ideas for a 10g nano........

[bboyin4lyf]

i currently run a 67g reef and im setting up a 6 * 2 * 2 foot display reef for my home. i can manage a larger reef with no hassels. whats different about a nano reef? the smaller quanitiy of water means that it would have to be changed on a more regular basis but besides that else is altered by the smaller volume of water?

i have a 10g tank i was thinking of setting up on my desk and i was wondering what equipment a nano tank requires? ie skimmer etc........

thanking you

bboyin4lyf

 

[Anonymous]

If you browse through the nano buildoff forum you can see a lot of ideas for nano's, most of them include what the owner has done and the money spent.

Its a contest for nano's under 20 gallons, I think you have 4 days left if you wanted to get all crazy and enter the contest!

 

[Anonymous]

No the deadline is up..I think the 4days left is for those participating to get photos submitted for the first judging

 

[Anonymous]

I second the "look at the build off thread" for ideas on a 10g. There are so many good one and all the tanks are looking kick @ss. Personally, I believe that skimmers are a must have, even with frequent water changes, but that's just me.

And the 8th deadline was for photo submissions.

 

[brandon4291]

When I had my 16 gallon system that was unskimmed I though it built up algae a little too quickly...for some reason the tolerances weren't like the pico reefs that didn't have fish, even though I thought 16 gallons would be enough to dilute a few juvenile clowns and some various shrimps. The wierd thing is several friends w nano cubes keep a couple clown/gobies or the like with coral and never had any waste issues or blooms. When I do it again I believe I'll retrofit a skimmer this time.

 

[Anonymous]

I had a 10 with a hang on fuge, and a couple of MJ400's. looked really good without a skimmer.


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