Dan's nano build

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Originally Posted by Youngster Dan

I have made pretty much every newbie mistake, and every newbie problem in the book. From Cyano, Ich, hair algae etc etc etc...

Don't beat yourself up. Some of these supposed "newbie mistakes" are actually a part of the hobby and the process that we all face and live with sometimes.

Setup looks great. If I may be permitted to make a couple of suggestions though. You have a lot of room under the tank and could easily eliminate those 90 degree corners in your return line and replace them with a couple of 45 degree elbows that will help with flow. Everytime water hits 90 degrees flow is reduced and there is back pressure on your pump. Something like this..



Every little bit helps right? :-)

I also noticed that you did not have any unions in your return line.. or maybe I just didn't see it/them. Correct me if I'm wrong here. If you don't have any, I would recommend putting one in as it will make servicing your return pump a lot easier and trust me, you will need to service your return pump eventually. Here's what a union would look like on a return pump/line..



Screw it on and screw it off for easy access.