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I recently set up my smallest tank yet, a Waterbox CUBE 10. It was a bit of a forced situation, as I needed a place to house my purpleback pseudochromis while I am in the early stages of my 180 dream tank build. Some will say this is too small a tank for him, but "Pinky", as my daughter calls him (he's not pink, go figure, maybe pinky finger sized?), is a mean and hardy little bastard. He has been the sole fish in my JBJ 29 cube for 4 years, as he killed any other fish that I have tried to pair with him in that tank. He even bites at me when I have to work in the tank! But I need that tank to house other fish so he had to go somewhere... He has been in the WB10 now for about 2 weeks and seems to be doing fine. He is eating well, doesn't seem to be fretting or swimming along the tank sides, but just hangs out in his sand hole or hovers around staring menacingly at anyone he can see and begs for food…quite a character! I probably could have just grabbed a cheap tank and set it up for him, but I rarely do things halfway, so I figured I'd try my hand a smaller nano reef tank with (most) all of the trimmings of a larger tank. The only major exception so far is the light. While the A80 is a fine nano/pico light, it's a bit under powered at 15w, and I very much don't like the excessive shimmer. However, my preference of a Radion xr15 with a diffusion kit would cost more than my entire setup so far…so for now I'll just make do. Maybe when I'm setting up my small QT tanks for the 180, I'll use the A80 there and get a better light for the WB10. Fortunately, I have specimens of everything in the WB10 also in the JBJ29 under a Radion XR30Gen3, so I can compare and if anything looks to be unhappy I can move it back under the Radion. I am certainly interested in constructive thoughts and opinions. Please let me know if you have specific questions, or suggestions for improvements.