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    Posted: November 27 2009 at 12:12am
I'm having a lot of problems because my refugium is just too small due to my tank stand. The corner only allows me to fit a 10 gallon tank which is just too small. I don't feel like my water reserve is large enough and I had to put a check valve in to prevent floods, but I have had to clean it twice already.

Anyways, since i don't have room I was wondering about setting up a second tank as simply a fuge but having it on display so it'll need to be a bit pretty. Has anyone done this? What should I watch out for?
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maybe it would be possible to do your sump into the next room over? and do something in there keeping your display area really clean...

if not you could do a cool mangrove terrarium field type thing next to your tank

here is  a pic to give you a general idea but this is a really really outgrown version of what I was thinking...  (and you would still have to hide your mechanical filtration somehow: Skimmer Etc)



Or You could always nicely encase a sump and turn it into a bench or something as well and just keep it on the floor near your tank I've seen that done a few times as well





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Have you thought of having a custom built acrylic fuge?  I know someone local that has the skill.
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Cost wise I'm not sure if that's a feasible option. I'm seriously getting to the point of buying a nice 75 gallon rectangular tank or something similar and selling this corner tank. It's been a huge headache trying to get the flow right and now this... CensoredAngry
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