Any good experiences with a small tank

[brettinteriors]

I was thinking about putting one in at my store. definitely bio cube size. All my experience has been with larger tanks and I dont want something thats a pain in the a$$. I was would do some nano fish and choice zoos and trumpets from my big tank. It would need to run without issue on my days off.

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[Tanque Verde]

All my good experiences are with small tanks! What are your concerns?

Most of the stock AIOs (APs, JBJs, Red Sea Max's) are vastly improved by a few easy mods, such as swapping out the stock pump, adding additional pumps, upgrading or modding the lights, etc.

For the greatest ease of use, I recommend the largest desirable volume, a minimal bioload, and an ATO. Skimmer is desirable but optional. Many of these tanks have vinyl backs that peel off, so you can place a grow lamp on the back pane and grow chaeto in the rear chamber. Filter floss works nicely in the rear chambers. I have a few other tips that I will pm you.

 

[brettinteriors]

Thank you. I wasn't sure what I could fit in them. Are they unstable?

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[Tanque Verde]

Not necessarily. I ran an 8g, a 24g, and a 26g for various lengths of time (1-2 years) with no crashes. All of the above plus a nice slow cycle plus weekly h2o changes. Also because I only kept softies and LPS, I never dosed. Just relied on quality salt and pure water.

 

[Tanque Verde]

Obviously there's a big difference between what you can do with a 26g and what you can do with a 5g. The smaller you go, the less you want to feed.

 

[sillygoose]

There is also a nano forum here on reef central.

 

[Jmnazari]

I have a 46g, with H.O.B everything. This is my first tank and I started in January. My fish and corals care pretty easy and hardy! Fish: Black spot red damsel, Chromis, PJ cardinal, and a scooter blenny. Corals are: frilly lavander shrooms, a gorgonian, neon trumpets, torches, zoos, palys, and a australian spider sponge. I feed once every other day. Lighting is a dual t-5 blue/actinic.

 

[steve24az]

I saw the new Current nano-type tank at SEA yesterday. It's pretty impressive, built in skimmer, ATO, and all that fun stuff. I think it's 29/30 gallons.

http://www.current-usa.com/aquariums/cardiff-aquarium

 

[brettinteriors]

I saw the new Current nano-type tank at SEA yesterday. It's pretty impressive, built in skimmer, ATO, and all that fun stuff. I think it's 29/30 gallons.

http://www.current-usa.com/aquariums/cardiff-aquarium

I saw that, very nice and tempting.

 

[victornator333]

small tanks are really not that difficult to maintain. I like them because you can stock them with nice corals and it wont cost a fortune for it to look nice

 

[oscarslr]

Kept this a little over a year

 

[beachpig]

I recently setup a Cardiff. Did some serious Mods to the Stand. Only 2 weeks in and things are going well.