Thinking Of This....

[The-Wolf]

hi all
we have some of these in stock and I really like it.

I was thinking mini reef with perhaps a few anemones, mushrooms etc (would need some ideas on which)
some shrimp, perhaps sexy shrimp and/or cleaner shrimp.

fish wise I was thinking of a Pseudochromis porphyreus magenta dottyback or
a Pterosynchiropus splendidus Mandarin Goby

anything else you can suggest as suitable for a 24USG nano?

 

[James B]

if you go for the JBJ make 100% sure its one of the fixed models as they did have a majorproblem with cracking on the bent corners nems can be really hard to keep in a nano because of the perfect water conditions they need as far as shrooms go from what i have heard they are bomb proof

 

[demonmagus]

anenomes aren't recommended for nano's and personally I think not in any tank, SH can tell you loads of reasons why not and no reasons why to keep a nem in a nano

 

[rhysiboy]

also i think the rule is no mandarins unless you have masses of time and access to pods (you probably do though since you work in a fish place)

 

[Betta5]

why not just build your own from like all the diff parts, im sure you will be able to get a bigger tank for the smae price that way? just a thought.

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, most nems and mandarins are unfortunately un-suitable for a nano tank. You could get away with perhaps some mini carpet anemones but most people dont have those in mind when they think anemone . And as mentioned, if you found a mandarin that accepts frozen or are able to culture pods at work, perhaps you could keep one, but I still wouldn't reccomend it.

As mentioned, mushrooms can probably survive thermonuclear attack, great starter corals

As for suitable fish, other dottybacks would be fine. You might also want to look into some gobies, especeally goby-pistol shrimp pairing. You can put percula or ocellaris clowns in there, but I wouldn't do clarkii, skunk, or maroon for too long cause they will outgrow a small tank. Other possibilities would be smaller wrasses like the 6-line or any flasher wrasse, stay away from the cirhillabrus (spelling?) genus, they require a 3' tank.

I'm excited to see what you come up with

 

[The-Wolf]

why not just build your own from like all the diff parts, im sure you will be able to get a bigger tank for the smae price that way? just a thought.

I like the fact that this tank is specifically designed with nano-reef in mind.
I like the compactness of the T5 and the idea of the led moonlight all run from one ballast.

ok anemones are out as is the madarin, I can live with that.
so that leave mushrooms in, dottyback in
what about the shrimp, can sexy shrimp and cleaner shrimp co-exist?

is there a type of clam or scallop (I know some get huge) that would be ok in that size tank?


Oh god, all these ideas running wild in my head

 

[demonmagus]

I am sure that clams need metal halide lighting to keep them succesfuly, the powercompacts are not enough, I know what you mean about the tank, I saw one at wharf aquatics and it looks awesome, so expenive though

 

[James B]

clams dont neccasarily need MH (metal halide) lighting but they do need very very high lights and this is often the easiest way to give it to them although i think if you had a shallow tank like mine (not that Iplan on a clam or anything just an example) you can keep most things under a bank of retro fitted T5's

 

[demonmagus]

yeh, I didn't mention that because 6 T5 tubes are probably more than metal halides, and its a 18 inch cube basically, and you can't get T5's that small (I think) unless you are talking about power compacts which are apparently not as powerful

 

[The-Wolf]

so expenive though

not when you can buy it at trade price

so no clams.
scallops?

 

[demonmagus]

so expenive though

not when you can buy it at trade price

so no clams.
scallops?

you know what, I was just thinking about that can you tell us how much you get it for?

 

[SkiFletch]

Actually, a mature Tridacna Crocea clam (4"+) placed at the top of the rock stack a few inches below the surface could probably survive just fine under power compacts if supplimental cyclopeeze and/or rotifers can be offered for food. Way better chance at that then a scallop which requires LOTS of rots, the feeding of which will foul up water chemistry. Do not even consider smaller clams or other species of clam, they are not as good at photosynthesis as they have less vascular tissue for housing zooxanthellae. It seems the Crocea are the most-photosynthetic.

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

Actually, a mature Tridacna Crocea clam (4"+) placed at the top of the rock stack a few inches below the surface could probably survive just fine under power compacts if supplimental cyclopeeze and/or rotifers can be offered for food. Way better chance at that then a scallop which requires LOTS of rots, the feeding of which will foul up water chemistry. Do not even consider smaller clams or other species of clam, they are not as good at photosynthesis as they have less vascular tissue for housing zooxanthellae. It seems the Crocea are the most-photosynthetic.

How much/often would you reccomend feeding under these circumstances? Will the clam be relying supplemental feeding for a larger part of its food than it would rely on photosynthesis?

SLC

 

[The-Wolf]

you know what, I was just thinking about that can you tell us how much you get it for?

sorry, no it is a trade secret
oh go on then £110.