The 10 gal Nano... Planning.

[lorenz0]

buy a skimmer. after 2 nano's i finally added a rio nano skimmer and it was worth the money. tough to dial in but is slowly cleaning my 10 gal nano up

[bignose]

I added a rio nano skimmer about 2 mons ago. I should have done it from the begginnig. They are cheap too I only paid $30-40 for mine new.

[ElGuappo]

I am not a fan of the rio nano skimmer. takes way to long to zero in and then with evap it has to be tuned too often. also after a while the impeller sticks and needs to started by hand. i have gone back to the bubble stone type and think for tanks this size its the way to go.

[nanodiva]

yea i'm joined on nano-reef.com, and have read that thouroughly up and down about a million times lol.

other then that the skimmer is still up in the air. these are mixed reviews i have heard off the web and on the web (and now in my own thread lol) but i'm not sure.

the tank set up day is set for march sometime if i am lucky it will either be moved forward or pushed back depending on what happens in life. as with almost every event dates may be changed due to unforseen circumstances.

[bignose]

I will agree the reviews on the rio skimmer aren't the best. I haven't had too many problems with mine. I'm just saying it's good to have a skimmer.

[nanodiva]

yea thats why i was thinkign of runnign one but i have heard mixed reviews about them - depending on what you have in your nano there is no point in one.. that you should run one no mattter what. alot of people have had issues with nano skimmer not functioning the best, while others find they work great. so its still "on the drawing board" right now lol

[Boomboy]

dont waste your money on the skimmer a 10G is not very big, you plan on keep zoas, just do a 2G water change a week, that is plenty, you wont be able to keep more than 1 to 2 fish if they are small in the tank. i would say spend the money on better salt than a skimmer, just set up a good water changing system, so that its not a chore.