10 gallon fowlr

[hollywooddiver]

What do you guys recommend for a 10 gallon with 5 snails, 6 blue leg hermits and one clown citron goby? i would like something more but have no idea what would work. have come to not so much trust the advice of the local shop.

 

[patrick8929]

pics? always good!! i have a 10 gallon that is going to be a reef. but you would need lighting for that.

 

[patrick8929]

yo could do an invert only like some sexy shrimp and a cleaner shrimp. pom pom crab?

 

[hollywooddiver]

yeah i would love to make it into a reef tank but money is tight at the moment. i am gonna post pictures as soon as i take them.

 

[patrick8929]

you dont need to nice of a light for that small of a tank. like 50-60 watts of T5 would do you just fine. you could keep any kind of softies and some frogspawn as well.

 

[hollywooddiver]

i could keep a frogspawn or softy without getting new lighting or i would have to get the lighting for those?

 

[subielover]

Well it depends on what lighting you currently have.

 

[hollywooddiver]

i have a 20" aquarium fluorescent reflector 19 watt ( its the stock lighting that came with the tank)

 

[patrick8929]

Originally Posted by HollywoodDiver
http:///forum/post/2859767
i could keep a frogspawn or softy without getting new lighting or i would have to get the lighting for those?
i dont know what you currently have i was saying you can get a T5 with about 50-60 watts for cheap used or not to bad new and that will allow you to keep softies and frogspawn

 

[patrick8929]

Originally Posted by HollywoodDiver
http:///forum/post/2859777
i have a 20" aquarium fluorescent reflector 19 watt ( its the stock lighting that came with the tank)
that will not let you have any type of corals. but i dont think a used t5 or even new will be to much money. if thats the way you want to go....?

 

[subielover]

+1 I don't think you could keep anything with that light. Maybe mushrooms but not even sure about that. Like patrick said, search around and you will find a cheap light that will work for you. Aim for 40 watts or more, that would be fine for a frogspawn and some softies.

 

[hollywooddiver]

yeah that what i thought you meant. i was just making sure. i think i might get a cleaner shrimp when i return my starfish today. so that should add something more to the tank.

 

[subielover]

Get a sexy shrimp, cleaners get pretty big for a 10 gallon. Cleaner shrimp have whiskers that can get long enough to touch both sides of a 10 gallon. But sexy shrimp are better looking and stay small.

 

[patrick8929]

+1 on the cleaner shrimps getting big.... but personally i think im gunna add a small one to my tank. i will tank him out if he starts to take over but get like 2-3 sexy shrimp!

 

[hollywooddiver]

ok cool. i will keep an eye out for the sexy shrimp. so next question. how often should i feed the tank ( 1 3/4" citron goby, 6 blue leg hermits)

 

[freeborder_01]

every 2 days is usually pretty good. Thats what i feed

 

[hollywooddiver]

Ok, so i am feeding every 2 days. My hermits go nuts doing stunt moves when I dump the food in. My goby on the other hand, just stays in his cave. He was out last night when I came home but when he saw me went back into his cave. He doesnt eat when I dump the food in. Is this a concern or should I just keep feeding and hope he is just eating when I am not around?

 

[subielover]

What are you feeding? How long have you had the goby? Have you ever seen him eat?

 

[hollywooddiver]

i have a copepod population is the tank (i think they came on the rock or live sand. and i dunno if he would eat those). i feed krill and mysis shrimp. i have not seen him eat. i think i have had him like 5 days.

 

[subielover]

Have you tried squirting some mysis into the cave that he is in? Call the lfs that you got him from and find out what they were feeding him.