Is it a Pico or a Nano?

[Fl_Seagull]

I an a little confused :? .

Is there any aggreement on when you call a tank a Pico VS a Nano?

Is a Pico 5 gal or less and Nanos bigger?

Do you just count the tank not the sump?

I realize this is not the biggest issues out there but I like to get some opinions.

Thanks.

 

[Fozza]

I personally consider Pico under 5gal and nano 5gal - 30gal.

 

[brandon4291]

I like to set it at pico=less than 2.5 g, nanos is anything above up to 15-20 but you know this is widely open to debate!

 

[Anonymous]

I say we set a standard for RDO then...i agree with Brandon..2.5 and less a pico 2.6(not really likely any that size) to 20 a nano...should we put this to a vote to set the records straight?

 

[Fozza]

If you'd like, I'd agree with the 2.5 or less for pico. But I still say upto 30 for nano.

 

[Anonymous]

i take it you have a 29gallon tank..i guess if you really want to get technical most tanks under 75gal are considered a nano compared to most reefs...

 

[Anonymous]

So who's starting the poll already??

 

[Fozza]

Yea I have a 29 gal

 

[Fl_Seagull]

Perhaps we need another name.

How about

0-2.5 Pico
2.6- 29 Nano
30- 74 Micro (perhaps this should go to ~300 gal to stay with SI units analogy :lol: )

Of course this I could get carried away :lol: and start using other names:

75 -180 Mini
181-350 Maxi
351+ Mega

Part of my question was just the confusion of names people use .

But, is there differences that makes these distinction meaningful?

I could see that some fish are only should only be housed in a Maxi or above VS a smaller tank.

But, could there also be other factors like cost, equipment noise level or equipment size which makes these distinctions meaningful?

 

[brandon4291]

Yep FL Seagull, if we could start a standard that is what I would pick. Let's do--someone set a poll with a few variances and we'll take the lingo forward from the end of the poll date and just consider it official. That is a very fun thing to do...

 

[Fl_Seagull]

Ok, I posted the poll. Since I having never created one before, don't eat me alive for my choices :lol: .