Should I buy an aquapod or a nano cube aquarium?
May 7th 2008adminNano Cube Aquariums
Tuck asked:
Nano cubes are more expensive but I don’t know if they are better. Any advice? I am considering both 12g and 24g sizes for a reef environment.
Nano Reef Tanks
Nano cubes are more expensive but I don’t know if they are better. Any advice? I am considering both 12g and 24g sizes for a reef environment.
Nano Reef Tanks
copperhead on 07 May 2008 at 3:48 pm #
This depends a lot on what you’re intending to keep. If you want a reef setup with lots of inverts, either would be okay, but if you’re considering keeping fish, you’ll be very limited by the size of the tanks. Not many fish will trhive is the size of 12 gallon - maybe one firefish or a clown goby or shrimp goby. The 24 is a little better and in this size you could keep a pair of ocellaris clownfish, or two other small peaceful species.
For the price of these “prebuilt” tanks, you could probably build your own with a 29 or 30 gallon which would give you more room and flexibility in the set-up, not to mention the size or number of fish that could be kept. The added volume gives you more stability in the water temperature and water chemistry, which is something saltwater fish need, and gives more horizontal tank area for fish to establish their territories.
Between the two listed, the main thing to look for is lighting if you want a full reef with corals or anemones. There’s some flexibility in both (various options that are available) but I believe the Aquapod will give more output (wattage) for the same sized tanks, and if I remember correctly, it also has the higher gallons per hour for filtration as well.
Note: I found these links for comparison of features, but it only shows the nanocube in the 12 and 6 gallon models:
This link has the 24 gallon nanocube: