redchick2
Aquarium Advice Freak
Needless to say, I am VERY new to all this... (the shrimp would tell you so, if he could still talk) I have set up a 10 gallon to "get the feel" of a sw tank. I want to make sure I'm willing to do the water changes, run the tests, moniter the lights, etc. before I make a large financial investment. Anyway, here is my question: Can a 2 g tank be used as a refugium for a 10 g? Would it really be necessarry and have any benifits as small as it is? Is there a powerhead small enough not to blow all the water out of it too fast? Should I just wait till I get a larger tank and convert the 10 g into the refugium? My set up is pretty minimal right now: Have a hang on filter, the worlds smallest protien skimmer, nothing under the crushed coral. Inside the tank is a couple of live rocks, two of the "Texas Holey Rocks" (not authentic for sw, but still looks cool) choc. chip starfish, two hermits, a turban snail, an anemone, domino damsil (very psychotic) and two humbug damsils (the domino will probably kill them off soon). The lighting is two 25w actinics.