tennis20 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Just wondering what everyone thinks a "nano reef" is. Link to comment
Fsarmien Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 anything a hippo tang can't be in or tang in general Link to comment
lkoechle Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 8g-30g gets my vote. Agreed. Link to comment
Psychosis Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 The rule of thumb used to be that you can't keep a reef in any thing smaller than 55 gallons of water. Our entire subsection of the hobby is called "nano" because you're keeping reef in a system that is smaller than the smallest size recommended. That's why a 40 breeder is still a nano. Link to comment
Lyan Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 8g-30g gets my vote. what they said. Link to comment
CrazyEyes Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 The rule of thumb used to be that you can't keep a reef in any thing smaller than 55 gallons of water. Our entire subsection of the hobby is called "nano" because you're keeping reef in a system that is smaller than the smallest size recommended. That's why a 40 breeder is still a nano. Nice. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 5-30 gallons for a nano <5 is a Pico Link to comment
Syed Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I think less than 30 g but some people say less than 40 g with 40 g being the largest nano. Link to comment
Walker Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I consider 40 gallons to be the largest "nano" although really, 30g+ is getting up there. The "true" nanos are 10-30 gallons. Link to comment
BeardedReeferLLC Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 The rule of thumb used to be that you can't keep a reef in any thing smaller than 55 gallons of water. Our entire subsection of the hobby is called "nano" because you're keeping reef in a system that is smaller than the smallest size recommended. That's why a 40 breeder is still a nano. This is correct. 40 Max. Link to comment
Captain Kryptonite Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Lol i almost posted this exact thread yesterday because i keep seeing people on this forum talking about their 100+ gal and i was like "isnt this NANO-REEF.com?" 30 and below IMO Link to comment
Psychosis Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 We have a large tank sub forum to be inclusive, other reef boards that cater more to large tanks generally suck. I've seen this basic question asked at least a dozen times, so I'm going to mix it up. What do you call tanks in the next size range? It can't go from 40 gallons max for a Nano to 41 gallons being a "large" tank. From 40 to 120, are those tanks midsize? What's the scale? I've seen a lot of 300+ gallon tanks in my time, are those another size class? I think we get a little hung up on the term "nano," so I figured I'd ask. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Ok <5g pico 5-30g true nano 30-45g nano-midsize 45-90 midsize 90-180 large Anything over is huge. Link to comment
just a noob Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 anything smaller than a reef in the ocean Link to comment
Azedenkae Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I know I said 8g-30g is nano, but I agree, how does it all just suddenly 'change size' 1 gallon up, or even less? We do get hung up on categorizations too much sometimes, and can give VASTLY different opinions when there may be a 5g difference. Of course it's good to categorize all the tank size ranges to have general recommendations, but specific recommendations are required for every single tank (pretty much). A 10cm x 10cm x 100cm tank would be vastly different from a 25cm x 20cm x 20cm tank for example, despite having the same volume. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Sub 100 gallon is what I'd consider a nano....I say this in terms of cost and that over 100 gallons one typically has to think of floor load capacity. Link to comment
farkwar Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Mini reef is the next size up from nano. Link to comment
ryeguy28 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 8gal to 55gal i would consider nano 55gal to 120gal is a mid size tank 120 to 220 is a large tank 220 + is a a huge size tank ( mind you ive had a 1000gal plywood tank in my basement) some ppl on a deff site would consider anything under 300gal to be small because some fish keepers do armatus,gatf, rtcs ext ... Link to comment
MikeTR Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Lol i almost posted this exact thread yesterday because i keep seeing people on this forum talking about their 100+ gal and i was like "isnt this NANO-REEF.com?" 30 and below IMO Wait.. the 10" collection cup on my skimmer doesn't count as a nano? Link to comment
mpg732 Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Every fish tank ever created is a nano reef tank. Least compared to the world oceans. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Ok <5g pico 5-30g true nano 30-45g nano-midsize 45-90 midsize 90-180 large Anything over is huge. Then what does my 3000g pond count as? Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I say anything >5.5 up to a 40B is nano. Link to comment
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