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caferacermike
Sun, 16th Jul 2006, 12:09 PM
Since there is no nano topic I figured I'd ask nano owners to chime in.

I have a small 3" yellow frog fish that will need a new home shortly. He is vicious and will be housed by himself in a 20 nano. This setup has 50wPC lighting. I'm looking to add about 25lbs of LR and a 2" sand bed. A few cukes to stir things up and maybe a few nudibranchs since I can't keep any fish with him. Some Zoas, leathers, and maybe an LPS or 2.

My ???

Filtration. I have so many options.

At first I bought this to fit on my counter top but it is about an inch to tall to fit under the cabinets. So now a stand will be built. When I was going to put it on the counter I got a Marine Land Mag350 HOT set up as I couldn't use a canister. Now I have an extra 2217 Ehiem around and since I will have a stand I can use it. What about a skimmer? I bought a Current Nano Fission skimmer originally. Seems a tad chincy to me now. Maybe for less than 10g. Well I came across an AquaC Remora with Maxijet800 upgrade.

So do I use the Eheim 2217 or the Marineland 350?
Do I skip a filter and only run the skimmer? If so should I use the Remora on a 20g or would the Fission be more appropriate?

I think I could fit both the Remora and the Eheim together, is that too much? I prefer using Eheim gear over the Marine Land and would have never bought the 350 had it not been for the fact that I originally couldn't use a canister.

What methods do you nano guys use? This isn't a JBJ Nano. This is an Oddysea tank with glass lid and 2x24w PC fixture. It looks the same as the JBJ units except no built in filter.

JeremyGlen
Sun, 16th Jul 2006, 12:33 PM
All I had going on my 10g tank was two little power filters and an extra pump in the tank for more circulation. I had a whisper 10 and penguin mini, I think. They did pretty well as long as I changed the filter pads every week. I was growing sps in there so I would assume it did a good job. I did not have a protein skimmer on the tank.

You really don't need a protein skimmer in a tank that small as long as you have keep up with the weekly water changes. You will have only one fish in there so it shouldn't be overrun with poo. I changed 25% of the tank volume every week and it almost seemed to be a bit much. I'd say on yours, you should change like 2g a week, maybe 4. That should keep everything happy.