nano-bano-oh-oh sofano------nano

Spooda420 · 02-22-2004, 08:56 PM

I have a friend starting a nano tomarrow is there any differences between a nano and say umm a 120g tank? besides the obvious?

any help would be great. Like:

does he need a skimmer?
PHs (i know one but what about the GPH?)
heater (one 50 watter)
light for low light coral, shrooms, leather, etc
amount of rock (12g nano) like 6-10 lbs?
really dont want a DSB but cant have a sump on a nano right?

thanks
c

Witfull · 02-22-2004, 09:07 PM

everything happens faster with a nano.

danny254 · 02-22-2004, 09:08 PM

Can't have a sump? It's okay to have a sump on a nano. Small maxijet powerheads would be good. two of them on each corner would be great. As for liverock 6-10 lbs is fine, whatever looks good for circulation, put one on each end corner of the tank facing toward the center, that way it will provide good more random water flow. IMO you will want a skimmer, just helps to remove stuff before it breaks down to pollute the tank more, it's been succesfully done many times w/o skimmers but those people usually are good at keeping up with 1-2 week water changes. As for lights PC would be good.

Danny

sorcerer · 02-22-2004, 10:08 PM

The smaller water volume of a nano is far less forgiving than that of larger tanks. It takes verylittle to upset the params, so a sump is an advantage, if you don't have a sump regular weekly water chagnes will help keep things in shape. The good side is that on a 12G tank a 10% change is only 1.2G, a whole lot easier than a 120G. A skimmer is a mjor plus, IMO, but it is possible without one. I agree with Danny on the PC lights.

johnlewis · 02-27-2004, 07:09 PM

If you can have an auto top off it would help to keep a small system more stable.

02-22-2004, 08:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Spooda420 Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 484 View Gallery Karma Komment	nano-bano-oh-oh sofano------nano I have a friend starting a nano tomarrow is there any differences between a nano and say umm a 120g tank? besides the obvious? any help would be great. Like: does he need a skimmer? PHs (i know one but what about the GPH?) heater (one 50 watter) light for low light coral, shrooms, leather, etc amount of rock (12g nano) like 6-10 lbs? really dont want a DSB but cant have a sump on a nano right? thanks c __________________ 120 gallon, 100 gallon sump, GEO Calcium Reactor, Aqua C EV-400 Skimmer, 300 pounds of LR, Bare Bottom, 2 Tetra UV2 Sterilizers, 2 Tunze 6080 streams, 2 - 400 watt DE Metal Halides

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sorcerer Court Computer Wiz Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nashville,TN Posts: 252 View Gallery Karma Komment	The smaller water volume of a nano is far less forgiving than that of larger tanks. It takes verylittle to upset the params, so a sump is an advantage, if you don't have a sump regular weekly water chagnes will help keep things in shape. The good side is that on a 12G tank a 10% change is only 1.2G, a whole lot easier than a 120G. A skimmer is a mjor plus, IMO, but it is possible without one. I agree with Danny on the PC lights. __________________ ------------ walt --------------------- ...and I thought woodworking was an expensive hobby..... 75G Oceanic Reef Tank, 30G Acrylic sump, 12G fuge, AquaC EV-120 skimmer, AquaMedic Kalkwasser Reactor, Mag 12 return pump, FlexiFlow dosing pump. 2-250W AB 10,000K MH, 2 95W Actinic VHO Sorcerer's Home Office Reef - 12G JBJ Nanocube, Minijet 606 pump, 50W heater, 12lbs LR ----------- http://www.reefsanctuary.com/Banners/RS_banner4.gif

02-22-2004, 09:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
danny254 Midas Blenny Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Redding, northern CA Posts: 101 View Gallery Karma Komment	Can't have a sump? It's okay to have a sump on a nano. Small maxijet powerheads would be good. two of them on each corner would be great. As for liverock 6-10 lbs is fine, whatever looks good for circulation, put one on each end corner of the tank facing toward the center, that way it will provide good more random water flow. IMO you will want a skimmer, just helps to remove stuff before it breaks down to pollute the tank more, it's been succesfully done many times w/o skimmers but those people usually are good at keeping up with 1-2 week water changes. As for lights PC would be good. Danny

02-27-2004, 07:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnlewis Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton, MI USA Posts: 448 View Gallery Karma Komment	If you can have an auto top off it would help to keep a small system more stable.

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