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There are a ton of different options out there as far as nanos go. The question you have to answer is what are you looking to keep in that nano? Size and lighting will be the two biggest factors as far as cost and what system would fit you best.
Also look at this thread...
We use PCs on the 12g and I keep mushrooms, zoos and some LPS in there. The 20g has T5s and we can keep almost anything in there depending on position. The mushrooms and zoos in there are doing very very well. MH on a tank that size would be overkill and you would have huge heat and evaporation...
We do 10% weekly on all of our tanks. The 30 g is a bit different because of the open top and evaporation we get so we are adding a gallon almost every other day of RO. You don't have as much room for error with a nano due to the small volume so weekly water changes are a very good thing.
Have not been to Red Sand, but I have been to both OGII and AO and they are great. I will drive over an hour from central jersey to go to them. Very much woth the trip.
You might want to pm Pete43 he had a medusa worm get sucked into a powerhead and crash his tank. You might want to ask him what his water looked/smelled like afterwards.
onefish2fish also had his corals crash a tank during a move and might be able to help you out.
Here is pete43 thread...
Pulled this off of wiki regarding sea hares
When disturbed, a sea hare can release ink from its ink glands, providing a potent deterrent to predators. This release acts as a smoke screen, while at the same time, adversely affecting the smell sensors of their predators. In a small environment...
Lobsters are a predator in nature and they can do the same thing in your tank. If you keep them well fed chances are they will not go after anything else, but they can. Other inverts and smaller bottow dwelling fish can become food to them. I have heard they like to rearrange your aqua scaping...
Coco worms are much more attractive but also much harder to keep. They generally get much bigger and need very very good water quality. Feather dusters are much easier to keep and are more forgiving with water conditions. We have kept feather dusters for years and have yet to make the jump to...
I have not moved away from the 50/50 bulbs that I have in the 12g. I have gotten great growth and color out of my zoos and LPS. I am not saying that playing with the bulbs will get you better growth, just have never tried it so I don't want to comment either way.
Thank you, I have been doing the same. So far I have discovered two nusince anenomes which have necessitated a reduction in the rubble- if only the bumble bees thougth thoes looked tasty. In the event I find any positive hitchikers back there, I'll keep you informed.
Had a wonderful experience today going up to AO. They picked up a beautiful flameback angel for us, that is doing great in our tank. I also just had to pickup some of the beautiful zoos that they had, which also all opened up in our tank when we brought them home. It was also nice to see Bill...
We read Coral magazine when it comes out every other month. We have found the following books very helpfull:
The Conscientious Marine Aquarist by Bob Fenner (Basically the bible of salt water fish)
The Marine Fish Health and Feeding Handbook
The Nano-Reef Handbook by Brightwell
The Complete...