ninhsavestheday Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 this is my 2.5 gallon! it has some green star polyps, a cabbage letter and frogspawns. plus a clown, yellow watchman goby and a pistol shrimp! Link to comment
3gEclipseGuy Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Whoa. 3 fish in a 2.5g? I was worried about putting one in a 3g. Do you plan on keeping all the fish in there? I'm planning on either a goby or blenny in mine. Someone said that a clown would outgrow my tank too fast. Link to comment
bravoreefer Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Thats a lot of fish in that tank buddy. Another thought, where is the sand? Link to comment
greatwit Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 besides being way to large of a bioload, the pistol and goby pair need a substrate to dig into in order to feel secure. you might want to take some stuff back to your lfs. Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted July 30, 2004 Author Share Posted July 30, 2004 are you saying they will die Link to comment
greatwit Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Have you done any tests on your system for Nitrates, Ammonia, etc? I can't say that they will absolutely die, but your tank inhabitants are definitely stressed. What lighting do you have over this tank? Link to comment
3gEclipseGuy Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 There's no sand?? Wow. I didn't see that. Yeah. The goby sifts the sands for food. They'll need that. Otherwise you'll feed more and then really mix up the water quality. From what I've read in all the posts is that your maintenance is going to be a lot to compensate for the two fish in a small tank. The goby can get to about 2.5 inches and same for the clown I think. Which will be alot of space in a 2.5 gallon tank. I guess it's possible but maybe difficult. Good luck. Link to comment
jmt Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I'm gonna go with, he put the livestock in there while he cleaned out his other tank. Maybe it's just me. Newbs. Link to comment
angeleyes Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 I'd say the sand would definitely be a good idea--deep enough for the shrimp and goby to make a burrow. Otherwise, it should work. I don't see 3 fish--only 2. And they should be fine...clownfish will eventually outgrow the tank, but not horribly fast, and the goby and shrimp are just fine. As long as you keep an eye on your parameters, you should be fine. If your ammonia gets above 0 and won't go down no matter what, you've overloaded. The sand should help...it's a biofilter along w/ the live rock. Good luck! Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted July 30, 2004 Author Share Posted July 30, 2004 lol... JMT you know me to well let that be a lesson for all you. 2 fish a shrimp goby and no substrate in a 2g is a no no! Link to comment
john76 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Don't listen to these haters....... And put it in a window so it gets lots of sunlightB) Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted July 30, 2004 Author Share Posted July 30, 2004 does it really? will that provide a more natural habitat for my fishes and corals? Link to comment
john76 Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 It's sun son... the sun is hot!!! Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted July 31, 2004 Author Share Posted July 31, 2004 well in the natural is habitat the sun is the corals natural resource! let me try it Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted July 31, 2004 Share Posted July 31, 2004 wait , so you mean to tell me that ninh just tricked everyone except for jmt? kudos if that's true. Link to comment
ninhsavestheday Posted July 31, 2004 Author Share Posted July 31, 2004 what are you talking about? : Link to comment
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