Amount of Fish

[Jensen]

Hi....

 

I am all new to this forum, which means; I am also trying to make a good impression.

 

I have recently purchased a nano reef aquarium, which is an 8 gallon aka 30 liters aquarium.

 

I have noticed that there is quite a lot of different oppinions when it comes to the amount of fish in a

nano reef.

 

I was wondering if I could keep 3 fish i a 8 gallon tank?

I have seen a lot of people keeping 4 fish in a 10 gallon tank, which is 9,5 liters per fish, where a 8 gallon tank would provide each fish with 10 liters.

 

I use a skimmer and hob filter with live rocks, and of course 4 kg. og live rock in the tank itself.

I have been told that my tank should be able to handle 3 fish and the bio load, but I would really like to know what you think.

 

Please excuse my english, It is not my native language.

 

Regards

 

Jensen

[Coastie]

A lot of it depends on the fish you plan to keep. Different fish have different bioloads, perhaps you'd get a slightly better answer if you put what fish you were leaning towards.

[Mojorizn]

Welcome to Nano reef.

 

Really depends on the fish. There are a few species of fish that are small:

 

Bryaninops natans is one that grows to 1 inch max.

 

Orange Lined Cardinalfish (Apogon cyanosoma) another small fish.

 

Clown goby's are another small fish.

 

best-o-luck

[animalmaster6]

to N-R!!

 

It all depends on the fish. What fish are you interested in?

 

Bryaninops natans is one that grows to 1 inch max.

Not a great beginner fish.

[Jensen]

Oh sorry, I did not think of that.

 

These are the fish I'm intersted in;

 

A. ocellaris

Chromis viridis

N. magnifica

 

I'm planing to trade the fish to a smaller speciment if they get too big.

 

Thank you for the warm welcome.

 

Regards

 

Jensen

[Vyker]

Clown and chromis together shouldn't be an issue. A small fish that stayed mostly on the sand bed would be ok to be the third.

[animalmaster6]

Oh sorry, I did not think of that.

 

These are the fish I'm intersted in;

 

A. ocellaris

Chromis viridis

N. magnifica

 

I'm planing to trade the fish to a smaller speciment if they get too big.

 

Thank you for the warm welcome.

 

Regards

 

Jensen

I wouldn't put a Green Chromis in an 8 gallon tank but the clownfish and firefish would work great together in this tank size.

[Kweli]

I would suggest the clowns,

 

Something like a clown goby which will spend its life on the rocks

 

and maybe a bottom dweller... this way, each of your fish has a seperate area of the tank, and they arent competing for space. Maybe a goby or jawfish? although i dont know how jawfish are at this size tank, so research is required.