is hooking up your nano tank to your main tank cheating as far as nano tanks are concern? you know a place to have little stuff like zoos and mushrooms and still have good water perametors.
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is hooking up your nano tank to your main tank cheating as far as nano tanks are concern? you know a place to have little stuff like zoos and mushrooms and still have good water perametors.
350 gal. 7\'x36\'\'x25\'\'tall, , 3-400w.mh-10k, 2-6\' vho actinic, 175gal.sump, 6ft. 100gal zenia fuge,calcium reactor, kalk reactor and a carbon reactor. 7\' turbofloter 5000 skimmer.
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Not in my book. Perfectly legal.
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nah dude, its not cheating, heck if i had the resources to do it that way i would, and im sure any nano keeper will tell u the same. what would be kool is if u kould have it on ur desk and still set up to the main tank!!!
steve
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That depends on who you ask. I would not call a nano, 'nano' if the actual system contained over 40 gallons of water. My 20g nano is a single 20 tank with a bakpak skimmer and no other water container. Many of the nano guys would say that a 20g is not 'nano'. This has been argued on www.nanoreefs.com more than once.
If you want a more successful small tank you should definitely attach it to a sump, refugium, or other tank. My 58/40 system has become much more stable since I added the 40g tank to the already running system. I have my hard corals in the 58 on top which has high light and many of my softies, mushrooms, and zoos in the 40 on the bottom.
Dave
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Key is what is best for the critters in the tank. More water = better stability. You definately have enough water! If you ever decide to go crazy and sell that tank, let me know!
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when i find some time i'm going to build me a little 15 or 20 gal bow front and start me a nano. i will be hooking her up to the main tank. put a few p/c on it. sweet huw?
350 gal. 7\'x36\'\'x25\'\'tall, , 3-400w.mh-10k, 2-6\' vho actinic, 175gal.sump, 6ft. 100gal zenia fuge,calcium reactor, kalk reactor and a carbon reactor. 7\' turbofloter 5000 skimmer.
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Isn't that just a really fancy sump without all your pumps and stuff in it or a fancy refugium with more flow. You cheater Dan!!
30 L aquarium, 50 lbs LR, 44 lbs LS, 192 W PC, CPR Backpack Skimmer
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I did that once with my old 110G FO tank. I wanted to get into reef tanks, but I coudn't put corals and inverts in ther because of my eel and triggerl. So I drilled the side of a 20G tank from Petco and made a stand for it next to my tank. I hooked it up to the same sump and It was doing fine untill I sold the tank. Although the water condition wes more stable that way, the problem for me was that my FO tank did not need all the dosing a reef tank needs, so basicalliy I was dosing for 130G when only 20G really needed it. Also the large fish I had produced lots of waste, too much for a reef tank.
72G bowfront reef
175G bowfront cichlid tank
thats how my seahorse tan is set up!!! 50 gal hooked to a 135
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