Nano Tank....

[xrenegadex]

Going to put u a 10 gallon nano tank....i was told that i need a minimum of 10 gallons if i want fish....

I want 3 things in the tank.... 1 clown fish (like Nemo), one starfish (any ideas on what species?), and one of these things...don't know the name of it...

http/community.webshots.com/photo/337167...71671MiUBhCmiMX

not the blue fish, the thing hiding under the rock...


will this work?? I'll have 10-15 lb. of live rock. I would like other things in...like the anemone like thing in the photo....can i do this with a 10 gallon nano tank?

 

[Mr Miagi]

its called a shrimp.......

 

[pleder]

A skunk cleaner or cleaner shrimp to be more accurate.

I think you could get away with micro stars but the larger species are going to be hard to cae for in a smaller system, unless you are going to grow them food and feed it to them, but that is out of the range of your average hobbyist.

I would stay away from anenomes. There are other corals that are gorgeous that could work, and would thrive.

 

[steelhealr]

XRX....I am setting up my nano too. Have you checked out nano-reef.com...very helpful forum like here. SH

 

[traceymcgregor]

hi,

i started a 12g nano 2 months ago. i love it. i've ran into alot of
problems so far, but right now its beautiful. lost a few fish, lost an
anemone (in 3 weeks), it's all worth it. if i had the money though i
would of gone with a 29gal since there are so many limits to what
you can put in a nano. good luck!

 

[xrenegadex]

would the 3 fish i listed above be suitable for a 10g nano?

 

[hyrookin]

I don't think you'll have any trouble with the clown and cleaner,
but a starfish in a tank that small will cause problems.

 

[Ed4567]

starfish and shrimp arn't fish - they are invertebrates

From what I've read the starfish is probably not best suited- they tend to be very sensitive to salinity changes, although the clown and the shrimp are suitable.

The anenome is not suitable:
http/www.reefs.org/library/article/r_toonen8.html

 

[steelhealr]

HI..emerald crabs are good in the 'cleanup crew'. Anemones are a NOT a good thing. They are extremely sensitive to water conditions and almost ALLnano reefers will tell you NOT to put them in a nano reef. When they die, they can kill the entire tank. SH

 

[xrenegadex]

ok.....starfish, not a great idea........anemone....bad idea...

are there any fish (i like the small colorful type) aside from the clown, that can go into a 10g?

keep in mind that this isn't even set up yet......i'm still planning it out

is there anything other than coral and anemone's that i can get in the tank?

 

[Navarre]

try a catalina goby. Very colourful and peaceful. Though they are more comfortable in slightly lower temperatures

 

[xrenegadex]

are they exspensive?

 

[Navarre]

no more than clown gobies or neon gobies. Priceys vary fromlocation to location though so shop around

 

[parker313]

With a clownfish, you could add any of the smaller gobies - Rainford/court jester goby, neon goby, any of the clown gobies or a red or purple firefish to name a few. Pretty much, as long as it's 4" or shorter, a goby of that size will be just fine with a clown. For the clown, I would stick with a percula or ocellaris clown b/c they stay smaller than the others like the tomato, saddleback or maroon clown.

Nemo was closest to an ocellaris, for what that's worth. I was going to get an ocellaris, but at my lfs they said their stock of perculas seemed to be hardier, so I went with a perc.

 

[xrenegadex]

well....for me to be permitted to get the tank in the first place, the misses says that I MUST have a Nemo fish or i ain't getting it.... i said ok

would a incadescent (sp) light be ok on a Nano Tank with coral? at least temporarily, till i get more money to buy something else? (say a few weeks)