Pefect nano cube

[rimrider19k]

Ok I have a 12 gallon nano cube. I have 1 cleaner shrimp and one clown percula. What else would be a good tank mate for them. I like fish with a lot of color. Thanks.

[fishcatch22]

hmm... you could try a firefish, they are very neat and peaceful, or a type of small goby. you could also maybe try a dragonet, but beware! dragonets are definetly NOT for beginners, as they are very hard to acclimate and quite demanding.

[dorkfish]

fishcatch, are you aware of the fact that most dragonets will only eat pods from the rocks/sand and will starve to death if they don't there isn't a big enough and self sustaining supply of pods? Are also aware that even in lagre systems (55g+) it's very hard to sutain an adequete pod population? Your crack about them not being for beginers doesn't even begin to explain it. They are not even for seasoned (over a year in expierience) aquarists, and many "experts" will be smart enough to not buy them (and not suport the selling/catching of fish with porr survival rates in captivity).

rimrider, PLEASE DO NOT get a dragonet (commonly reffered to as mandrins), your tank is WAY TO SMALL to even think of suporting one. AND, even if yours does survive, you will only encourage local fish store will only order in another one to replace it and that one will most likely end up dead (and the proccess will continue becuase somebody bought the mandrin that replaced the one you bought).

As for adding more stuff to the tank, You might want to try some more shrimp(s), snails or reef safe hermit crabs. Personally I wouldn't add anymore fish to the tank. Less fish = less nutrients, and less nutrients = less bad/nussiance algae problems. In that small a tank, you probably don't have an effective protien skimmer, so, unless you want to be doing lots of water changes to increase nutrient export, you need to lower the amount nutrients that are being added by fish life, with 1 clown for that size tank being a respectably low bioload.

[fishcatch22]

fishcatch, are you aware of the fact that most dragonets will only eat pods from the rocks/sand and will starve to death if they don't there isn't a big enough and self sustaining supply of pods? Are also aware that even in lagre systems (55g+) it's very hard to sutain an adequete pod population? Your crack about them not being for beginers doesn't even begin to explain it. They are not even for seasoned (over a year in expierience) aquarists, and many "experts" will be smart enough to not buy them (and not suport the selling/catching of fish with porr survival rates in captivity).

rimrider, PLEASE DO NOT get a dragonet (commonly reffered to as mandrins), your tank is WAY TO SMALL to even think of suporting one. AND, even if yours does survive, you will only encourage local fish store will only order in another one to replace it and that one will most likely end up dead (and the proccess will continue becuase somebody bought the mandrin that replaced the one you bought).

As for adding more stuff to the tank, You might want to try some more shrimp(s), snails or reef safe hermit crabs. Personally I wouldn't add anymore fish to the tank. Less fish = less nutrients, and less nutrients = less bad/nussiance algae problems. In that small a tank, you probably don't have an effective protien skimmer, so, unless you want to be doing lots of water changes to increase nutrient export, you need to lower the amount nutrients that are being added by fish life, with 1 clown for that size tank being a respectably low bioload.gosh, i'm sorry, DF, he sounded like he knew his stuff. I am very aware of how difficult they are to care for, though I had no idea about the pods... what are they? i'm sorry to enrage you. I knew they were hard to care for, but if I knew what you did, I would never have ever even metioned them... again, sorry... :(

[dorkfish]

[QUOTE=fishcatch22] though I had no idea about the pods... what are they? QUOTE] There little tiny invertebrates that will come in on live rock. "Pods" is quite a broad word to use though, as there is three kinds of it: isopods, amphipods, and copepods.

Sorry if I gave the impression of being enranged. Just making sure I got the point across.