how exactly would i go about doing this and what kind of fish could i put in it i have this 10g lining around and decided to try a salt tank no live rock if i don't haft to
turning a 10 g in to salt ?
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it really depends on what you are willing to spend on filtration... Live rock is important but not necessary if you have sufficient filtration.
yeah a simple FO would be rather cheap all you would need to buy is some salt, a hydrometer and fish.
but if you wanted a full reef tank the costs go up.
but if you wanted a full reef tank the costs go up.
ten gallons Huh, maybe if you wanna do a shrimp or a snail but thats about it. Something as small as a 10 gal wouldnt be enough water for fish, I would say 30 gal or up. Coral is not going to work out, because of the light amounts you would need heating up your water so much it wouldnt work. I would make it a brackish tank and save yourself the hassel. I had a 15 gal high as a salt tank, needless to say is was not worth my time or money. It was coated with algae all the time due to only having a clown fish didnt have enough room for something like a blenney or even snails. Tore that down and havent had any salt tanks under 30 gal since. Just something to think about
what do you mean to small for fish? he could easily get in a small goby
Corals would work...Just make a custom canopy with fans in it, and use Compacts, not halide.
Small nanos can be a hassel, but if it works out, very cool.
Corals would work...Just make a custom canopy with fans in it, and use Compacts, not halide.
Small nanos can be a hassel, but if it works out, very cool.
How is a 10g too small for anything? Not sure how the problems with your 15g are indicative of everyone else either.I have a 20L reef tank (about to set up a 10 also
) and it has absolutely no nuisance algae. It only looks better and becomes more stable the longer it's set up. In fact I'm about to put my 3 large snails in our 90g because I'm having to supplement with dried seaweed so they don't starve. I have a coralbanded shrimp, some kind of goby, several corals, my colony of star polyps is getting HUGE and everything is spreading. I use distilled water for the changes and to top off and I think that significantly helps keep algae away. I have 124 watts of light on it right now, so if algae was going to grow it would but instead I have lovely purple rocks from so much coraline.As far as the lights heating the tank too much all I did was raise the lights a bit and point a fan at the tank. Problem solved.
I don't have halides, which would significantly mess with the temps, but you don't need halides on such a small tank for beginner or low light corals. It's also debateable to need halides for some corals labled as needing such since I know several people who keep lovely LPS and SPS with nothing more than power compacts.
There are pros and cons to smaller tanks.
Pros - Less water to change out. Easy just to buy bottles of distilled and mix salt than producing your own water or having to use tap. Easier to work with because you don't have as much to maintain. MUCH cheaper to set up, requires a lot less light, rock, sand, etc.
Cons - Needs to be watched closer (if something dies in a 200g tank it probably won't change much). Less options for stocking.
Honestly if you stock a very large tank heavily it's NOT going to be any easier than if you stock a small tank properly. My 90g doesn't need to be watched very close because it's extremely lightly stocked, but it's not near as fun to look at, IMO, as my little 20 long with all the corals and other creatures.
BTW, I've seen some fish stores with some BEAUTIFUL 10g nano reef tanks and even smaller.
You could put a smaller damsel, dwarf angel, a goby, a blenny, some inverts, two emerald crabs. There are actually tons of options for fish, inverts, and corals. Soft corals like mushrooms,polyps, and leathers would do fine. I wouldn't do an anemone because you should have more water stability.
You could toss in some LR frags and maybe a couple small pieces of LR.
Also shadow bass gave a good pro. You can use distilled water and some synthetic crystals. This way you will get pure water and don't need to use an RO/DI system.
You could toss in some LR frags and maybe a couple small pieces of LR.
Also shadow bass gave a good pro. You can use distilled water and some synthetic crystals. This way you will get pure water and don't need to use an RO/DI system.