Fish success in a 10 gal?

[panzermensch]

What do you keep in a 10 gallon aquarium? I have seen clown and blenny but was wondering what the other possibilities are.

 

[brianjfinn]

Many of the smaller gobies do very well (I'm partial to the shrimp gobies), as well as dartfish/firefish, and your smaller clowns/damsels. The problems with the clowns and damsels is that they tend to be more aggressive. I'd go for a couple small gobies and a purple firefish.

 

[toeside]

I had a maroon clownfish for about 1-1/2 years in my 10g... he was fun and pretty easy. As suggested earlier, Gobies are the "classic" nano tank fish.

Here's a very complete guide on Nano-Reef.com that I've been referring to lately:

 

[smoothie]

A firefish and cleaner shrimp will pair up and do well in a 10g

 

[ga_daisy]

Wow....great link! I'm thinking about setting up a 24g. This came just at the right time.

 

[brianjfinn]

That is a really great link. There's a lot of good info on that site, but I stopped going over there cause a lot of the people have mightier-than-thou attitude, especially if they have more posts than you do.

 

[chatzo]

brianjfinn;455749 wrote: That is a really great link. There's a lot of good info on that site, but I stopped going over there cause a lot of the people have mightier-than-thou attitude, especially if they have more posts than you do.

I agree 100%

 

[eliphant]

I had a 10 gal with a small clown, firefish, and a tailspot blenny... before the blenny went carpet surfing. Tank did get dirty fast, so I needed to do very frequent water changes.

 

[raz0945]

I have a 20 gallon with a pair of naked clowns, they are very small compared to most clown fish. They would work well in a 10g. They have a frilly mushroom they host. Tim @ Keen Reef could get you a pair.

 

[eliwhitney314]

Thanks for the link. I would think a good amount of gobies, clowns, blennies.

 

[panzermensch]

well, that tank didn't go so well, think it was not enough water changes. I started a 40+ hr job and it got away from me. other tanks also, trying to stem the tide now. Anyhow, think I got it settled, will get it tested and add a damsel for him for now. The one in there had gone though a lot between two tanks. poor guy but he was determined.

 

[peathenster]

what filter do you use on a 10g?

 

[mycorize]

Sorry to hear that it we south on you Dang RIP. Heck I have done it with bigger tanks because of diseases though.A few years back Capiciuno had a group sale sale on clams from Nam and it killed my others and a few corals. Several members here lost up t0 9 clams I read. I blame myself though for not quaratene them.
thank
good reefing

 

[twistoflime]

If you had a deep enough sandbed a jawfish would be really fun. There are 3 commonly avalible types- dusky, yellow head, and blue spot. The blue spots are more expensive but they are really pretty.

 

[shujax]

Up until about 2 months ago I had a 10g for about 2 years. I kept a watchman goby and peppermint shrimp the whole time with no major setbacks. I did have a algae problem at one point, but eventually got it taken care of.