Well, I am a freshwater guy as of now..But I want to try out saltwater. I was thinking of starting with a 2.5gallon aquarium with live sand, softies and maybe a fish if there are any that can be in a 2.5g. What are the best hoods/lights, filters, heaters for a 2.5 gallon? And also how do you cycle a 2.5gallon aquarium? Any help would be appreciated!
Help on starting saltwater aquarium
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I'm not good with corals...someone will chime in soon. For 10 gallon you can probably get away with a clown goby..any small gobies that are under I'd say 3-4 inch. Fish you can probably get away with a trio of fire fish (Maybe because I'm judging mine which they seem not to be very active). Also you can do what some nano tank keepers do, is have a nice coral tank, with an anemone and a clown. Seems very boring, but the corals make it exciting to look at.
Hope this helped a little bit.
I'm not good with corals...someone will chime in soon. For 10 gallon you can probably get away with a clown goby..any small gobies that are under I'd say 3-4 inch. Fish you can probably get away with a trio of fire fish (Maybe because I'm judging mine which they seem not to be very active). Also you can do what some nano tank keepers do, is have a nice coral tank, with an anemone and a clown. Seems very boring, but the corals make it exciting to look at.
Hope this helped a little bit.
Corals in a 10 gallon will work fine...just make sure you can keep up on water changes. A ten gallon tank will evaporate a lot of water in a short amount of time. Or relative to the rest of the tank at least.
A clown may get a bit too big for a ten gallon...maybe have a small goby, a shrimp and a chromis maybe?
I'm just preparing to start my 36g reef. So I don't know all the ways of the trade so to speak.
Wait for a more experienced person to chime in, like Fleshy or nonstophoops
A clown may get a bit too big for a ten gallon...maybe have a small goby, a shrimp and a chromis maybe?
I'm just preparing to start my 36g reef. So I don't know all the ways of the trade so to speak.
Wait for a more experienced person to chime in, like Fleshy or nonstophoops
Ryan75;5149399; said:
You are very limited with a 2.5 gallon tank, but it can be done. Other than some inverts, I don't know of any salt water fish that can be homed long term in a tnak that small. There are a few corals, like star polyps, that you could put in there.
I would strongly suggest making that a FW betta tank, and get a larger tank for a first SW tank.
Just my $0.02
id start bigger than 2.5g, you could jus do the corals in that, no fish, but i think itd be hard to find a neccessary light for something that small, tho im not sure on dimensions. ive got a small clown in my 10g, and it doesnt evap as much as youd think, i top off maybe 1/4 gal every other day.