polleni-puffer Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) So i've gone abouts and have started up a reef tank .As i write this the tank will have been cycleing for 11 days and doing well. So far ive got in 10.5 pounds of live-rock and got a couple of "fun" hich-hickers...to be more specific a blue leeged heremit crab and an un-identified crab.I also got some orange-brown zoo's growing and the LR. hhmmm notmuch else to say...so ttaankkk llissttt Fish Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) Orange Striped Goby (Amblyeleotris randalli) and if you guys think its alright Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica) Inverts Pistol Shrimp(Alpheus sp) Cleaner Crew 5 Blue Legged Hemit-Crabs (Clibanarius tricolor or Calcinus elegans) 3 Bumble-Bee Snails (sp?) Coral Green Bubble Coral (Plerogyra sinuosa) Rose/Red Open Brain Coral (Trachyphyllia radiata or Trachyphyllia geoffroyi) Candy Coral (Caulastrea furcata) Metallic Green Candy Coral (Caulastrea sp?) cool pink soft coral that i saw at aquarium illusions thats pretty much all oh ya and heres a pic. (pic removed coz i have a more updated pic coming soon) Edited January 30, 2009 by polleni-puffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrandpoohbah Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 4 fish in a 10G is WAY too many. I'd seriously re-think that if I were you. Also, it looks a little light on live rock. If that piece is 10.5 lbs then you have room for another 20 lbs or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polleni-puffer Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) umm thats 3 pieces and ya ,i do think its to much fish now and i plan on adding some more live rock went i go to Big Als this week. *edited first post* Edited January 11, 2009 by polleni-puffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parachromis1 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 A 10 gallon is still too small for that IMO. I would just do inverts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Some of those fish would probably work in a 10 gallon. If you can,get a pistol shrimp to go along with one of the prawn gobies. It makes for a very interesting tank. This is a link that I used initially to help me decide what I wanted to stock my biocube. Nano Reef Fish Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firestorm Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Great link Ray I also agree 3 fish plus others are too many. I would go with 1 or 2 fish with the corals. You could get away with some of your lists if you had a nano about 2x as big. Hope to see some pics with the corals and fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rED O Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 you could copys big als 10 gallon buy the bettas. It has lots of live rock and coral with a nice fat clown fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Go for quality rather than quantity buddy. A pair of clowns or a single firefish will be plenty once you have the tank full of corals and the cleaners as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polleni-puffer Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 o.k ,well i re-did my tank plans ,and have got a nice little nano think going ,and a check list thing for stuff i got (btw tank has been cycling for a month) Ocellaris Clownfish 5 hermit crabs 1 bumble bee snail thats all and i got a peanut worm ,i hate it (thank god it only gones out at night) and after a recent visit to a fish store i have a craving for sea apples ,garden eels and hawaiian flame wrasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 You'll be getting a bigger tank soon enough, eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polleni-puffer Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 yup no kidding :smokey: but i have a theory about garden eels. Its that they dont swim they just sorta sit burried in the sand with theyre heads out ,so theroredicly a garden eel dosnt really need all that big of a tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slough Shark Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 I did a bunch of research on these guys a while back and never read anything about them ever leaving their holes. But you'd need sand more than 2 feet deep! Dare to dream big though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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