luvreefs23
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So, I have a 20 gallon qt tank for fish but nothing for corals and I'm starting to get paranoid over introducing ich or some other disease into display thru rock or coral so I thought maybe I need to get one. The display is still fishless so now is the time to do this.
My idea is in an effort to save space and equipment is to buy a 40 breeder and divide 1/4 of it (10 gallons) into a invert/rock/coral basically anything that's not a fish qt section and the other 30 gallons for fish. I could silicone a custom cut piece of glass in to make it water tight and still use my different meds as needed per side. I could use my kessil a80 over the coral portion while still having enough light spill for fish and observation and use my apex jr to heat each side, I think I'd need another module to control 2 temperature areas but even still the temperature from the 30 gallon side would help keep the 10 gallon portion from needing to be heated as often from the heat transfer thru the glass pane. I would obviously incorporate a filter for each side, right now I'm using a sicce seachem hob 55 for my 20, maybe get another for the coral side since it would double as a powerhead due to the ability to control flow output. My biggest concern is the thin wall at the top, potential splashes or what not so maybe put another piece of glass on top like a "T" on the divider pane and seal that then some screens to keep fish/snails on their own sides? Feasible? How thick of a glass divider if I did this?
Thanks for reading my novel.
My idea is in an effort to save space and equipment is to buy a 40 breeder and divide 1/4 of it (10 gallons) into a invert/rock/coral basically anything that's not a fish qt section and the other 30 gallons for fish. I could silicone a custom cut piece of glass in to make it water tight and still use my different meds as needed per side. I could use my kessil a80 over the coral portion while still having enough light spill for fish and observation and use my apex jr to heat each side, I think I'd need another module to control 2 temperature areas but even still the temperature from the 30 gallon side would help keep the 10 gallon portion from needing to be heated as often from the heat transfer thru the glass pane. I would obviously incorporate a filter for each side, right now I'm using a sicce seachem hob 55 for my 20, maybe get another for the coral side since it would double as a powerhead due to the ability to control flow output. My biggest concern is the thin wall at the top, potential splashes or what not so maybe put another piece of glass on top like a "T" on the divider pane and seal that then some screens to keep fish/snails on their own sides? Feasible? How thick of a glass divider if I did this?
Thanks for reading my novel.
