CADE Reef S2/M Mini
Gear matched to this tank: lights by coral goal, skimmers and pumps checked against its rear chamber.
Best lights (by coral goal)
- covers 17.7×18" display area
- LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 17.7×18" display area
- LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 17.7×18" display area
- SPS-capable intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 17.7×18" display area
- SPS-capable intensity meets your LPS goal
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Best protein skimmers (sized for medium bioload)
- rated to 75g, covers your 30g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- hangs on back — no chamber-fit constraint
- rated to 105g, covers your 30g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- hangs on back — no chamber-fit constraint
- built for much larger systems (105g) — likely oversized for a nano
- rated to 37g, covers your 30g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- rated to 66.1g, covers your 30g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
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Best return pumps (for ~5× display turnover)
- ~83 gph at the tank ≈ 5.2× display turnover
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- ~119 gph at the tank ≈ 7.5× display turnover
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- DC pump — dial flow to taste
- strong: ~15.3× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- DC pump — dial flow to taste
- strong: ~25.2× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
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Tank specs
| Display volume | 16 gal |
| Total water volume | 20.3 gal |
| Outer dimensions (L×W×H) | 17.7 × 17.7 × 15.2 in |
| Rear chamber (W×D×H) | unknown |
| Stock return pump | 264 gph |
| Stock light | none |
CADE's compact desktop nano AIO (the 'Mini' / 450), smaller than the 600. Display glass 450 x 450 x 385mm = 17.72 x 17.72 x 15.16 in (the framed overall footprint incl. aluminum base is larger, ~472 x 472 x 600mm). Display 60L = 16 gal; total 77L = 20.3 gal. 5mm Opti-Clear glass. Unlike the larger CADE tanks it SHIPS WITH equipment: a 1000 L/h (~264 gph) speed-controllable DC return pump and a DC protein skimmer, plus a built-in 20L under-base ATO reservoir. No light included. Rear chamber internal dims not published, so chamber omitted.