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Originally Posted by KodiakBear  Any chance I could get away with a pair of clowns in such a small tank? Even just one clown? |
avoid the bigger clowns, a pair of perculas or maybe skunks would work.
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First problem: The light needs to be replaced Right now it's just a 28W PC 6500K that I put on when I was using it as a hospital tank (very cheap mod to the freshwater light fixture from PetLand). I'm having trouble finding a VHO or PC bulb that will have enough output, yet fit over a tank that's only 20 inches long! Any suggestions?
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the 28watt PC's should be good, i would just get a few and stagger them.
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Second problem: LiveAquaria doesn't seem to have hardly any cleanup crews in stock right now!
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I read on another thread in this forum that I should have nerite, nassarius, and margarita snails. Any suggestions for how many of each? Anything else I should put in the cleanup crew? Any
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i would not put any nassarius snails in that small of a tank, they will starve. here is what i suggest for a CC.
5-nerite snails
5-cerith snails
3-trochus snails
3-margarita snails
if you like i think a tiger serpant star will work, might have to feed it once a week though. not the brittle stars, serpants. brittle stars have many hard spikes on there legs, serpants each arm looks more like a bristle worm.
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Third problem: How should I manage flow? Right now I have an old canister filter with nothing but mechanical filtration and charcoal in it (trying to avoid the nitrate problems these are famous for). Should I split the return line into multiple outlets, or scrap the canister altogether?
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ditch it. a cpr type refugium thingy or just a aquaclear hang on filter, use LR and you got a refugium and/or to hold your media in, like carbon. add a couple powerheads face them at each other on oppisite sides of the tank, all flow should be say around 200gph.
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Finally: What is a good protein skimmer for such a small system? I'd like it to be as inconspicuous as possible.
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with no sump dont think you need one. with this small of a system and only a couple fish a simple water would easy and cheap enough.