I have an 80 rimless that’s been up and running for about 8 months. So far I’ve been hating it. It’s my first bare bottom and I’ve been struggling to keep consistent nutrient levels (which I know is how it’s goes for the first year or so BB). Anyway I am going to set up a small 5 gallon nano and I have some live rock in my sump that’s been curing for a few months that I want to use in my nano but given my poor water quality in my tank at the moment should I even use it or does it matter? I’m planning on using fresh mixed salt water and not taking any out of my tank. I want the nano to be completely separate from my 80 as I am trying a different salt.
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that part isn't the risk, its the planning and action you have able in a tank that small when they do show up. all you have to do is alter the technique, any substrate will work in a nano because they're fully accessible. A 100% water change solves just about anything in a nano, and being accessible means you can use any salt mix, have any balance of N and P, and still be invader free and full of corals much easier than large tanks.
plus, in a nano, you can do all that only owning test kits for salinity and temp. the whole reef drawer is two testers and a siphon hose. the main technique to alter differently between a nano and a large tank is when an invader shows up, you kill/remove it instantly vs the wait associated with large tanks. easy to never have troubles ever again.
those with nano algae growths want it that way, they want the algae inside and they made it that way by growing it and farming it vs kill/remove. its just as simple to make any nano free of algae or cyano or dinos....you just clean it out and its free.
plus, in a nano, you can do all that only owning test kits for salinity and temp. the whole reef drawer is two testers and a siphon hose. the main technique to alter differently between a nano and a large tank is when an invader shows up, you kill/remove it instantly vs the wait associated with large tanks. easy to never have troubles ever again.
those with nano algae growths want it that way, they want the algae inside and they made it that way by growing it and farming it vs kill/remove. its just as simple to make any nano free of algae or cyano or dinos....you just clean it out and its free.
any tank that can drain its water table into a brute really easily doesn't have to entertain a single guest without permission
cyano
dinos
algae of any kind
non algae invaders
cloudy bac blooms
invasive macros or aiptasia or mushrooms
all fixed the same way. either by water change or manual surgery outside tank, independent of water params or measure.
if you don't think its crazy, let me post me taking my own medicine.
13 yr nano I purposefully self invade with cyano to show how to uninvade
I quit doing maintenance for two mos, crudded it up.
then I drain the whole tank with corals for 33 mins working on it, for flair of course, lol you could be misting yours and working much quicker ha
but this is how tough all nanos are, from the start. I'm just willing to risk my decade of work to show it.
This was time #256 approx. its always been handled this rough. I learned about ability to tolerate air when I got a phone call in 2009 during a drain and got to arguing, and forgot to refill lol.
next morning
for someone to purposefully invade then uninvaded a large tank, via the water and params, well that's a 5 month to infinity timeline for results.
cyano
dinos
algae of any kind
non algae invaders
cloudy bac blooms
invasive macros or aiptasia or mushrooms
all fixed the same way. either by water change or manual surgery outside tank, independent of water params or measure.
if you don't think its crazy, let me post me taking my own medicine.
13 yr nano I purposefully self invade with cyano to show how to uninvade
I quit doing maintenance for two mos, crudded it up.
then I drain the whole tank with corals for 33 mins working on it, for flair of course, lol you could be misting yours and working much quicker ha
but this is how tough all nanos are, from the start. I'm just willing to risk my decade of work to show it.
This was time #256 approx. its always been handled this rough. I learned about ability to tolerate air when I got a phone call in 2009 during a drain and got to arguing, and forgot to refill lol.
next morning
for someone to purposefully invade then uninvaded a large tank, via the water and params, well that's a 5 month to infinity timeline for results.
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That all depends on what the issues are. Did you start with established/wild rock? Or dry rock? And with the nano what else did you intend to use?
It seems to me that if you didn't use the rock out of the sump you would be going back to square one with the nano. New rock, new tank, same instability issues only intensified because the tank is 16 times smaller.
