1. Can I just buy a regular hood and put a 50/50 light in it?
2. What kind of filter?
3. Do I really need a skimmer in a 12 gal. tank?
2. What kind of filter?
3. Do I really need a skimmer in a 12 gal. tank?
A few more mini reef questions...
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1. To support what? If this is a FOWLR, then yes, that's fine. For photosynthetic animals, it likely won't be sufficient to support them. Do the math--you want to aim for at least 4 watts per gallon for the lower light animals.
2. Lots of live rock--lower maintenance than a power filter of any kind.
3. Need? Nope. Benefit from? Probably. A lot will depend on the bio-load and the water change schedule you're planning on keeping. I don't run a skimmer on my 10, but I do weekly water changes, have only a few snails, some cup corals, a tiny hitch hiker clam, a large hitch hiker bi-valve, a couple of micro stars, some polyps, and one small fish.
2. Lots of live rock--lower maintenance than a power filter of any kind.
3. Need? Nope. Benefit from? Probably. A lot will depend on the bio-load and the water change schedule you're planning on keeping. I don't run a skimmer on my 10, but I do weekly water changes, have only a few snails, some cup corals, a tiny hitch hiker clam, a large hitch hiker bi-valve, a couple of micro stars, some polyps, and one small fish.
It will be a mini reef. Lots of live rock, I would like to have a pulse coral, mushrooms, an anemone, a starfish, and a small reef safe fish.
I plan on doing 10 percent changes weekly.
I plan on doing 10 percent changes weekly.
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An anemone in a nano is probably not a good idea.IME the need good stable water quality.kinda hard to do in a nano.