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Hello everyone. I have a 75g standard size aquarium that I've had running with fairly little issues. I thought I'd be able to jump into a 20g nano tank pretty easily but it hasn't been as easy of a transition. For reference I have have the Innovative Marine 20g Concept Panorama (pic included of tank, not my tank). My question is for those of you that have this aquarium or something similar is: What equipment do you consider a "must have" in a nano. This aquarium in particular has 2 overflows. Currently I am running 1 filter sock in 1 and in the other I have a media basket with chemipure blue. I have a heater but isn't running at the moment. The aquarium is currently 3.5 months old and I'm having issues with phosphate and nitrates (who isn't right?). Any suggestions on what equipment I can add to help with nutrient export? Is it too early for a protein skimmer? Should I add a mini reactor? HOB reactor? With limited space it's hard to pick what I should and shouldn't add in the back part of my AOI. Any suggestions/advise would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Equipment:
20g Innovative Marine Concept Panorama
AI 16HD Prime
Tunze 3155 ATO
Heater (don't remember brand)
Livestock:
1 orange storm clown
1 red fairy wrasse
Several zoa frags (about 30 polyps)
1 small acan colony
1 small bta
5 small turbo snails
4 bubble bee snails
5 nassarius snails
Parameters (average)
SG - 1.025
Ammonia - 0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Nitrate - 40 ppm
Phosphate - 0.5 ppm
Calcium - 440
Magnesium - 1250
Alk - 10 Dkh
Temp ~ 78F
Feed frozen mysis and brine shrimp 1 time per day, just enough to where there's not a lot of left over
Red Sea Reef Energy AB+ 3ml 2-3 times per week
Lights run for 12 hours per day total including ramp up and down.
Water change 3 - 4 gallons 1/week
Equipment:
20g Innovative Marine Concept Panorama
AI 16HD Prime
Tunze 3155 ATO
Heater (don't remember brand)
Livestock:
1 orange storm clown
1 red fairy wrasse
Several zoa frags (about 30 polyps)
1 small acan colony
1 small bta
5 small turbo snails
4 bubble bee snails
5 nassarius snails
Parameters (average)
SG - 1.025
Ammonia - 0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Nitrate - 40 ppm
Phosphate - 0.5 ppm
Calcium - 440
Magnesium - 1250
Alk - 10 Dkh
Temp ~ 78F
Feed frozen mysis and brine shrimp 1 time per day, just enough to where there's not a lot of left over
Red Sea Reef Energy AB+ 3ml 2-3 times per week
Lights run for 12 hours per day total including ramp up and down.
Water change 3 - 4 gallons 1/week