Avalon_Princess
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So sun corals are my fave corals but I'm starting to have trouble keeping them in my largish nano tank (17g) I have them tucked in a cave simply to allow more real estate for other corals but it makes feeding hard and rather annoying. So I'm toying with the idea of setting up a smaller tank for just my smaller sun coral frags.
25l or 6.6g, with a 10l or 2.5g sump. All the live rock and equipment would be housed in the sump which would sit next to the tank as opposed to under it because its simpler LOL. I can just use basic siphons as opposed to overflows. Then the tank itself bare except for some racks for the corals to make feeding and siphoning left over feed easier. No light will be used either. No fish either just sun corals and I might branch into other non photosynthetics as well if this works. Also maybe a small light over the sump so it can double as a refugium with macro algae as a nutrient export. Maybe a Skimmer As well.
In my head it sounds like it would work as it would mean extra food could be easily cleaned up if the live rock is stored in a separate compartment leading to lower nitrates and it should make feeding the corals easier as well.
What do you guys think? At the moment I have three small sun corals I'd put in there two orange ones of different species and a black one.
25l or 6.6g, with a 10l or 2.5g sump. All the live rock and equipment would be housed in the sump which would sit next to the tank as opposed to under it because its simpler LOL. I can just use basic siphons as opposed to overflows. Then the tank itself bare except for some racks for the corals to make feeding and siphoning left over feed easier. No light will be used either. No fish either just sun corals and I might branch into other non photosynthetics as well if this works. Also maybe a small light over the sump so it can double as a refugium with macro algae as a nutrient export. Maybe a Skimmer As well.
In my head it sounds like it would work as it would mean extra food could be easily cleaned up if the live rock is stored in a separate compartment leading to lower nitrates and it should make feeding the corals easier as well.
What do you guys think? At the moment I have three small sun corals I'd put in there two orange ones of different species and a black one.