5 gallon nano

[brandonlai]

hey all
i jsut started a 5 gallon nano, so far it has 6 pounds of lr, 7 pounds of ls, and a HOB filter but i took out the carbon for now, the tank is cycling and im going to be patient since im new to this
i was wonder how many snails i would need in the tank, along with hermit crabs and other inverts, im probably gonna stock it with mushroom coral and other low light coral since my lighting isnt all that great.
For the fish part i was wondering if it was ok to put one of those shrimpgobies in and have a pistol shrimp, i think those guys are awesome. Please help me out with my tank and i will keep you guys updated =] *wish me luck*

 

[eelman101]

hey keep that carbon out, beacause if u keep it in all the time it will kill some of the good bacteria

 

[nanomantis]

in my 5g i have 3 blue leg hermits and 2 snails ( 1 astrea and 1 cerith)
you could try a shrimp goby pair however in that small of a tank i would not get any goby larger than a yellow watchman or a yasha hasha goby because of their size
o and the pair would max out your tank for fish too....