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RE: Nanos

plecodiscus — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:51:11 GMT

I agree with Hailey about the fish size thing. However, If you got like one court jester goby and 1 (maybe 2 if they only get only like 1" long) nano goby, that could possibly work. I think that would make like 3.5-4 inches of fish. And since they're long slender fish, that would cut down on the biomass and waste products even more, so that fish combination could be possible.

RE: Nanos

Armand — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:28:11 GMT

Agree with hailey, you should probably start bigger, and do research.

RE: Nanos

Hailey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:29:30 GMT

If you want more than one fish, you are going to need a bigger tank (at the very least a 20g, but bigger is better). A reef requires near perfect water all the time and that is very hard to maintain in a nano tank, especially for a beginner (which I'm assuming by your post you are) unfamiliar with the way things work in a marine tank. I would start out with at least a 30-40 gallon tank (a 40 breeder is a great shape for aquascaping and still small enough to easily maintain). And do your research first...this is not nearly as easy as freshwater, and mistakes are very expensive. I recommend going FOWLR first, and then adding invertebrates later on, when you have some saltwater experience.

I would start by reading everything you can here, especially about set up, maintenance, and any livestock you want to keep. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/index.htm

RE: Nanos

TurtleLover — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:17:29 GMT

Just as an FYI, smaller tanks are harder to maintain stability in. The smallest thing can make them go in to an ammonia spike or temp fluctuation. I just got a 12 gallon SW tank for V-day from my boyfriend and I planned on it being FOWLR, although I got a few unexpected hitchhikers with my last piece of live rock. I got a sponge and LPS coral as well as a bivalve and feather duster to name a few. There was a decomposing matter on the rock when I got it and put it in my tank and that resulted in several days of water changes and physical removal of the decomposing matter. It got stressful real fast and took a lot of work to get the tank back to normal parameters. If you can start bigger, I would.

Nanos

Crush — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:58:17 GMT

Ok I wanna start a salt water community im going to get a 12gallon Nano tank. And im wondering what kind of Salt,lights. all that stuff. i wanna grow coral in the tank and have like 2 clown fish. So if you could post what i need for the tank i will very tankful (hehe) for your time it