As long as you make sure parameters are good and lighting is adequate, I don't see a problem. How is the filtration on those things? If it's not enough for frags, you could always use it as a QT like civics mentioned.

I'm not sure if Petco's $/gallon sale is still going but you could get a 20G frag tank for $20 - although you'll still need the filtration, lighting, etc...

The filtration is very similar to what a Biocube would have. It has a sponge for the carbon and biological filtration to go into and then flows into a second chamber to be pumped in the tank. I thought about going that route but I am completely lost on how to start that process, it seems like it would be a cheaper and easier option but the problem is I am lost on how the filtration would work. I know that hang on filtration doesn't work the best for a reef or frag tank so I wasn't sure what other options I had available to me

 

[Ls2Goat]

I've tried using a biocube 8g as a drag tank is it just didn't work out, the small tanks tend to have swings that stress newly fragged corals.
I had much greater success with a 10g glass tank drilled and dumped to another 10g.