Lifegard Crystal 10 (Back Filter)
Gear matched to this tank: lights by coral goal, skimmers and pumps checked against its rear chamber.
Best lights (by coral goal)
- covers 17.72×10" display area
- LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 17.72×10" display area
- LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 17.72×10" display area
- LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 17.72×10" display area
- SPS-capable intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 17.72×10" display area
- SPS-capable intensity meets your LPS goal
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Best protein skimmers (sized for medium bioload)
- rated to 25g, covers your 15g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- hangs on back — no chamber-fit constraint
- rated to 75g, covers your 15g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- hangs on back — no chamber-fit constraint
- built for much larger systems (75g) — likely oversized for a nano
- rated to 105g, covers your 15g 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 20g, covers your 15g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
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Best return pumps (for ~5× display turnover)
- DC pump — dial flow to taste
- strong: ~30.6× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- DC pump — dial flow to taste
- strong: ~50.4× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- DC pump — dial flow to taste
- strong: ~74.3× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
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Tank specs
| Display volume | — gal |
| Total water volume | 10 gal |
| Outer dimensions (L×W×H) | 17.72 × 11.81 × 11.02 in |
| Rear chamber (W×D×H) | unknown (community) |
| Stock return pump | — |
| Stock light | none |
There is no 12-gal Crystal AIO; the closest rear-chamber (back-filter) model is the 10 gal. Volume 10 gal total; display not separately published. Footprint 17.72 x 11.81 x 11.02 from the manufacturer page. Ships WITHOUT a light. Includes a Quiet One return pump; mfr does not publish stock GPH (an optional 185 GPH DC upgrade is offered), so stockReturnGph null. Community builds report ~2 in usable front-to-back depth (D) as the constraining dim; internal W and H not published (null).