May Start Saltwater

[DiscusKeeper403]

well after going snorkeling today i thought i might try salt water in the future ive had some experience with brackish so i kind of now what im doing. First off do salt water fish have good personalities like Cichlids? im going to catch all of the fish out of the carribean ocean. Could I do a ten gallon salt water tank or is that to small? if i can what carribean salt water fish could go in it?

thanks

DL

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

anyone??

 

[Mr Miagi]

Doing a biotope is fine, but I recomend you start by researching specific fish you would like to house from the carribean, and then come to a conclusion as to what system they need to live happily and healthy for their natural life.

Good old Doctor's Foster and Smith! LOL. Here is a quick search I have done on their website for fish from the Caribbean.

A 10 gallon is going to be limiting to stocking choice, and whilst "do-able" its not going to allow you to keep much in the way of fish. Probably two to three.

As said, there are many fish in the carribean, so its going to be near impossible for anyone to ramble on about every fish found there. Personally, id buy two or three neon Goby's, and that would be the stocking capability, then, if your lighting suited, add some corals like mushrooms and Zoanthids.

For general marine up-keep, I sugest you read this thread and buy a recently published book. This gives you insight as to how to keep a marine system.

In the marine world, there is alot more persnality than in FW tanks, having had both myself previously.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

well anyone noe any fish that would grow like 1-3 inches? maybe a clown fish although i dont think i could find one of those...

 

[SkiFletch]

Wow, umm, you want to wild-catch nano fish? Good luck my friend .

About the only Carribean nano fish I can think of off the top of my head are neon gobies, yellowhead jawfish, and a few species of blenny. Most everything else is either indo-pacific or too large for a 10g... There may be other suitable fish out there that are not common to the trade, but tough to say how well or not they'd do in an aquarium.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

ok well ive seen some gobies out there. theres these fish that are pretty small there like half purple and half yellow. anyone now what they are? are they good for my tank?

 

[SkiFletch]

Bicolor psuedochromis most likely. They are just fine for your tank so long as they are the only fish in it (pretty aggressive towards others in a small space). Do they look like this?

 

[Mr Miagi]

Angry critters, lol. As Ski mentioned, probably best kept solitary in a small nano. Did you read the link I gave you above? It has many Gramma sp. pictured, including one sp which matches your description.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

yes i did although most of those ive never seen out there. and no that was not the fish. this fish has like one thin spike sticking out of its back the colors kind of change on a slant. theres also always theres black angelfish looking guys and then some jacks. ooh yeah and squrriel fish.

 

[Josiah]

Is it legal to get fish out of the carribian?

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

who cares try to stop me! here nobody would care plus its a puplic beach but if anyone asked about the fish in my tank i could tell them i got them from a pet shop.

 

[Josiah]

yes i did although most of those ive never seen out there. and no that was not the fish. this fish has like one thin spike sticking out of its back the colors kind of change on a slant. theres also always theres black angelfish looking guys and then some jacks. ooh yeah and squrriel fish.

It wasn't a dartfish was it?