Ex-fishkeeper But Now Missus Wants A Nemo?

[fi_sjo]

Hi all,

This is my (second) post here so let me know if I do anything wrong.

I've kept freshwater tropical fish on and off for the last 20 years or so. I've successfully kept all kinds of fish, catfish, puffers, community fish etc.

Thing is, new pad and the new missus wants a Nemo, as in clown fish.

I've never kept marine before (although my brother has on numerous occasions, largest tank was ~2500 litres).. and I only want a small tank in the new place (< 80L pref.). I'm thinking some substrate, couple of bits of rock, an invert, couple of clowns and maybe a shrimp or two. Maybe a blenny or something and that's it.

I appreciate smaller marine tanks are harder to keep, but the question is how hard? Am I likely to run into problems here? I don't want any cascade failures to occur nor do I want a maintenance headache. Would I need a skimmer, UV filter etc?

I'm seeing these all-in-one tanks on ebay (Orca and others) and wondering if they're actually any good? I've always avoided these kind of setups (I prefer a plain tank and the filters etc that I want)

Any thoughts/opinions welcome

Thanks!

 

[youngfisher]

If you want a small tank for a clown fish (nemo) then I suggest the orca 450 would be perfect.

YF


Everything you need to know about keeping nemo:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=31715&st=0

 

[Musho3210]

If you want a small tank for a clown fish (nemo) then I suggest the orca 450 would be perfect.

YF


Everything you need to know about keeping nemo:
[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=31715&st=0"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=31715&st=0[/URL]

Ugg, that thing has some bad old information, its an old article.... It talks about using crushed coral and live sand, which is unheard of 5 years later on this forum...

 

[owlbassboy]

id recommend a 24g d&d nano mate

 

[fi_sjo]

id recommend a 24g d&d nano mate

What's that? Pardon my ignorance..

 

[bae1994]

its a make of tank