Flow for my nano

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Johan van Aardt

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I have a nano tank of about 48 liters, but i am going to extend this with a sump at the top so it will be about a hundred liters, what kind off flow woul d u guys suggests i have for this tank as it is realli small, i want to put in a anemoneand two clownfish so i cant realli have powerheads
 
I think the problem with that pump is that it is very open and if he wants a anemone at any stage it will surely get minced by that thing. Also I had one in my Boyu TL550 (130L) nano and I had sugar-fine aragonite as my substrate. No matter how I positioned that pump it made a sand storm. Very good pumps though, got two in my other tank.
 
sorry, missed the anemone part :p ... speed reading .... I have always gone BB so thanks for mentioning the substrate for others that have ..... I have 2 in my 100litre and the flow rocks (of course no substrate ...) ... concerned about lighting what has been mentioned for anemone (a MH on such a small tank might cause heat issues) ... in such a small tank if it decides to go walk-about any pump might be a problem ..... oh yeah, should wait about 1 year before adding anemone, by then I am sure a larger tank is in the pipeline
 
A larger tank is already on its way but this tank is a nano tank with filtercompartments in the back but the idee is to have this tank in my room so i realli want an anemone and two clownfish in this tank, so that is my problems i realli need a pump thats not too big but will give enough stream for the anemone
 
Johan van Aardt said:
A larger tank is already on its way but this tank is a nano tank with filtercompartments in the back but the idee is to have this tank in my room so i realli want an anemone and two clownfish in this tank, so that is my problems i realli need a pump thats not too big but will give enough stream for the anemone
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excellent .... :)
 
Thank u my point exactly, i have put it in nd all i get then is water all over and unhappy fishG but i do have one of these and a 12000 liter ill be using in my bigger tank once its set up
 
Oh and as for lighying a 70 wat metal halide, in pieces is already lying in my cubboard waiting to be used, as for moon lights, im gonna use two 12 colt led downlighters, awesome stuff those
 
Johan, why not speak to Brenda (Anemone), she is an expert in this field.
 
In one of my other threads she is the one that said metal halide 70 watt and so on, so now ive desided i will use a closed loop system, and if it doesnt work ill look into another small powerhead to make more off a messy flow in the tank
 
Just a kind note, a nenny is a delicate specimin and ideally would need a very stabilised system ie 10-12 months old. As for the magnifica and crispa's I dunno if they will be happy with 70watt hey. They may go wandering and never really settle causing death and worst case scenario, a dead tank due to Nenny soup...

Flow? Look for 75-100times turnover. I've got a 6000lp/h sunsun in my 40l prop tank and its fine. Just position it correctly.
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