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They do sell small drop in chillers for nanos....they fit in your fan slot, cost is about 100 bucks if I ever go back to running mine that will be an option.
Don't give up on the cuke ... I had one go missing in a nano for weeks...so in a in 10X the size he could take a season vacation and you won't find him. Until they get as big as MikeM's then besides being ugly they cannot be missed.
It looks like if you are going to keep it under 40 G then the profile is going to be very interesting .... looks like 2X2x? if my shoebox measuring looks right. And you said stands...does that mean more then one?
I have a crab that I banished to the fuge..funny I hear him on occasion but never see him. No fish mainly for the reason that you would never see them.
I have layers like an onion. ;D Mud/sand/rubble/cheato. I have filter socks on both my drains and honestly I don't have problems with built up gunk in my fuge. I guess I don't have big rocks but I do have rubble and I have good pod growth.
Yes for sure adding a fish can make others more Territorial/aggressive.
There is a solution that will make some LFS happy, upgrade your tank size.
I have a bi-color pseuodocromis...in a 24G nano he was a TERROR. In the 120 he is sort of shy and reserved.
The dottyback may have been...
I would think there are lots of answers to those questions.
I have had mine setup since last October when I knew I was doing the first real stocking of the tank.
I do water changes from the DT yes is it a great idea? Donknow
After the next fish my QT is getting torn down unless I think I will...
Bare bottom tank. You can put the sponge in your DT sump to accumulate helpful bacteria. I suppose the whisper filter will work if you want to use it just make sure you keep the media you use super clean.
Well maybe it would be overkill....most of the nano's are pretty crummy....your idea of getting a octopus or some similar HOB skimmer is a good one. More then you need yes, actually works yes, usable when you upgrade yes ;D.
Doing diligent goodsized water changes would be another solution.
Well the controllers are usually just the controller and sometimes they come with the temp probe.
So there are lots of add ons PH probe, outlets like the DC 4 and DC 8 for the ACjr., computer cables, break out boxes so you hook them to alarms ect. I am not an expert honestly I have a couple days...