C :: Two Int Arrays - Remove Duplicates From Second

Code: /*
generals is the first array. Max 10 elements.
numGenerals is the element count of generals.

genBuff is the second array; it is to be checked/pruned.
genCount is the element count of genBuff.
genBuff will be a max of 171, but be pruned to no more than 10, and no more than the complement of the element count of generals.
*/

[Code] ....

(I do have comments in the actual source, different from above).

I have two int arrays. They hold values from 0 to 170. The first one will never be more than 10. The second will be at most 171, but will be whittled down to at most 10, usually less. 171 is worst case, most users of this particular program will probably be reasonable and not try to add all 171 (max is 10 anyway). The first array is the original array. The second array is a temporary array. Any value in the second array that is also found in the first array, is removed from the second array, since all values in the first one must be unique. After this pruning process, both arrays will collectively contain no more than 10 unique elements; the elements from the second will be added to the first.

So right now I have three nested loops. I figured with the miniscule array sizes it wouldn't be a big deal. I can think of a way to remove one or two of them, but I want to be sure that I'm still writing clean, legible, good-practice code. The first loop walks through the first array. For each element in the first array, there is a second loop to walk through the second array to check for duplicates. If a duplicate is found, the third loop walks through the second array to overwrite the duplicate while preserving the second loop's position (j).

Is this dumb? I know that the big O gets worse and worse the deeper you go with nested loops. Even though the arrays are really tiny, is this still a thing to avoid?