New to nanos

[DOO-E]

New to nano. Selling my 40 gallon for certain reasons. Any way going to a 25 gallon right now on the inhabitant list is 1 male banggai cardnal i hope to get a female. Next will be either a pair of Pink skunk clowns or a pair of ocellaris clowns not sure yet. For inverts there will be Hawiian and caribean feather dusters, assorted soft and LPS corals, maybe even some easy to keep SPS not sure yet. I will keep either 2 cleaner shrimp or a cleaner and a blood not sure on that either. for filtration i will run 3 inch sand bed and 30 lbs of assorted live rock. water flo will be 2 100 gallon per hour power heads pointed at each other to get a good swirl. Prism or Bak-Pak skimmer. lighting will be 3 24 inch VHO's. Anything need to be added or changed.

[Canadian Man]

I would go with 2 powerheads in the range of 200ish gph or more. A 100gph powerhead sure won't do much in a 20g tank.

[DOO-E]

Ya but all i am keeping is softies and someLPS do i really need that much force

[AJ_77]

In my 29g I have about 650 GPH from 3 sources. There are still some dead spots I should address, so yeah, you'll probably need it...

A small tank presents unique challenges, you might reconsider selling your 40. Don't think you'll save much money going to a 25, and it's tougher to control water quality as well as flow.

[DOO-E]

I need to sell the 40 gallon it is running up electricity and i am sick and tired of my mom bitching (excuse the french) at me that it its taking up too much power but when i move out (next summer) i will get a larger tank.

[AJ_77]

Well that's a tough spot for sure, but like I said you're not saving much money going from a 40 to a 25, unless you just have NO tank at all. If you were going from a 120 to a 25 I could see it...

[Canadian Man]

I agree with Alan. You will notice not much difference at all. I think I hear once that running a 100w light bulb 24hours a day for a month cost something like $3.00 to $6.00 or something like that. If I was a math wiz I could figure it out but sadly I'm not :rolleyes:

Anyone smart enough to figure it out.

Anyway. The savings will be negligible.

[DOO-E]

yes but it just keeps me out of trouble and m mom off my back thats all. Besides i know it wont change much so if i can keep a nice tank with no hassle from anybody else i would. But like i said i will be getting a bigger tank next year.

[DOO-E]

Anyway i think for lighting i will run dual 75 watt VHO's this should be enough for clams eh andsome of the more hardy SPS

[danny zubot]

I take it you finally got rid of your clarks? I've still got mine

[DOO-E]

No hhhuuu :rolleyes: still have those damb clarks they come with the tank i am selling.

[danny zubot]

Thats one way to get rid of them!

[DOO-E]

My lFS will take them too he has realy healthy tanks runs each one off its own filter smalles salt water tanks is 120 gallons.

[danny zubot]

I wish I had the room for a 120gallon, but for now my 54gallon will have to do. By the way, There have been studies done that indicate how much power various size tanks use. You'd be surprized at how little tanks under 60 gallon cost as far as electricity. If I can find the brochure I'll post the email address.

[DOO-E]

Yes i know how little electricity but my mom she is stuck on the power thing so she is freaking out so i figured get her off my back i will just downgrade for now.

[whaase]

Hmmm, why not offer to pay $20/month for electricity?

Walter

[Canadian Man]

Hmmm, why not offer to pay $20/month for electricity?

Walter

:eek: That might be a sollution that is way too simple Walter :lol: :rolleyes:

[DOO-E]

no matter now guys my dad and I finally got it in her head that it will only cost 5 dollars a month for electricity so i can keep the big tank. Now i am upgrading my lights and getting new fish. I have a post in the wanted adds but i havent got much replies.