7 Liter refuge tank

[bob`_your_dog]

Okay this seems like a huge mission, one which i'm not sure i'm ready to get into yet. But i would like to know if it would be possible to use a tank this size, It's my old saimise fighter tank. 20cmx20cmx20cm. I was thinking that i could set it up to run of my 4 foot tank, make a small overflow and pump water dierctly from my main tanks sump, in order to keep it stable, cause i'm not sure i could manage a nano of this size. But the question is, what will really fit in this tank?

 

[fraservet]

absolutely nothing

 

[bob`_your_dog]

Is that a now way in hell sorta thing? Cause my siamese lived in there quite happily. Surely i could house a few small inverts, or even a coralor 2?

 

[Navarre]

If its connected to the maintank then it can use teh water volume of that tank so filtration should not be an issue. However, its simply far too small for any sort of fish. You could put corals in there such as zooanthids or starpolyps i guess but its going to need its own lighting for them to survive.
If you want a bit of moevement then perhaps a couple of sexy shrimps would be ok in a tank this size. Im afraid thats about the limit )

 

[bob`_your_dog]

yeah thats what i thought, i dont really want any fish in there anyway, they can stay in the main tank. But what i dont know is what will be sexy enough for me to go through all this effort.

 

[Navarre]

i would consider it for a small crustecean that might not survive well in the main tank,.. For example, the sexy shrimp i mentioned is a personal favorite of mine and are great characters but i feel they would get ripped up with my wrasses. The larger shrimps are ignored but a tiny sexy shrimp would be a tasty mouthful. I would consider this type of tank for something like this but to be honest i probably would find its not worth the effort.

 

[pleder]

Your topic refers to seahorses in a 7l? This is quite impossible. You may be able to keep dwarfs in a small tank, but not that small. Also a dwarf tank would not be able to be connected to a larger system because of hydroids, which are deadly to dwarfs.

A 20g tall is the smallest for a full grown adult seahorse and that will vary based on the spieces.

For more info on seahorses you could try seahorse.org.

Hope I helped.