Greetings from the Baltimore Area.

JClic · Dec 27, 2023

Hello there, I have been lurking for a while and decided to join. I have a Fluval Evo 13.5 Reef Tank with mostly all the upgrades possible, and a 10 gallon frag tank which is being setup up in a couple days to grow some corals to put into the Fluval Evo. I am Getting back into the hobby after a 10 or so year hiatus. Looking to gain some knowledge on if a 10 gallon bare bottom tank is alright for frags with the following.

Tank
Sicce Nano Voyager 270 gph
Regular Top fin 50w
Fluval Aquaclear 30 Filter
Etsy frag tank tiered rack
NICREW Saltwater Light 18-24in
Topfin 20 inch lid with parts cut out for gasses, filter, wires.

2 Tier Honeycomb Frag Rack System for 10 Gallon Aquarium Free Standing Aquarium Rack 3D Printed Coral Rack - Etsy

This Aquariums & Tank Decor item by ClearChoiceAquatics has 48 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Marlboro, NJ. Listed on Aug 1, 2024

www.etsy.com

LFS water sourced and always great parameters, and weekly water trips are no issue.
I will be installing an ATO before anything other than lps corals.
lfs store providing the saltwater, "live" rock if I even put any in the frag tank, and plans are a wrasse and a blenny with a couple snails. I would like to add corals from different sources so hopefully that is not an issue.

Any answers/comments/questions are much appreciated.

JClic · Dec 27, 2023

Scratch the NICREW Saltwater Light 18-24in as I realized its better to hang the light. Unless it will be alright with the glass lid?

FrugalReefer · Dec 27, 2023

SPR1968 · Dec 27, 2023

Hi and welcome to Reef2Reef!

I never finish anythi · Dec 27, 2023

Hi, welcome to R2R

ryanjohn1 · Dec 27, 2023

Welcome

JClic · Dec 27, 2023

Thanks for the greetings! The bulk of this thread has been posted in the proper section.

Brazilian Reefer · Dec 27, 2023

JClic said:
Hello there, I have been lurking for a while and decided to join. I have a Fluval Evo 13.5 Reef Tank with mostly all the upgrades possible, and a 10 gallon frag tank which is being setup up in a couple days to grow some corals to put into the Fluval Evo. I am Getting back into the hobby after a 10 or so year hiatus. Looking to gain some knowledge on if a 10 gallon bare bottom tank is alright for frags with the following.

Tank
Sicce Nano Voyager 270 gph
Regular Top fin 50w
Fluval Aquaclear 30 Filter
Etsy frag tank tiered rack
NICREW Saltwater Light 18-24in
Topfin 20 inch lid with parts cut out for gasses, filter, wires.

2 Tier Honeycomb Frag Rack System for 10 Gallon Aquarium Free Standing Aquarium Rack 3D Printed Coral Rack - Etsy

This Aquariums & Tank Decor item by ClearChoiceAquatics has 48 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Marlboro, NJ. Listed on Aug 1, 2024

www.etsy.com

LFS water sourced and always great parameters, and weekly water trips are no issue.
I will be installing an ATO before anything other than lps corals.
lfs store providing the saltwater, "live" rock if I even put any in the frag tank, and plans are a wrasse and a blenny with a couple snails. I would like to add corals from different sources so hopefully that is not an issue.

Any answers/comments/questions are much appreciated.

Welcome and Happy Reefing!

CasperOe · Dec 27, 2023

Welcome to R2R!

Will be looking forward to seeing your build.

tzabor10 · Dec 27, 2023

Welcome. Can’t wait to see your work

Digimes · Dec 27, 2023

JClic said:
Hello there, I have been lurking for a while and decided to join. I have a Fluval Evo 13.5 Reef Tank with mostly all the upgrades possible, and a 10 gallon frag tank which is being setup up in a couple days to grow some corals to put into the Fluval Evo. I am Getting back into the hobby after a 10 or so year hiatus. Looking to gain some knowledge on if a 10 gallon bare bottom tank is alright for frags with the following.

Tank
Sicce Nano Voyager 270 gph
Regular Top fin 50w
Fluval Aquaclear 30 Filter
Etsy frag tank tiered rack
NICREW Saltwater Light 18-24in
Topfin 20 inch lid with parts cut out for gasses, filter, wires.

2 Tier Honeycomb Frag Rack System for 10 Gallon Aquarium Free Standing Aquarium Rack 3D Printed Coral Rack - Etsy

This Aquariums & Tank Decor item by ClearChoiceAquatics has 48 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Marlboro, NJ. Listed on Aug 1, 2024

www.etsy.com

LFS water sourced and always great parameters, and weekly water trips are no issue.
I will be installing an ATO before anything other than lps corals.
lfs store providing the saltwater, "live" rock if I even put any in the frag tank, and plans are a wrasse and a blenny with a couple snails. I would like to add corals from different sources so hopefully that is not an issue.

Any answers/comments/questions are much appreciated.

I am doing something similar in a 2.5g tank. I put about a cup of sand in the bottom but I would definitely not call it a sand bed tank.