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Old 09-02-2008, 02:27 AM
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As the title says; At what size does a small tank stop being a nano? 25? 30? 35? 40? etc?

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I always thought anything under 20 gallons was a nano but sometimes its anything under 30. Depends on what group you want to be associated with, the "cool nano peeps" or the "big guys"
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My new tank is a 24" cube, which looks tiny in comparison to me last tank. It works out to 52 gallons.....not a nano I guess.
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i consider my 29g biocube a nano just cause its by far the smallest tank i have
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personaly i think anything bigger than 36 inches long is not a nano
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I think anything under the size of an ocean is 'Nano' LOL
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30 and under seems to be nano, however I consider my 33g a nano, although my 40g doesn't seem to possess that same title.
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Old 09-02-2008, 04:44 AM
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had thought a nano was less than a 20g, with a 20g being a small tank or if really wanting to push it, a large (largest) nano.
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went over to Nano-reef.com to see how they define themselves:

Nano Reef

A small reef aquarium, generally 20 gallons or less. Also known as nanoreef or nano-reef.
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^^ And yet over on NR there are sooo many people starting up 40Br tanks..

Must be a "Nano" thing, cuz I don't see many other non-nano reef forums with many 40Br builds...
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