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kalied20
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What kind of small fish can I put in a 2.5 gallon REEF tank? I just set it up today. Got a little bit of LS from my 24 Gallon and LR from the LFS, about 4.5 pounds.
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kalied20
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kalied20
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Originally Posted by ninjamini
Forget a fish for that size tank. How about a shrimp or crab. Although you will have great trouble keeping the salt and temp normal.
fishieness
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Originally Posted by kalied20
NO FISH.....dang it.....how about a firefish or a clown goby?
no. clown gobies are small and dont move much, but that is even too small for one IMO. how about a sexy shrimp?
no. clown gobies are small and dont move much, but that is even too small for one IMO. how about a sexy shrimp?
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kalied20
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Guess I will put a Shrimp in there and just make it a coral and shrimp tank. How about hermits with the shrimp?
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kimc
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What about a neon goby??? Mine dosen't swim much, just scoots around on the rocks. great fish!! btw, you tank looks good! keep us posted!!
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kalied20
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Thanks, I was looking at those today at the LFS. Might be a good choice
mudplayerx
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I was going to recommend a fish but then I thought about 2.5 one-gallon jugs of water and how the volume of your tank is even less than that due to the space taken up by live rock.
You have a lovely little nano, but a fish might be out of the question.
You have a lovely little nano, but a fish might be out of the question.
bill109
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how about a whale shark or a yellow tang?
(i hope no one took tht seriously)
but about that neon goby... they are tiny they just scoot around the rock and bottom it would be hard to maintain but if you can keep it good and make sure with someone els i dont know why it would be a problem if you boiugth it TINY and got rid of it when it gets too big.
maybe not but see how your perameters are after a few weeks.
but about that neon goby... they are tiny they just scoot around the rock and bottom it would be hard to maintain but if you can keep it good and make sure with someone els i dont know why it would be a problem if you boiugth it TINY and got rid of it when it gets too big.
maybe not but see how your perameters are after a few weeks.
mudplayerx
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Originally Posted by bill109
could thant tank hold a harlequin shrimp and a choclate ship star as food?
Chocolate chip stars probably wouldn't be a good idea in a tank that small. They eat all of the beneficial fauna from the live sand even in a large tank. I don't know why they even sell them in the hobby to tell you the truth.
could thant tank hold a harlequin shrimp and a choclate ship star as food?
Chocolate chip stars probably wouldn't be a good idea in a tank that small. They eat all of the beneficial fauna from the live sand even in a large tank. I don't know why they even sell them in the hobby to tell you the truth.
ophiura
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Originally Posted by mudplayerx
Chocolate chip stars probably wouldn't be a good idea in a tank that small. They eat all of the beneficial fauna from the live sand even in a large tank. I don't know why they even sell them in the hobby to tell you the truth.
Those are sand sifter stars.
Chocolate chip stars are predatory and easier to keep in larger- non reef tanks.
This tank, IMO, is not suitable for harlequin shrimp unless only feeding asterina stars. A larger dying star in 2.5g? Likely to crash the whole thing, IMO.
Chocolate chip stars probably wouldn't be a good idea in a tank that small. They eat all of the beneficial fauna from the live sand even in a large tank. I don't know why they even sell them in the hobby to tell you the truth.
Those are sand sifter stars.
Chocolate chip stars are predatory and easier to keep in larger- non reef tanks.
This tank, IMO, is not suitable for harlequin shrimp unless only feeding asterina stars. A larger dying star in 2.5g? Likely to crash the whole thing, IMO.
bill109
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Originally Posted by ophiura
Those are sand sifter stars.
Chocolate chip stars are predatory and easier to keep in larger- non reef tanks.
This tank, IMO, is not suitable for harlequin shrimp unless only feeding asterina stars. A larger dying star in 2.5g? Likely to crash the whole thing, IMO.
huh i swt his shrimp in the lfs tht was the harlquin and he loves to eat the choclate chip star he was white and had brown spots on him and was a WIERD shape to him didnt look like a shrimp
Those are sand sifter stars.
Chocolate chip stars are predatory and easier to keep in larger- non reef tanks.
This tank, IMO, is not suitable for harlequin shrimp unless only feeding asterina stars. A larger dying star in 2.5g? Likely to crash the whole thing, IMO.
huh i swt his shrimp in the lfs tht was the harlquin and he loves to eat the choclate chip star he was white and had brown spots on him and was a WIERD shape to him didnt look like a shrimp
mudplayerx
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Originally Posted by ophiura
Those are sand sifter stars.
Chocolate chip stars are predatory and easier to keep in larger- non reef tanks.
Doh.
Those are sand sifter stars.
Chocolate chip stars are predatory and easier to keep in larger- non reef tanks.
Doh.
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kalied20
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You all are so FUNNY... :hilarious :hilarious
I think I will just grow some of my frags from other tanks and drop a hermit of two in there.... :joy:
I think I will just grow some of my frags from other tanks and drop a hermit of two in there.... :joy: