Hello! I set up a 5 gallon hex last week with live rock and sand, and am waiting for it to cycle. I am definitely wanting to make sure I do all research first and am very patient. I have a few questions:
This is a 5 gallon, but I will be moving all inhabitants to a 24 gallon Nano Cube DX in a year and a half when I move and have a more substantial income. That said, I want to start off now building toward my eventual tank.
1. I would like to eventually have 1 or 2 percula clownfish. Other possible inhabitants (pending compatability research) are yellow clown gobies and some sort of damsel. I was thinking that my only inhabitant in this tank (once cycled), would be a single young clown, a pair of clown gobies or a yellow tailed blue damsel (have read conflicting info on whether or not this fish would work in a 5g, even temporarily). My LFS has some very tiny of these damsels and also clownfish that I feel could be ok for the time period.
2. Once cycled, should I add coral or fish first? I'm going to go with some very easy, low tech corals. My lighting is 2 of the coralife 50/50 10 watt bulbs.
3. Should I have an air pump in the tank for added circulation? Currently the only circulation I have is the palm azoo filter that is running.
Thanks for helping!
This is a 5 gallon, but I will be moving all inhabitants to a 24 gallon Nano Cube DX in a year and a half when I move and have a more substantial income. That said, I want to start off now building toward my eventual tank.
1. I would like to eventually have 1 or 2 percula clownfish. Other possible inhabitants (pending compatability research) are yellow clown gobies and some sort of damsel. I was thinking that my only inhabitant in this tank (once cycled), would be a single young clown, a pair of clown gobies or a yellow tailed blue damsel (have read conflicting info on whether or not this fish would work in a 5g, even temporarily). My LFS has some very tiny of these damsels and also clownfish that I feel could be ok for the time period.
2. Once cycled, should I add coral or fish first? I'm going to go with some very easy, low tech corals. My lighting is 2 of the coralife 50/50 10 watt bulbs.
3. Should I have an air pump in the tank for added circulation? Currently the only circulation I have is the palm azoo filter that is running.
Thanks for helping!