Help on setting-up a clown nano reef aquarium.

[hugorsf]

I'm setting up a new nano reef and i want some advices because it'll be my first salt water aquarium. (i have some other aquariums bur anyone is salt water).

 

Follow the set-up that i want (i guess ):

 

- 14G aquarium.

- 5x15W PC bulbs (Is ok?)

- Pair of clown fish (percula or similar) (probably another other fishes later, but now just one pair)

- Some coral(s) (i want the clowns to interface with it, so it as to be a coral that clowns can adopt. Any idea?)

- LiveRock for natural filtration. (How much?)

- Aragamax/LiveSand (How much?)

- Cleanup Crews (Need help)

- Shrimp (Need help)

 

I think this is all, for now.

 

Can you help me, please?

Any ideas will help me.

 

Thanks!

[Beholder]

Hi,

 

I had very similar types of questions before I started my tank. Go to the information section of this site, and READ. Read everything. Then, have a cup of coffee and re-read it. After that, come back here and ask questions, otherwise you stand the chance of getting flamed to death!!!

 

Good luck.

[seabass]

• Don’t plan on putting more than the mated pair of percs in there

• Don’t plan on your percs adopting a host, they might not and will be fine without one

• You’ll want just over 20lbs of LR

• I recommend a 1” to 1.5” sand bed

• For a cleanup crew consider: Scarlet Reef hermits, a Blue Leg hermit, Nassarius snails, and Cerith snails

• A Fire shrimp is cool

[dharned]

Read this line of posts and follow the link about mated clownfish pairs:

 

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=18138

 

It should help alot. I agree that adding a third fish is pushing the limit... if you do, how about a neon or a small goby??