***Superhero's 5.5 gallon nano***

superhero

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Hey guys i am going to be picking up a 5.5 gallon nano tomorrow and was wondering what i should put in it... i was thinking about a couple of sexy shrimp maybe a fish...(dunno if ii could even put any type of fish in 5.5 gallons) does anyone have any input or ideas of what i should throw in there... i am gonna have pcs over it so i was thinking of doing a ric garden also... let me know what you think...
Tony
 
coastie5685

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lol clown gobies are the shiz.... there very finicky eaters though. i would go with a mandarin.. it would be easy to feed in a 5.5 assuming you give lots of pods.. but mandarin with a rin garden would be sweet. ric garden can get kind of pricey but in the long run sicknesss. good luck.
 
coastie5685

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lol clown gobies are the shiz.... there very finicky eaters though. i would go with a mandarin.. it would be easy to feed in a 5.5 assuming you give lots of pods.. but mandarin with a rin garden would be sweet. ric garden can get kind of pricey but in the long run sicknesss. good luck. or you could just do a mini reef with a mantis shrimp lol
 
superhero

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lol i was thinking maybe a nurse shark and a pacific giant octopus i think i can fit them in there if i do some bi weekly waterchanges... what do you guys think?
but anyway here are some pics and sorry about the quality i had the bad camera...
and are the last picture of zoanthids fire and ice? They dont look as drab in real life as in the pic they are much more orange...
-Tony




 
superhero

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and then um pretty sure this pic is of some snail poop and if so what should i get to get rid of this stuff because it is fast accumulating all over the bottom of my tank...
 
worrballer

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I don't think I've ever seen snail poop. Looks like fish poop to me.
And I never thought I would say this, but I think you tank is too small for that chromis lol. Too big of a bio-load imo, you'll be battling algae down the line.
 
superhero

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he is not gonna stay in there and i dont think its too big because he is maybe 3/4 of an inch right now... i can get them from a wholesaler for 3 dollars so i bought one to throw in there while i waited for them to get in a molly miller and a clown goby and i'm fairly sure its not fish poop because i dont feed that little guy enough to produce that much waste and that is just one spot in the tank... its all over
 
spanko

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A great addition to a 5.5 gallon IMO is a pair of green banded gobies (Gobiosoma multifasciatum) if you can get a mated pair they will spawn in this tank too. S e x i n g is quite easy since the male has a larger head and a longer first dorsal ray than the female.
 
worrballer

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One of the smaller conch's could take care of that detritus.
That goby looks awesome! Look for those guys, or yasha, or black ray (yellow head), and you could get a pistol shrimp.
I don't know how pistols would do with sexies, but they sound peaceful.
 
spanko

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Originally Posted by Superhero
http:///forum/post/3059399
will they mess with some sexy shrimp? because i really want to put a few of thise in the tank...
Nope, and remember keep sexies in odd numbers. 3 seems to be the quantity.
 
superhero

superhero

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so i think im gonna need to add a powerhead of some kind... i like the Hydor Koralia Nano but it puts out a whopping 265 GPH for my little tank... i think that might be too much how about you guys what do you think and if it is to much how many gph shouldi shoot for?
-tony
 
worrballer

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The good thing about Koralia's is the broad flow. If you were to put an mj1200 next to the K-nano you might not even feel the nano in comparison.
Get the nano, you'll love it. You might be able to get away with a K-1 but that might be risking a sand storm. Better to be safe than sorry.
Man, you are making me want to set up my old 5.5 again.
 
superhero

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Originally Posted by WorrBaller
http:///forum/post/3059650
The good thing about Koralia's is the broad flow. If you were to put an mj1200 next to the K-nano you might not even feel the nano in comparison.
Get the nano, you'll love it. You might be able to get away with a K-1 but that might be risking a sand storm. Better to be safe than sorry.
Man, you are making me want to set up my old 5.5 again.

Do it!!! I just ordered 10 ricordias, 10 diffrenet zooanthid frags a duncan frag and an acan frag to add to the tank too!!

START IT UP START IT UP START IT UP!!!!
-Tony
and i think i will get that nano powerhead and does anyone know of a good nano skimmer that i could place in the tank... (i am gonna switch to a aquaclear 110 and gutt it and make it into a hang on back fuge!!) so i could probally place the skimmer in the back also...
 
worrballer

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Biocube makes one for their tanks and I think Tunze has a small one. I've never looked into them though.
With this small of a tank water changes are a breeze so I wouldn't complicate things with a skimmer. You'll have the fuge that should be enough. Save the money and buy corals.
 
superhero

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good point about the water changes... and i think i am going to go with the hydor koralia nano and if it is moving to much water for the little tank i will just put it into my 12 gallon qt then buy a smaller pump instead
 
superhero

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Ok so i was looking at the tank tonight and noticed something was up with my zoanthids... they had a black stringy thing coming from their center mouths i wasnt sure what it was so i snapped some pics check it out and see if you know whats going on...




 
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