Suggestions for a Challenging 10G?

FeatherDuster

FeatherDuster

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Hello all,

Its been a while since I have posted. I have been pretty busy. But all my fish have been doing well.

Anyways, I now have a fishless 10G. My 10G was just looking too small for my clown fish so I moved her and her buddy (the goby) into my 35G.

The 10G is almost two years old and is a very stable tank. Right now everything is still up and running (with live rock and a couple of clean up crew members).

I wanted to take on a challenge and attempt a different fish or invert. I was thinking of a mantis shrimp, but the tank is glass and I don't want to chance it breaking. lol I have to sleep with the tank by my head, so that would give me nightmares.

I also thought of a harlequin shrimp, but I tried to get my hands on one a couple of months ago and never could without online shipping. And I didn't want to chance shipping such a costly invert.

Any ideas? Like I said, it doesn't have to be a fish, it could be a unique invert.
 
how about a 10 gallon sps tank?
LOTS of pixie seahorses?
a mantis shrimp sounds cool. If you are worried about a huge peacock, how about a spearer such as a zebra? Maybe even a smaller smasher?
all would be pretty challenging/different.
 
Hi Feather! If I recall correctly, you're in the San Jose area. If you're interested in Harlequin shrimp, I saw a couple in Dolphin Pet Village when I was there in January. Cool looking little guys!

Sea Horses could be neat too :) Could also do a small frag tank?
 
There is a species of moray eel called the golden dwarf moray that only grows to a foot as an adult and would probably be sutible for a 10G, but as far as I know they are very rare and hard to find... the only place i've ever seen them for sale is at marinecenter.com, and even there they're about $350 a specimen and only come in once in a blue moon.... still it's worth considering if you want to try a unique and challenging fish for a 10G.
 
fishcatch22 said:
There is a species of moray eel called the golden dwarf moray that only grows to a foot as an adult and would probably be sutible for a 10G, but as far as I know they are very rare and hard to find... the only place i've ever seen them for sale is at marinecenter.com, and even there they're about $350 a specimen and only come in once in a blue moon.... still it's worth considering if you want to try a unique and challenging fish for a 10G.
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Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with a fish of that size in a ten... when you consider the most you want to put in a ten is two MAYBE three perc. clown sized fish... a foot long eel is just a little bit of a jump up from that...
 
dorkfish said:
Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with a fish of that size in a ten... when you consider the most you want to put in a ten is two MAYBE three perc. clown sized fish... a foot long eel is just a little bit of a jump up from that...
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they're only about the diameter of a pen, this is a very small moray... i've heard of someone keeing one in a 12G nano reef.
 
fishcatch22 said:
they're only about the diameter of a pen, this is a very small moray... i've heard of someone keeing one in a 12G nano reef.
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while i dont doubt that someone has, i still wouldnt try it as i agree that a foot long eel is too big for a 10 gallon. A fish that size is also going to eat a surprising amount.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I am still trying to consider my options.

I would love to do a mini seahorse garden. I already have a several types of macro algae that I bought at the pet store so it would be fun to re-aquascape my tank. The only problem I have with them is food supply. I am not sure where to get a steady supply of brine shrimp eggs to hatch.

strangerdejavu- Thanks for the heads up. I am in the San Jose area. I actually heard about those Harlequin Shrimp. I believe they were going for around $250-$300. Sadly that shop has gone downhill since they moved locations and I have had several bad experiences there so I no longer buy from them.

fishcatch- The moray eel sounds pretty interesting. If my tank was a bit bigger I would have considered it. Although finding a healthy less pricey one would be a challenging.

fishieness- A spearer mantis is a great suggestion. I would like to get an active and colorful species though, know any that might fit that description?
 
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