stock list for a colorful 10gal

nanotank2008

nanotank2008

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Live Stock:
Blue Chromis (temporary)
Newly Formed Red Brittle Star...
Please Help With Permanant Stock List,
Thanks,
Anthony
 
mscenter58

mscenter58

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i would have to say prrly get rid of your chromis and then add
1) Yellow Clown Goby
2) Bi-Color Blenny
3) A pair of Mated Clowns of any type
Probably dont want to add much more then that you will be over the bioload.
As for CUC (Clean Up Crew)
1) Skunk cleaner or Pepermint Shrimp
2) A couple Emerald crabs
3) Then some snails
Then if you plan on getting any crabs just make sure they are reef safe (thats if you plan on getting corals)
 
rotarymagic

rotarymagic

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Originally Posted by MSCenter58
http:///forum/post/2783528
i would have to say prrly get rid of your chromis and then add
1) Yellow Clown Goby
2) Bi-Color Blenny WILL GET REALLY TERRITORIAL IN THAT SMALL OF A TANK3) A pair of Mated Clowns of any type BIOLOAD!!!!
Probably dont want to add much more then that you will be over the bioload.
As for CUC (Clean Up Crew)
1) Skunk cleaner or Pepermint Shrimp
2) A couple Emerald crabs
3) Then some snails
Then if you plan on getting any crabs just make sure they are reef safe (thats if you plan on getting corals)

Here's the safe stock list for a 10gallon:
1 rainford's goby
1 hector's goby
2 neon gobies
1 yellow clown goby
2 golden nosed eviota gobies
maybe a goby/shrimp pair if you are good about doing weekly waterchanges.
I wouldn't do a cleanershrimp or peppermint shrimp in a 10gallon.
I wouldn't use emerald crabs unless I had bubble algae.
10astrea snails, 4 nassarius snails and you're good for CUC, just hopefully the brittle star doesn't start eating fish and your other CUC.
 
rotarymagic

rotarymagic

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Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/2784670
Rotary you really love gobies don't you?
best suited fish to nano tanks...
If these were 100+gallon tanks, you'd see me jockin' Red Sea Regal Angels and Aussie Harlequin Tusks.
I'm about to pull the trigger and set me up a nano reef with a yellow/purple wartskin angler and a white clown wartskin angler (Stock picture on this site isn't half bad either)..I saw this ridiculous diving video of a white clown wartskin angler probably off the coast of japan... it was AWESOME!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObZBG...eature=related
 
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alexmir

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i would say 7 gobies is WAY WAY too many fish for a 10 gallon. plus, that many gobies in any tank would cause them to fight.
Why did the brittle star die? they are pretty hardy, so if it died there might be a serious problem with water quality.
 
rotarymagic

rotarymagic

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the gobies occupy different niches, I've already done it. It works. If you did 4 neon gobies in a 10, yeah they're fight or 2 male rainford's gobies, or 4 eviotas. Individual results may vary.
 
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alexmir

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i would still say that 7 fish in that small of a tank, no matter how small the fish are, is way too many. Plus, i have a feeling this tank is still cycling. They had a brittle star die (i have never seen anyone say that a brittle star died) and they have a chromie in the tank temporarily.
If you want color, color it up with coral, not fish, not a big enough tank.
 
nanotank2008

nanotank2008

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it was not a brittle my mistake it was a red serpent and the LFS store had it there for a while so i think that could have contributed to the death also the star had very little algae to feed off of too that could have also had an impact on the death
 
nanotank2008

nanotank2008

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Originally Posted by msch1999
http:///forum/post/2785906
I agree with alexmir, Throw some coral in there, maybe some different rics, they color things up nice.
what sort of lightin should i get to have corals succeed in my tank ill post a pic of my lightin currently
 
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