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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)

Medium
$259.00
  • covers 17.7×18" display area
  • LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
Medium
  • covers 17.7×18" display area
  • LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
Aqua Illumination AI Prime 16HD Reef
High
$264.99
  • covers 17.7×18" display area
  • SPS-capable intensity meets your LPS goal
High
$169.99
  • covers 17.7×18" display area
  • SPS-capable intensity meets your LPS goal

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Best protein skimmers (sized for medium bioload)

AquaMaxx AquaMaxx HOB-1 · fits
HOB
$189.99
  • rated to 75g, covers your 30g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
  • hangs on back — no chamber-fit constraint
Reef Octopus Classic 100-HOB Skimmer · fits
HOB
$334.94
  • 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
Tunze Comline DOC Skimmer 9001 · fit unknown
in-chamber
$149.99
  • rated to 37g, covers your 30g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
  • rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
Tunze Comline DOC Skimmer 9004 · fit unknown
in-chamber
$199.99
  • 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)

Sicce Sicce Syncra Nano · fit unknown
AC
$34.99
  • ~83 gph at the tank ≈ 5.2× display turnover
  • rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
EHEIM EHEIM compactON 600 · fit unknown
AC
  • ~119 gph at the tank ≈ 7.5× display turnover
  • rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
Innovative Marine MightyJet Desktop DC (326 GPH) · fit unknown
DC
$146.00
  • DC pump — dial flow to taste
  • strong: ~15.3× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
  • rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
Innovative Marine MightyJet Midsize DC (538 GPH) · fit unknown
DC
$159.00
  • 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 volume16 gal
Total water volume20.3 gal
Outer dimensions (L×W×H)17.7 × 17.7 × 15.2 in
Rear chamber (W×D×H)unknown
Stock return pump264 gph
Stock lightnone

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.

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