Newby Nano

Hey just got my first saltwater tank... it is a 6 gallon nano...I KNOW nanos are harder than a larger tank...tell my parents that
any way i already LOVE the hobby as my friend got me into it.... It been up no problems for 3 months
and levels havent fluctuated for 2 months I have been on top of the water changes and maintenance...

anyway... i have 3 red leg hermits...10 snails..1 cleaner shrimp

what fish and corals would you recommend

is a fire fish okay?

 

Welcome to 3reef.

Fire fish are definite jumpers. You should look into a do it yourself mesh tops.

As mentioned in a previous thread, any of the smaller gobies would be ok as well.

Gobies tend to be perchers rather then big swimmers though.

 

A 6 gallon is small so you really cannot have too many fish in that. A fire fish is ok, do you have a cover on the tank? Fire Fish like to jump. A pair of clowns would look nice What part of NJ are you from?

 

You mentioned corals, it is important to know what type of lighting that you have before you can think of adding corals.

 

Northern NJ, Morris county

Do you really think i could get a clown in there??

just wondering i thought it was small... but i am not an expert

 

Yes you can. My daughter has a 8 gal nano with a pair and there is plenty of room in there.

I am in Bergen County

 

AWESOME!! thanks so much i have wanted a clownfish but everyone always yells at me so i was planing on a fire fish which is my second favorite fish

over the summer i plan on getting a 64 gallon tank hopefully with a back up of a 30 gallon tank if the 64 fails

but i will now defiantly be looking into a clownfish or two
thanks so much

 

Please read these.IMO a Clown needs at least a 20 gallon aquarium let alone two.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/general-reef-topics/minimum-tank-sizes-selection-animals-137158.html

http://www.3reef.com/forums/new-hob...general-rules-successful-aquarium-126326.html

 

+1

I would look into a small Goby/Pistol Shrimp combo, if anything.