Fauna for a 2.5 gallon temperate tank

[CD_Scapes]

So I'm setting this pico reef up in around 3 months. What would be a good combo of inverts (or fish if possible?). Cheers

[vlangel]

Hi 9darling, so what is temperate? Temperatures in high 60s-low 70s or is the temperature cooler than that?

[CD_Scapes]

I meant like 50s-low low 60s and hopefully Pacific Northwest Oregon area, I don't know I really ant to make a stand and hold out of wood as well

[The Aquarist]

Hermits, and snails, maybe a shore crab. A couple aggregating anemones would be cool. For fish, a small goby, maybe like a catalina. 2.5 gallons is very small. I have a 20 gallon tide pool tank, but used to have a 3 gallon. In the three gallon, I felt like my choices were very limited.

[FlowLikeWater]

how do you plan to keep the temps so low? with such a small amount of water i would guess it will be room temperature at all times without a chiller.

fucus, laminaria, Enteromorpha spp., porphyra, codium

your tank size might restrict the nori algaes

 

i have no experience with them, because of their requirements for cold water but maybe look more into a catalina goby.

[CD_Scapes]

Okay, I was going to have an ice probe

[Micro-Reefs Aquariums]

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Here is the link:

 

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[CD_Scapes]

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[CD_Scapes]

Here is my plan for a coldwater tank

Equipment

 

Tank

2.5 gallon grreat choice AGA

 

Lighting

I have no idea? any recommendations

 

Filtration

AC50 with reef mod

Filter floss, Chemi-pure and Chaeto

3-4 chunks of tidepool rocks

live tidepool sand

 

Other

Instant Ocean aquarium salt

Room temp at 60 with climate control

DIY stand and canopy(lights in canopy)

 

Stock ideas(Inverts)

 

Anemones

Aggregate

Moonglow

Green Surf

Brooding

Jewel

 

Ascidians/Tunicates

Stalked Tunicate

 

Barnacles

Acorn

Gooseneck

 

Crabs

Being Hermit

Blackeye Hermit

Flattop

Greenmark Hermit

Graceful Decorator

Kelp Decorator

Green Shore

Maroon Hermit

Orange Hairy Hermit

Purple Shore

Pygmy Rock

Widehand Hermit

 

Shrimps

Horned

Miniature Spinyhead

Stiletto

Stout

Candy Stripe

 

Snails

Baetic Olive

Blue Topsnail

Dusky Turbin

Purple Ringtop

Variable Topsnail

 

Worms

Feather Duster

Spegnetti

Twin-eye Feather Duster

 

Other Inverts

Painted Brittlestar

Lined Chiton

Orange Hydroid

Green Sea Urchin

Misc. Amphipods

Misc. Copepods

Stocking Ideas(Fish)

 

Gunnels

Rockweed

Saddleback

Sculpins

Tidepool

Fluffy

 

Plants

Sea Lettuce

Sea Grapes

California Rose Seaweed

Pink Feather Coralline

Bead Coralline

Blue Branching Seaweed

[brandon429]

I have never heard of a gunnel nice call I'm Google imaging that

 

Result

Neat fish!

[CD_Scapes]

They are pretty cool, was wondering if these would work and how much

[CD_Scapes]

Think either saddleback gunnel, penpoint gunnel or mosshead warbonnet

[jbb]

Where does one find cold water species for sale ?

 

I'm going to google, but just wondered if one place was better than the rest .

[CD_Scapes]

I don't know of any, I'm going to collect the the legendary Stu Wobbe for my stock. I. Going to Oregon in the summer of this year

[CD_Scapes]

Could this work as a "den for the gunnel? It will have rocks glued in it.

[CD_Scapes]

nevermind, my mom just destroyed my hope of have a coldwater tank!