First Fish Tank And A Few Q's

[Desmo]

Hi all, first post here so go easy on me

We're new to keeping fish having never had anything before. Whilst looking around our LFS (Fins in a Wyevale centre) we saw some of the biOrb tanks and thought they looked nice. We then went off to my sisters and mentioned them only to find out they'd been given one by a friend but weren't using it. It's now ours

It's a 30L/8G biOrb tank. We're picking up a heater for it and converting to a marine tank. I've read about fishless cycling here so will be going down that route once we've bought some more stuff that we need. My main question is what fish are good to keep in this size tank? We've seen some clown, humbug and dancing shrimp that we like. I was thinking that as it's only a small tank, maybe 2 clown and 2 humbug would be more than enough? Or maybe 2 humbug/clown and 2 dancing shrimp? Will that combination get along fine or is it not a good mix?

I'll keep reading as much as I can to get some more knowledge before buying the fish but thought I'd get a couple of questions out of the way

Thanks all.

 

[oscars r ace]

in a tank that size id say no more than 2 clowns and a cleaner shrimp. also biorbs don't have good filtration.

 

[Desmo]

Yeah, I appreciate it might not be the best of tanks but we're only starting

Think we'll stick to just a couple of fish in there then. Who knows, maybe we'll upgrade in the future.

 

[doresy]

Not the best of tanks but as it was free then no harm done. If you try something with this and have any degree of success then you will want to upgrade (yes you will 100%) so why not go for a larger set up right off the bat?

Plenty of advice free here on possible set ups and if funds are limited then loads of people will give you great tips and hints

 

[Desmo]

I think we'll stick with what we have for the moment and see where we go from there. We don't really have the room for a bigger tank right now. Appreciate the comments so far though