10 Gallon Saltwater Aquarium?

[boberga]

So I have a 10 gallon aquarium that I had set up for a few monthis now to hold 4 platy fry that where born and now there's only 1 that needs to grow a tiny bit more before I transfer her over to the 20 gallon tank then I could shut down that tank, but I don't want to. So the thing I want to know is it possible to make a saltwater tank out of the 10 gallon tank and keep 2 clown fish in there, but I don't know because I have no. Experience with salt water tanks. And some people say that a pair of clownfishes would work in 10 gallons then. There's others saying it wouldn't. If it is possible to make a saltwater tank 10 gallon what would fir in it? Right now the tank has a tetra whisper 10, a aqueon quietflow 10, 50 watt heater and a 5 watt 9" clip on light. I would like to know what I would need to buy how what the minumum is thanks.

 

[gmc1]

Hi.give my 90 litre saltwater journal a read.I wouldn't put a pair of clowns in a 10 gallon.

 

[simonas]

you can and people will but having had lots of exerience with marine I wouldnt now.
 
I set up a 65 litre tank 6 years ago and within weeks bought a bigger one. If you are doing salty just get the biggest tank you can fit/afford and it makes life so much easier and  enables you to keep better stock with less fluctuations in water parameters due to the higher volume

 

[Chad]

You certainly can. However, small marine tanks are the most difficult ones to keep. Nutrient buildup, trace element maintenance, and salinity fluctuation are much harder to manage. What might be a small change in another tank takes over quickly in a nano. 
 
Also, there are few marine fish that will be healthy long term in such a small tank. All the clown species require a larger tank, most goby, all the damsels, all the anthias, all the toby, require larger tanks. You could keep it as a coral tank with a hermit or two and a shrimp and a few soft corals. 
 
If this is your first marine tank I do advise against such a small one. 30 gallons is easier, 55 is best for a beginner tank. They are much more forgiving of the difficulties inherit with marine keeping. 

 

[simonas]

You certainly can. However, small marine tanks are the most difficult ones to keep. Nutrient buildup, trace element maintenance, and salinity fluctuation are much harder to manage. What might be a small change in another tank takes over quickly in a nano. 
 
Also, there are few marine fish that will be healthy long term in such a small tank. All the clown species require a larger tank, most goby, all the damsels, all the anthias, all the toby, require larger tanks. You could keep it as a coral tank with a hermit or two and a shrimp and a few soft corals. 
 
If this is your first marine tank I do advise against such a small one. 30 gallons is easier, 55 is best for a beginner tank. They are much more forgiving of the difficulties inherit with marine keeping. 

very well said