Getting a new tank.

[sampsonndelila]

I am really excited about a new tank I am putting on my desk at work. It will be a 3 gal saltwater with about 5 lbs of live rock and a large cluster of mushrooms pictured. It has a carbon overflow filter and an 18w light for coral. I know it will be tough to keep the parameters right but I plan on weekly water changes. I will be using the water from my 125 gal. I think if I do that it will be easier to keep it close to the ideal parameters. I am going to set it up using sand and rock and water from my home system. So there should be little to no wait time.

--I know I want my coral, I was thinking a small anemone and a small clown.
--Or my fuzzy lion. I know the lion requires more room as an adult but mine is very young and small. I think at his small size he would be ideal for this tank. I could remove him when he got too big.
--or a set of dwarf seahorses.

--a goby
--a hawkfish.
-- too many species to think about.

I am guessing this is big enough only for one fish…

[sampsonndelila]

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anyone know what type?

[Mr Cob]

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anyone know what type?

Those aren't shrooms. They look like an average button polyp to me. A type of Palythoa.

[sampsonndelila]

Button polyp? Cool, I had no idea. They seem healthy. I don’t know the difference between shrooms and polyps evidently... Lol

[sampsonndelila]

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This is 2 gal. no filter at all.. way too cool!

http://www.melevsreef.com/pico.html

[jpond83]

nice tank i wish my zoos were that colorful

[coraline79]

youe fuzzy dwarf lion might be a liability at work, seeing as they might sting someone in the office with a little too much curiosity. Plus, 2 other good reasons to not have it in there are 1. they are going to foul your water quickly, due to the amount of food it requires 2. when the lights are out they like to have wide open swimming areas.(mine is 2 inches long and will swim back and forth across my 125 after the lights are out for 20 minutes or so.

Also because of the amount of food you are feeding, it will require you to do 50% water changes per day, causing small cycles.

[coraline79]

Oh, I had a 3 gallon picotope, and topping it off in a dry environment like a business will require bi daily top offs. i wanted something a little more hands off, not time to enjoy that actual tank for all the maintenance:(

[sampsonndelila]

Yes, I think the Lion might be too big. But it would be cool. Plus the laugh I would get if one of those idiots was stung would be great, but for the safety of the fish I guess your right. And as far as maintenance goes I will sit there all day anyways it won’t be a big deal to bring a milk jug of water from home and top her off occasionally. I might try a sea horse.