locass316 Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 well it seems like i cant find nemo. Im down to just a fire shrimp and my clean up crew. just wondering if anybody is keeping a reef without a fish? I seem to not mind as of now but i might get bored a little later. being that I have no fish can i do water changes less of the time? I currently change 1 gallon a week on my 10g. Link to comment
C Jerome Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 There are many people who keep thier tanks with out fish. Many of them keep other things like shrimp and crabs, people really like those "sexy shrimp" but I dont know if they will live with a different type of shrimp. With no fish it is easier to keep up very high water quality, this is one reason some people dont have any. On the water change question, if it was me i would probabbly reduce the quantity of water changed. This is not to say that keeping up your current water changes would not result in even higher water quality. I do not do frequent water changes in my 2.5 gallon, with one fish, as it is not convient to do so at school. I would just play around with it a little and do what works best for you system, and try it a little while with out a fish and then down the road when you are at the LFS and see that really cool fish you can get that one. C. Jerome Link to comment
milhouse74 Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 I have a 5 gallon moni-bow on my desk. In it there are 2 nassarius snails, 1 "turbo" (sold as that but I dont think it is a turbo), and 1 blue leg, and that is it. Thinking of maybe a bi-color blenny for it (would move it to my 10 when it gets bigger), or maybe royal gramma, or a clown goby. Anyway thats part of the problem, I can't decide what to put in it. For now though, I still really enjoy this tank. Weird cause there is NOTHING going on it in. Well my feather dusters are multiplying, and pods are as well, other then that though not too much going on. milhouse Link to comment
brahm Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 my 7 gallon has always been fishless. Link to comment
pyrrhus Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 one of the good things about having fish in your tank is that they produce waste which is food for corals and other inverts Link to comment
USFnano Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 My 10g is fishless... for now at least. I might get a fish sometime down the road. Link to comment
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