I'm in an aquatic science class at my school and the teacher gave me and my partner a saltwater aquarium. its a 20 gallon and i don't know what kind of fish to get for it. its all set up and she wants me and my partner to get fish by the end of the week. she'll also be helping us. something easy because neither me or my partner has kept saltwater tanks before and we are both very new to even freshwater
New to saltwater need help choosing fish
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also it should be something that at the end of the school year can be brought home and be in a ten gallon
Blue damsels.. solid
royal grammas.. very hardy
picasso trigger.. VERY hardy (much experience w/triggers)
the standardized 'nemo' fish aka the tank raised ocellaris clowns are tank raised, thus should be okay
fire gobies are hardy enough, the 10-12 dollar ones
royal grammas.. very hardy
picasso trigger.. VERY hardy (much experience w/triggers)
the standardized 'nemo' fish aka the tank raised ocellaris clowns are tank raised, thus should be okay
fire gobies are hardy enough, the 10-12 dollar ones
Just starting out, you might try a hearty cleaning crew and live rock. You get a lot of animals, and it's relatively inexpensive. (hermit crabs, turbo snails, etc.). Hermit crabs seem tougher than snails, but if you were handed a system that has been run through the starting proccess,(cycling), properly, then they should be fine. Maybe after that, you might start researching small and inexpensive fish that won't clash with the before mentioned animals.
she has all the supplies at the school where we will be keeping the tank. at the end of the year we will be bringing the fish home and when we do it'll be up to us to get all the supplies
I have to disagree with the clown fish idea. They can be extremely finicky and can die very easily especially with an inexperienced aquarist. I would stick to damsels. Also a trigger will need a much larger tank than a 10.
My suggestion would be a damsel probably a YTBD (yellow tail blue damsel).
My suggestion would be a damsel probably a YTBD (yellow tail blue damsel).