10g ideas?

[semperfimarine1]

i have a ten gallon i got for free and was wondering what i could do with it pertaining to saltwater.

id figure i could do a mini fuge in a powerfilter.

any ideas on what i could do with this tank and livestock i can put in it. i wont have any high tense lighting on it so that might narrow things down.

i know gobies, shrimp, what about seahorse??

please help

thanks

[JimD]

Might want to ask this question in the nano forum...

[Janus]

We have had great luck so far with my wife's 10 gallon in the bedroom. Honestly ours is WAYYYY overstocked and we still have had no problems with just doing biweekly 15% water changes.

We have looked into doing seahorses in the 10 gallon when we move the livestock to a larger home. For a 10 gallon you could keep LOADs of dwarf seahorses if you don't mind a little extra TLC. I looked into them and did alot of reading @ seahorse.org

As far as you lighting goes we got by for a good while on just regular florescent lightin and our zoas did just fine. Right now we have a single 65watt PC fixture over our 10 gallon and that seems to be more than enough light.

Filtration on our 10 gallon is just a Emperor 280 HOB power filter.

As far as stocking goes I would stick to hearty fish just because you are going to get a few more fluctuations in the parameters than you would with a larger system. As I said our 10 gallon is heavily stocked, right now we have a 2" Melanopus clown, a 1" Damsel, and a 1.5" Engineer goby, and have had no problems. I do frequent small water changes of about 1 - 1 1/2 gallons every 2 weeks and have never had and nitrate spikes or crashes. Also make sure to weigh the adult size of your choice in livestock in your deciscion, not just will it "fit" but will it be happy? As reef keepers we are already putting an animal in a box much smaller than it would naturally live in. This is much more true with nano tanks. Not to discourage you from doing a 10 gallon, just food for thought when picking a fish and making its habitat

[semperfimarine1]

i figures when i have the tank in the right place where i want to keep it either up or downstairs, i would take live rock and live sand out of my 120 gallon to speed things up a little bit.

what do you think of the mini fuge idea in a emperor 280??

what corals are you able to keep with your lighting. and what brand of lighting is it?

i also thought of maybe a small mantis or a pistol shrimp/goby combo??

you have any pics?

[Janus]

I haven't heard of the minifuge in an emperor but it sounds interesting...if you have the specs on how its done I would love to hear them.

Right now we have a Sunpaq 65 watt 50/50 square pine retrofit kit over ours and its plenty of light for the zoas and mushroooms we have in it.

As far as the pistol shrimp and goby pair, I have always liked the idea of keeping them in a 10 Gallon. We started out to do the same in ours from the beginning but the wife fell in love with the clown and plans changed.


There are some pics up under the Presenting the wifes 10 gallon post in this forum...they are a little bit older and before we replaced our old ballast. We will try to get some new pics taken of how it looks now.

[cbianco]

i have a ten gallon i got for free and was wondering what i could do with it pertaining to saltwater.

id figure i could do a mini fuge in a powerfilter.

any ideas on what i could do with this tank and livestock i can put in it. i wont have any high tense lighting on it so that might narrow things down.

i know gobies, shrimp, what about seahorse??

please help

thanks

Depending on your lighting you could do an all zoanthid tank or an all ricordea tank. I always thought that specimin tanks looked cool, especially once they are grown out.

Have you considered a pistol shimp and a shrimp goby. These two always make for great entertainment and you get to learn about one of natures strong symbiotic relationships.

About the seahorses, you could plant a bunch of macroalgae and watch the seahorses float around. Keep in mind that seahorses are pretty demanding, i.e. they (normally) require live food and regular feedings.

You have more options for your nano than you realize.

Good luck!

Christopher

[Janus]

I agree completely with Chris there is alot of things you can do with a little planning. And if all else fails just ask :shades