Tank and stocking questions...?

[Mudslinger14]

Alright. So a few days ago I went to this store, and they had a 6 gallon nano cube tank. Complete with hood, light, the back overflow box and the pump inside to flow the water back into the tank....

So, what I want to know is what could I stock in this tank? Saltwater is preferred, but that's why I posted here, because I would make it freshwater if there was a cool enough fish

I wouldn't mind a pair of fish, like firefish, or maybe even a colony of peppermint shrimp? It would also contain some mushrooms, zoas etc...I'm looking into some more soft corals that could grow under this light.

So, suggestions - GO!

 

[dzjr1188]

what kind of lighting? If saltwater a clown fish and mayb a shrimp as far as fish go, anything over 1 clown would be overstocked. I've kept a 8 gal salt tank 1 clown and corals is ALOT of work, i had a 500 gallon reef system to pull water from to do water changes. if you didnt want to do a clown you could do a shrimp and a goby. light will make or break corals

 

[Mudslinger14]

Its an 18w 50/50 compact light

And yeah, if I was going to keep clowns, I would want a pair.
Maybe do a pair of shrimp and a goby ?

I'm just trying to decide if I want to buy this tank or not..because if I don't have anything to stock it with, I don't want to waste my money...

 

[dzjr1188]

In that size tank i would look for a pistol shrimp and matching goby. clowns would prolly fight to the death if they got big enough even a pair that tank is just to small.. Flaming prawn gobys are amazing looking i would try to find one of those and make it a one fish , tank

 

[Mudslinger14]

Alright...That sounds pretty cool. I'll look into it!

 

[spirofucci]

If you go fresh water, do one of those beautifully planted nanos with some cardinals.

If you go salt, check out the nano section on reefcentral or nano-reef.com.