Just starting a salt water tank and i have questions!!!

[Courtney_Marie820]

Do you have any pictures yet? Are you planning on running any other type of filtration?

Well I am going to get a airhead, and I have a aquaclear filter at the moment. I will take pictures soon

 

[Courtney_Marie820]

The Tailspot Blenny is a cool fish! I have one in my 29G nano with a pair of clowns and a purple firefish!

Yes I want Blennys!!

 

[oceanparadise1]

No need for air head get your self a nice hydor k1 and a skimmer! You should do a pair of onyx clowns and a purple fire fish! Also the blood shrimp or cleaner shrimps are sweet


By the way welcome to reef 2 reef! Best reef site around! Every one here is great! My names Phil! Any question feel free to ask!

 

[Courtney_Marie820]

No need for air head get your self a nice hydor k1 and a skimmer! You should do a pair of onyx clowns and a purple fire fish! Also the blood shrimp or cleaner shrimps are sweet


By the way welcome to reef 2 reef! Best reef site around! Every one here is great! My names Phil! Any question feel free to ask!

Alright!! I will do that. I love Firefish and clowns so I will. Thank you SOO much.

 

[Breakin Newz]

I would highly recommend a clownfish and a tailspot blenny as the other poster's suggest, I've had both and they are really great fish especially the tail-spot!

Do you have picture's of your setup so we can get an idea of what we are working with?! ( =

What equipment do you have? heater? Circulation pumps? Lights?

What temp do you keep your tank at? Salinity? When/how many water changes will you be doing? etc etc!

 

[Courtney_Marie820]

I would highly recommend a clownfish and a tailspot blenny as the other poster's suggest, I've had both and they are really great fish especially the tail-spot!

Do you have picture's of your setup so we can get an idea of what we are working with?! ( =

What equipment do you have? heater? Circulation pumps? Lights?

What temp do you keep your tank at? Salinity? When/how many water changes will you be doing? etc etc!

Okay, well lets see. I will take pictures tomorrow whenever I go get my camra from my moms.

I have a heater, its a Visi-Therm Stealth. My filter is a AquaClear. I just have a normal light right now.

My temp right now is 82. I can't remember off the top of my head what my salinity is, but I will let you know. My water changes, I'm not sure about those yet, I don't know too much about the water changes yet.

 

[andywe]

20g..3 small fish MAX.

What kind of filtration are you going to be using? That will be a large part of how much bioload your tank will support.

 

[Courtney_Marie820]

20g..3 small fish MAX.

What kind of filtration are you going to be using? That will be a large part of how much bioload your tank will support.

Just the same as I said up there, with what i have now.

 

[ahayes13]

as far as water changes there are different theories. but i would say with a small tank w/o a skimmer i would prob. do weekly water changes.

 

[Courtney_Marie820]

as far as water changes there are different theories. but i would say with a small tank w/o a skimmer i would prob. do weekly water changes.

Awesome, See I hadn't found out anything about that yet, but i know now. Thank you. Oh and if i get a skimmer whats the best?

 

[andywe]

Just the same as I said up there, with what i have now.

2 small fish then, and has been stated weekly water changes is the reccomendation.

 

[starfish]

Some other good choices besides the above mentioned(small tank,small fish)royal gramma,yellow watchman goby,token clown fish of,course,pepperment shrimp, cleaner shrimp,fire shrimp, Atlantic pygmy angel,kupang damsel otherwise stay away from damsels.Stay away from pseudochromis or basslets tank too small they are very aggressive in small confinement.Mandarins will only eat live food as a rule along with most scooter blenny's. Do not overload your nano with too many fish unless this will be a fish only tank. What kind of light will you be putting on this tank that will determine what you can put in it. What about filtration?

 

[Courtney_Marie820]

Right now I don't have an amazing light I just have a normal one, and it's just going to be a fish tank. I have a aquaclear 30 for my filteration.

 

[ahayes13]

hey ... hows everything coming along??

 

[Phatboy]

You guys sold me on the pygmy angel..I want one..pretty fish.

 

[helfrichgolby]

I have a 30g. I run no skimmer just filtration. Have watchman golby, helfrich, mystery wrasse (my favorite), clown, tiger shrimp. Rest is corals. My understanding is an inch is 5 gallons.