FOWLR plumbed to Reef??? Anyone do it???

[Marc]

I had to make a decision today based on that my Emperor is growing larger and has been picking at my mushroom corals and leather toadstool. I went ahead and setup a 58 gallon next to the 125 gallon FOWLR tank and plumbed it in a way that both tanks share the same sump. Has anyone done this? I put all the coral in the 58 and I could not be happier of how much more attractive it looks. The 58 reef will remain fishless. As for my 125 gallon FOLWR the fish have a lot more room to swim and the corals are safe from the Imperator. :rollface: :rollface:
How many hobbyists done this??? What are the pros and cons of this setup?

Marc

 

[uscharalph]

Should be good. The more water volume the better.

 

[dendro982]

Did that to accommodate rock, that was removed from the main tank, when made more space for a 10-12" fish.
Pros:
Same water chemistry, so dosing and testing is done once for both tanks.
Cons:
It works, only takes space, but we really don't have a choice.
My 20g smaller tank is long, and flow has not the best patten - have red cyano there, had to disconnect from the main tank - fish was distressed.