Advice on Unplanned nano tank.

Jasonfd · 04/23/2012, 04:23 PM

While I'm putting together my first 65 gallon reef tank i set up a Qt tank that slowly turned into a Nano tank.Will have to get another for Qt lol.Right now i have a 4" Dsb and about 7 pounds of live rock,An aquaclear 30 filter and a compact flourescent.the inhabbitants are two Green Chromis and an Emerald crab.Snails and Worms for the Dsb soon,thinking of a nano skimmer too.

Should i add a small powerhead or is the Aquaclear enough?..It seems to push the water around pretty good.I'd imagine this is about the limit for fish in this tank am i correct?

Thanks!

Edit,It is a 10 gallon.

slickrick75150 · 04/23/2012, 04:46 PM

The aqua clear may be enough I have a ten gal also and I just use one small power head don't need much for the little tanks haha

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Jasonfd · 04/23/2012, 08:37 PM

Also am i feeding them enough/too much?..I feed them once a day when i get out of work about as huch as they will eat in about one minute.I am feeding them Sera Marin Granules.

thegrun · 04/23/2012, 09:27 PM

I had the same problem, my 15 gallon QT morphed into another nano reef tank. I would still use it to QT and then move the fish to a hospital tank if they needed treatment. I only kept one fish in the tank except when another fish was being quarantined. Once a day is fine for feeding. I would just stay with two fish, three would be crowded. I've never been able to keep more than one chromis in a small tank, nice.

Jasonfd · 04/23/2012, 09:36 PM

Thanks,The rock and fish have only been in there since saturday so hopefully they get along,the slightly larger one seems to bother the smaller one sometimes.The Lfs told me the rock was ready to go and so far everything is testing good.

04/23/2012, 04:23 PM	#1
Jasonfd Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 44	Advice on Unplanned nano tank. While I'm putting together my first 65 gallon reef tank i set up a Qt tank that slowly turned into a Nano tank.Will have to get another for Qt lol.Right now i have a 4" Dsb and about 7 pounds of live rock,An aquaclear 30 filter and a compact flourescent.the inhabbitants are two Green Chromis and an Emerald crab.Snails and Worms for the Dsb soon,thinking of a nano skimmer too. Should i add a small powerhead or is the Aquaclear enough?..It seems to push the water around pretty good.I'd imagine this is about the limit for fish in this tank am i correct? Thanks! Edit,It is a 10 gallon. Last edited by Jasonfd; 04/23/2012 at 04:29 PM.

04/23/2012, 04:46 PM	#2
slickrick75150 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 94	The aqua clear may be enough I have a ten gal also and I just use one small power head don't need much for the little tanks haha --- I am here: http://tapatalk.com/map.php?hm224g

04/23/2012, 08:37 PM	#3
Jasonfd Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 44	Also am i feeding them enough/too much?..I feed them once a day when i get out of work about as huch as they will eat in about one minute.I am feeding them Sera Marin Granules.

04/23/2012, 09:27 PM	#4
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	I had the same problem, my 15 gallon QT morphed into another nano reef tank. I would still use it to QT and then move the fish to a hospital tank if they needed treatment. I only kept one fish in the tank except when another fish was being quarantined. Once a day is fine for feeding. I would just stay with two fish, three would be crowded. I've never been able to keep more than one chromis in a small tank, nice.

04/23/2012, 09:36 PM	#5
Jasonfd Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 44	Thanks,The rock and fish have only been in there since saturday so hopefully they get along,the slightly larger one seems to bother the smaller one sometimes.The Lfs told me the rock was ready to go and so far everything is testing good.