Nano Cubes?

[Fish_are_fishfood]

I am looking to buy a 12 gallon nano cube and set it up somewhere other than my room to show of my fish keeping skills. I am looking to make it in a saltwater coral tank and put in a few small fish.

My question is, should I buy the nano cube? I was looking to buy it from amazon, but reading the comments, they go from full out loving it, to full out hating it. Does anyone hear have any experience with them? How would you rate them?

 

[ewurm]

Every Nanocube setup I have seen looks outstanding, and they have everything you need already.

 

[cichlaguapote]

I agree everyone I see looks superb. In theory it will be a harder tank to keep because of it's small volume of water to keep everything where it needs to be. But they all look nice when I see them.

 

[walls]

Most of the "properly" set up reef NANO CUBES have done the expensive "mods". I dont think I have ever seen one that looks truly stunning with the "out of the box" equipment.

You will need to do the light mod and add the chiller. These seem to be the most important upgrades. But a dosing unit is also advised.

I know that more is better when it comes to fishkeeping but I like the Nano Cube idea. Hell you can buy already prepared salt water and do a water change in about 5 minutes.

 

[guppy]

I am going to move this to the salt section as you might get more responses there.

 

[Don4921]

i have a couple of nano's if you are looking to buy one pm me if interested
also nano tank are realy amazing systems they are easily maintained too jus depends on wat size fish your are into

 

[Fish_are_fishfood]

I was looking to put in

Fish
2- Mandarin Blennies
1- False Percula
1- Cardinal Fish

Inverts
Pinik-Tipped Anemone
Tube worms
Scarlet cleaner shrimps

Do you think that would be a good combo for the 12 gal nano?

 

[walls]

I think your fish load is a tad high. If you must have fish I would stay with one Percula or a couple small blennies. You dont want phospphors (sp) and nitrate to get out of control too quickly.

I would do a little more homework on your inverts as well. If you load the tank with live rock you should be able to support some nice small corals and a small anemone.
Tubeworms tend to be less tolerant of water quality than even some of the moderately difficult corals, Also they can be a pain to properly feed. But if you have the patience and time they can be quite stunning.

Check out this site......... http://www.nano-reef.com/ Best of its kind IMO. Good luck!!

 

[Nic]

different mushroom (ricordias) would be good cause of the lighting small shrimps and crabs 1 fish would be ideal mabe 2 you dont want a large bio load in a small set up other coral options would be zoos and mabe a plate coral

 

[walls]

One other thought, make sure you dont get any corals that send out "sweeping" tentacles. They would wipe out a small tank in no time.