30 Litre Tank - Stocking Ideas Plz

[adamgreen240]

hi - ive just got a 30 ltr tank and i want your views of what i can stock it with.

Thanks

adam

 

[Miss Wiggle]

that's pretty small, around 8 us gallons.

aim for around 8" of fish... no one fish should be bigger than 3"

other than that it really depends what your after. you could do a community of v small fish, or have a single specimin or pair of fish, there's even some teeny tiny oddballs you could have

 

[adamgreen240]

that's pretty small, around 8 us gallons.

aim for around 8" of fish... no one fish should be bigger than 3"

other than that it really depends what your after. you could do a community of v small fish, or have a single specimin or pair of fish, there's even some teeny tiny oddballs you could have

what small fish do you recomend?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

microrasboras, endlers, pygmy cories are the three that spring to mind immediately.

there are others but the problem is a lot of small species like tetra's are really active so need more swimming room than your tank can give them.

 

[adamgreen240]

microrasboras, endlers, pygmy cories are the three that spring to mind immediately.

there are others but the problem is a lot of small species like tetra's are really active so need more swimming room than your tank can give them.

do you think i caould make it into a marine tank if i just put coral in it? --no fish--

what extra will i need 2 buy?

 

[DiscusAngel]

i would make it a puffer tank. two pygmy puffers in there with plants?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

microrasboras, endlers, pygmy cories are the three that spring to mind immediately.

there are others but the problem is a lot of small species like tetra's are really active so need more swimming room than your tank can give them.

do you think i caould make it into a marine tank if i just put coral in it? --no fish--

what extra will i need 2 buy?

not to be short with you but not really.

with marine tanks bigger is really better, they are very delicate systems and the balance has to be just right, the smaller the tank the less forgiving it is of mistakes. It would take a very experienced reef keeper to make an 8G marine tank work well. Sorry but marine nano tanks are not for beginners at all.

If your interested in marines though there's a lot of really good pinned topics in the saltwater forum so go down there and have a read through. Then I'd recommend looking at at least a 40g tank to start with, budget's gonna need to be at least £6/700 to do it properly.

 

[fishboy619]

a betta and a few pygmy cories would live in there.heres a list of small fish: http/www.franksaquarium.com/nanofish.htm
or a shrimp tank would look good.
it depends on what your after

 

[richchappy]

Betta and lil corys
Dwarf puffer tank
or a planted with a shoal of galaxy rasbora

 

[@ombomb]

do you think i caould make it into a marine tank if i just put coral in it? --no fish--

what extra will i need 2 buy?

Just what I was going to suggest!

Have a read through the pinned topics in the nano section.

You'll need a power head, heater, refractometer, lighting, liverock and ideally a HOB / external canister filter.

Would look great as an invert only tank.