Koralia pump size question...and skimmer question

[goosey]

Hi all. I have a 15 gallon high nano reef, w some zoo's and mushrooms (for now), and the fish are a common clown and a goby (I may add 1 more small fish at some point but that's probably it).

Looking at upgrading my pump to the Koralia, but which size? At the LFS some say the nano, others say a Koralia 1. I don't want to recreate a tropical storm with the 1, but I'm reading in some posts that the nano is good only up to 12 gallons and since mine is a high tank, I'm leaning to the 1. Any thoughts?

Second, I am doing 1.5 gallon/wk water changes and all is well so far, but I am thinking of getting a hob skimmer and have been looking at the Octopus HB100F, as I can get my heater and some carbon in it. Will this be overkill? I guess the question is, can I overskim?

Originally I was going to get the Tunze 9002 nano but water changes seem to be doing OK and maybe I don't even need the skimmer, but the idea of getting things like the heater out of the tank, and losing my old HOB filter which is just a holding box for the carbon and some floss right now is appealing. Unfortunately, I don't have the option of a sump with this tank as its in my 5 yr old son's bedroom.

I'd be grateful for any suggestions.

 

[mnat]

If you are going to just keep zoos and mushrooms you probably don't need anything more than a nano powerhead.

 

[goosey]

Mnat, so the nano is good enough for softies, but if I ever tried to add LPS/SPS I would need a 1?

 

[mnat]

Most LPS ususlly like a lower flow, if you are going to do SPS then you want to go higher. We have a nano in our 20g just to provide some flow in the tank. We only have zoos and mushrooms in there and they are all doing just fine. However, in our 30 g we have 2 Korlia 2s because we have SPS in that tank. So it really comes down to what you want to stock in your tank.

 

[goosey]

Thanks. OK the nano it is...I don't think I'm heading down the SPS path...yet.