Lifegard Crystal 24 (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 23.62×14" display area
- LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 23.62×14" display area
- LPS/mixed intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 23.62×14" display area
- SPS-capable intensity meets your LPS goal
- covers 23.62×14" 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 36g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- hangs on back — no chamber-fit constraint
- rated to 105g, covers your 36g 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 36g medium-bioload target (tank + margin)
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- rated to 66.1g, covers your 36g 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 ≈ 4.3× display turnover
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- ~119 gph at the tank ≈ 6.2× display turnover
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- DC pump — dial flow to taste
- strong: ~12.7× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
- DC pump — dial flow to taste
- strong: ~21.0× turnover — fine if controllable/throttled
- rear-chamber dims unknown for this tank
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Tank specs
| Display volume | — gal |
| Total water volume | 24 gal |
| Outer dimensions (L×W×H) | 23.62 × 15.75 × 14.96 in |
| Rear chamber (W×D×H) | unknown (community) |
| Stock return pump | — |
| Stock light | none |
There is no 22-gal Crystal AIO; the closest rear-chamber (back-filter) model is the 24 gal, the largest in the line. Volume 24 gal total; display not separately published. Footprint 23.62 x 15.75 x 14.96 from the manufacturer page. Ships WITHOUT a light. Includes a Quiet One return pump; mfr does not publish stock GPH (null). No internal chamber dims published; community reports these Crystal chambers are shallow (~2 in front-to-back, D), the constraining dim; W and H null. SKU R460005 is retailer-listed and tentative.