10 gallon nano Nemo style!

ocyoo

ocyoo

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I watched the movie finding Nemo the other day lol. It was a source of inspiration for this new tank I am setting up. I want to have 2 ocellaris, 1 royal gramma, 1 cleaner shrimp and few hermit crabs. Oh yes and maybe a LTA or a BTA I already have.
For now I got a aquaclear 20 filter with polishing pads and carbon with 5lbs of live rock and approx. 10lbs of live sand. 1 mushroom, few zoanthids, hermit crabs.
As soon as it cycles completely, I will add the 2 ocellaris with the BTA, then the royal gramma with the cleaner shrimp. I also want T5HO and 5-10lbs more of live rocks and corals!
Please tell me what you think and feel free to guide me!
 
mr.clownfish

mr.clownfish

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everything sounds good to me but the only thing i dont approve of is adding the anemone so early anemones like water at a minimum of 6 months old. i have metal halide lighting and perfect water condition, my water is about a year old and i still cant keep an anemone alive for more than a week. i cant find the problem

maybe a nice coral that looks like an anemone. like frogspawn
 
ocyoo

ocyoo

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I have some experience with anemones, I keep 2 in a 40 gallon with MH. I will try to bust the myth about anemones needing large tanks with MH. But yes it's true that they need a good water parameter like almost all the animals we keep. Thanks!
Maybe I can help you with the problematic anemones you have if you brief the situation.
 
freeborder_01

freeborder_01

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3 fish + an anemone sounds like trouble in a 10 gallon. Id love to be proven wrong but my gut is telling me thats not a good idea.
 
ocyoo

ocyoo

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Me, honestly, I don't know what's gonna happen. I've never seen an anemone going to sting every coral nor fishes suffocating because there is not enough space. I've heard about these though. So I will test it! By the way, how long does the water stay murky, like cloudy white.
 
jackri

jackri

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The 3 fish sound small enough to really not take up much of a bio load. That small of a tank scares me regardless though... everything swings to fast for my liking :)
 
gmann1139

gmann1139

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Originally Posted by ocyoo
http:///forum/post/2907153
My water is still cloudy, it has been 2 days since I setup the tank, why?
How fine is that substrate? It looks fairly fine in the pictures. If so, its going to kick up a dust cloud every time you look at the tank.
And let me be the third poster to note that you're going to push the bioload with three fish, especially if you're trying to keep the anemone.
 
ocyoo

ocyoo

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I know I will push to the limit the bioload, also I want to prove that it's possible to have an anemone with 3 fishes in a small 10 gallon tank without cycling it! I already have the anemone in it pictures coming tomorrow!
 
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johnd185

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i read this 5+ times
let me get this straight you added an anemone when the water hasnt even cleared up
IME BAD idea
 
[ronnie]

[ronnie]

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100% its that guy.. i have no doubt about it.. haha .. hes 2 entertaining.. if its not you.. and your just really wanting to push the limits..have fun blowing ur money.. but damn.. sucks for the fishies/aneneme..
 
ocyoo

ocyoo

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lol! Someone has to experiment drasticly in this hobby, I have the guts, I have the money I guess! Anyways, I tried dosing vodka in my freshwater tank, it worked! Less algae, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrates! So I tried it in my saltwater tank, still experimenting! Gonna post some pics in 5 minutes!
 
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