neat idea for a tank setup

[schoch79]

Ok so I just had a brainstorm. I'm so excited about this but I don't know if it will work or is even feasible. Ok, here goes.

1) Can I run two/three reef tanks one on top of the other kinda like having 2 sumps for a main tank, but it would be two display tanks over one sump. Like this

1-------display tank
2-------display tank
3-------sump/equipment tank
I want to link them all together so that #1 overflows into #2 and #2 overflows into the sump and the sump pumps back to #1.

2) If it is possible would the 2nd tank be hard to keep clean?

3) And what other tips/ideas could you give me about doing this?

I think it would be really neat to do this but no clue as to the actual running of it. Any help would be great.

 

[Cackett]

my guess and don't hold me to this as i only just started reading up on saltwater but i would say

Yes

Yeas as long as you have a lot of flow / water movement going on in tank2 also

 

[Xeruf]

I see a disaster in the future hehe. make sure that you have a gigantic sump, or you could come home to a flooded house one day

 

[Mahamotorworks]

I think it would be bettter the have both 1 and 2 drain into a Large dump. Not the way you want it. If you lose power then you have to count on 2 sets of siphon breaks to work at the same time. What size tanks are you wanting to do this with?

MAHA