What fish do you stock your nano with?
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2 Nemateleotris magnifica (orange firefish)
1 Ecsenius bicolor (bicolor blenny)
I wanted to also put a six-line wrasse in, but some people would say I'm already overstocked as it is.
My display is about 12 gallons connected to a 3 gallon fuge = 15g total.
No skimmer, only LR filtration with ~35% weekly water changes. Had the fish in there for ~2 months with no problems so far. HTH!
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1 Ecsenius bicolor (bicolor blenny)
I wanted to also put a six-line wrasse in, but some people would say I'm already overstocked as it is.
My display is about 12 gallons connected to a 3 gallon fuge = 15g total.
No skimmer, only LR filtration with ~35% weekly water changes. Had the fish in there for ~2 months with no problems so far. HTH!
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I just wanted to point out that when Bleeding Blue said "I want to add a pair of something," he really meant "I added a pair of tomato clowns, but as a result of my poor care giving, one of them died withing a week, just like the new clam that died within a day last week." Bleeding Blue also tries on a regular basis to keep goldfish, but never seems to have any luck.
Quite the stern words from someone who's setting up their first tank 
Actually, the clam died from shipping stress, and the clown was probably on its way anyway. It was rescued from an aggressive tank with a clown trigger, bird wrasse, PB tang, and 4 damsels, which I'm sure was stressing it out. Deaths happen sometimes regardless of how much care we give our tanks, and that's something you'll learn eventually. Now apologize if you want to keep your job :twisted: :twisted:
Actually, the clam died from shipping stress, and the clown was probably on its way anyway. It was rescued from an aggressive tank with a clown trigger, bird wrasse, PB tang, and 4 damsels, which I'm sure was stressing it out. Deaths happen sometimes regardless of how much care we give our tanks, and that's something you'll learn eventually. Now apologize if you want to keep your job :twisted: :twisted:15 High: 1 lawnmower blennie. (It should be called a podmower blennie)
And one purple firefish, Maybe. I haven't seen him since I put him in the tank a month ago.
7 gal.: 1 Manits. and three. no two, no one One domino damsel. Then the manits died. One domino damsel.
And one purple firefish, Maybe. I haven't seen him since I put him in the tank a month ago.
7 gal.: 1 Manits. and three. no two, no one One domino damsel. Then the manits died. One domino damsel.
podmower blenny :lol: puahahahahahah :lol:
I might end up with the same thing I had before (pair of helfrichis and a small flasher wrasse of some kind), but I was thinking about a froggy tank too. Problem with tiny tanks is you can only keep so much in it.
I might end up with the same thing I had before (pair of helfrichis and a small flasher wrasse of some kind), but I was thinking about a froggy tank too. Problem with tiny tanks is you can only keep so much in it.
Wow Kimichan, those are pretty some pretty stern words from someone who hasn't ever kept anything alive before. I hope you don't have to learn the same lessons I learned.
As far as fish go, I think that it might be cool to keep a jawfish, or a pair of jawfish (as our young friend pointed out, I am big on pairs). Most nanos are going to use LR for most of their filtration rather than a DSB. Thus, the disturbance to the sand from these cool little fish would be pretty harmless. Also, they tend to stay close to their burrows, and thus don't need a lot of swimming space.
Mike
As far as fish go, I think that it might be cool to keep a jawfish, or a pair of jawfish (as our young friend pointed out, I am big on pairs). Most nanos are going to use LR for most of their filtration rather than a DSB. Thus, the disturbance to the sand from these cool little fish would be pretty harmless. Also, they tend to stay close to their burrows, and thus don't need a lot of swimming space.
Mike
i'm sorry, but not for the goldfish comment. That's just straight comedy. And I do agree with Bleeding Blue on the pairs thing. It just looks better if a tank has a pair of fish. Especially clowns who host in something. Bleeding Blue's Tomato looks great and he has it hosting in a xenia. A single fish just looks lonely. Plus, when there's a pair, they do more interesting things. Just look at Undergrad's new post of a pair of fish hiding in a rock. Those are cool.
We've got a pair of Mollies in the Q-tank. They're in there for breeding live food and making sure the Q-tank parameters are ok. They would be pretty interesting in the reef though they aren't the most graceful of swimmers. But it makes them that much easier to catch when the novelty of a Molly reef tank wears off.
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