10 Gal nano reef! re-arranged

nanotuners

You can buy mod'd or unmod'd JBJ's and other brands from them, they sell JBJ and Oceanic that I know of

 

should i get a skimmer? i was looking at the prices on some web site's and they are pretty reasonably priced. would it be beneficial? would it help? would i for sure see results?

 

The Bio-Cubes sure make a nice clean setup and get you off to a good start. Some can even be purchased with 3rd party upgrades already in place (saves you from having to make some of the more popular changes).

I however, would choose to do the new tank as there are many, many more options available to you with which you can create that "just right" display....

 

ok 2 things. so you are suggesting a skimmer. i will get one. next, what tank do you reccomend? the ONLY thing stopping me, literally, is the lighting. i just spent 80 on the 2 lights i have and i just hate how expensive lighting is. what do you suggest?

 

also, what size is officially not a nano tank? 40, 30 50 gal?

 

Lighting is expensive kiddo. It is. What you have right now are PCs. They are good enough to support some LPS and softies. For the tank size you want, consider a small T5 array. If you decide on an all in one set up, I would get the upgrade to T5s. If you get a smaller "stock tank", then look at the Nova Extreme line of lights by Current.

Who knows???!!!! I have wondered this myself. I consider, personally, a nano to be under 29g.

 

After reading the entire thread, I have my opinion:

-Get a 20 gallon tall with a 10 gallon sized top. (35$ tops)(dimensions= 10.25x20x18.75)
-No more sand will be requried since your base area is the same (money saver)
-Buy a Rio nano skimmer(20$-25$) (it will help with the water circulation a lil too)
-Your lighting will still fit the top area of the 20g tank so no need for new lighting. However your watts per gallon will go down a lot so you might want to do the next step.
-Buy more live rock and stack it higher allowing your corals to have areas closer to the top of the surface for more light.

I am just starting out with a 20g tall like this and so far am very happy. For the money, its a good transition IMO. You would have to look into a bigger filter as well and a powerhead.

The advice here is great. I listen to everything these guys tell me.

Just a thought..

 

This is excellent advise. Only a few things I would add to it.

***Buy base rock instead of live rock. Cheaper and no hitchhikers.

***Keep your filter. I think it is good enough. Just suppliment with a Rio nanoskimmer as Yuri has suggested.

***Increase your flow to 40x turnover. Look into Koralia powerheads to suppliment the skimmer and filter system you already have.

***Your lighting is fine until you tackle harder to keep corals. As Yuri pointed out, you can stack your rocks and place them higher in the tank to take advantage of what light you can provide them.

I like the 20g tall idea. Thanks Yuri. K+ to ya.

 

Hope that helps Circa.

Thanks for teh K, you have been very helpful to me on my tank as well pharmerjon