when i was in high school my math teacher had a 5 gal tank with a single percula clown no air pumps and no firltration no live rock just some crushed coral for the substrate and the thing lived the whole year now that i m getting into sw and i saw a pic in a pet warehouse catalog of a eclips system 12 aquarium with live rock and about 6 fish can anyone tell me if the pic i saw is possable to recreate if so how much matinence would something like that need
mini saltwater aquariums 10 gal or less
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I dont' have any personal experience involving 6 fish, but I don't really see it working
well I guess it could if you had a good sized sump to control all of the bioload
I am started my first 10g reef tank a few weeks ago and I've been reading for months
this board here is an excellent resource for the aspiring nano-reefist
well I guess it could if you had a good sized sump to control all of the bioload
I am started my first 10g reef tank a few weeks ago and I've been reading for months
this board here is an excellent resource for the aspiring nano-reefist
Dont use those photos in about that eclipse system as a gauge to how many fish youcan put in your tank. If they put the correct number of fish in there then they probably would not sell as many systems.
The general rule of thumb is 1" of ADULT fish per 5 gal of water capacity.
Personally the smallest saltwater tank that would have a fish in it for me would be a 10 gal tank and that would have 1 fish. Anything smaller IMHO should be set aside for an invert only tank. Maybe some hermits with a CBS and some soft corals like shromes or leathers.
The general rule of thumb is 1" of ADULT fish per 5 gal of water capacity.
Personally the smallest saltwater tank that would have a fish in it for me would be a 10 gal tank and that would have 1 fish. Anything smaller IMHO should be set aside for an invert only tank. Maybe some hermits with a CBS and some soft corals like shromes or leathers.
wantsome8,
I don't know about the eclipse but here is a really sweet nano reef. http://www.oc-creative.com/reef/index.asp i think its a 7 gallon but you won't think so by looking at it. I agree that you could not have 5 happy fish in 12 gallons maybe guppies
I don't know about the eclipse but here is a really sweet nano reef. http://www.oc-creative.com/reef/index.asp i think its a 7 gallon but you won't think so by looking at it. I agree that you could not have 5 happy fish in 12 gallons maybe guppies
I concur, those photos are very disturbing to see... I saw a mother buying her kid one of those nano-able tanks at Wal-Mart recently and she was asking the gal that worked in the fish department if they sold "this" fish... She was pointing to the yellow tang they had pictured in the photo on the box and was going to buy her kid one to go in his new tank... It took 20 minutes to explain why that was a bad idea, and in the end she didn't buy the tank there, but went to our LFS for some decent advice... Somedays it pays to listen to what people say =)
KUDOS RAVEN!!! yes, it is very disturbing to see those kinds of pictures.. And what's more troubling is that the majority of them are computer generated.. So the majority of manufacutres understand that it is wrong to have that amount or that particular fish in a tank that small, but use the appeal of interesting fish to sell their product...
yes, it is very disturbing to see those kinds of pictures.. And what's more troubling is that the majority of them are computer generated.. So the majority of manufacutres understand that it is wrong to have that amount or that particular fish in a tank that small, but use the appeal of interesting fish to sell their product..."The impossible illusion" as Fenner calls it.
Six fish in 10g is a disaster. I have a 10g reef with 2 small fish and it's very stable. But you have to move slowly and you have to stay on top of it. The second fish was added at least six months after the tank was fully established.
Six fish in 10g is a disaster. I have a 10g reef with 2 small fish and it's very stable. But you have to move slowly and you have to stay on top of it. The second fish was added at least six months after the tank was fully established.
I had a 10g nano set up for about 2 1/2 years, and to date, it has been one of my most satisfying tanks, however you do have to stay right on top of it. I changed a gallon of water every other day, which when you think about it, is pretty easy maint. compared to some of my other tanks... I used a retro kit for the light sold on www.ahsupply.com. The fish were kept to a min. Just two percula clowns, and a watchman gobie along with a couple cleaner shrimp, and some hermits. About 15lbs of LR and a bunch of mushrooms and button poylops. I tried to avoid sensative corals do the size of the tank, one little slip, and they would of suffered greatly. At any rate, the point I'm getting at is a nano can be done, and work very well, but there are limitations. As for the picture you saw on the box.....well, lets just say I'd like to smack the person responsible...
Side note(in case you were wondering) I no longer have my nano because after 2 1/2 years, one day I awoke to a carpet of green hair algea in the tank, and after battaling it for about 3 months, I threw in the towel, and figured the residents were better off moving out.
"J"
I used a retro kit for the light sold on www.ahsupply.com. The fish were kept to a min. Just two percula clowns, and a watchman gobie along with a couple cleaner shrimp, and some hermits. About 15lbs of LR and a bunch of mushrooms and button poylops. I tried to avoid sensative corals do the size of the tank, one little slip, and they would of suffered greatly. At any rate, the point I'm getting at is a nano can be done, and work very well, but there are limitations. As for the picture you saw on the box.....well, lets just say I'd like to smack the person responsible... Side note(in case you were wondering) I no longer have my nano because after 2 1/2 years, one day I awoke to a carpet of green hair algea in the tank, and after battaling it for about 3 months, I threw in the towel, and figured the residents were better off moving out.
"J"
