We have done some alterations to the Nano tank to make everything run smoother. We added a skimmer into the back of the Nano tank. Its a TMC V2Skim 120 Nano Protein Skimmer. Its pretty neat and fits nicely into the 2nd chamber at the back of the Nano with the lid down. It has a wee collection cup which is easy to empty. It produced a soda stream effect for the first 24 or so hours but is working nicely now.
Before we added the Clownfish we added a small wall between the main tank at the front and the back sections. I've read on the forums that its not uncommon for fish to jump into the back section and get hurt or killed. We've not taken any chances and I got some 1mm plastic at work and we've superglued in a partition wall to prevent any accidents - better safe than sorry.
We've removed all the bioballs, carbon and ceramic rings and have used a small piece of the black sponge over the inlet to the 3rd chamber to kill the micro bubbles from the skimmer. I would have loved to move the heater to the back too but I've read about them shattering due to the variable water levels. We've not removed the sponge from chamber 1 as it does a nice job of filtering off the bigger floaters. I expect that's the best place to put the heater to prevent any likelihood of it shattering. At the moment we have a small sock of Rowaphos in the 2nd chamber but hope to remove that soon.
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