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Old 11-14-2006, 06:32 PM   #1
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need advice on a making a 6G nano reef, is it possible?


hey, all. this is my first post here. as you can see I like clown gobies

anyway, all my life, i have wanted a SW tank, and I finally have an opportunity to make one. the unfortunate part is, I have VERY limited space and budget, so if I want one it can only be 6Gs. now I have been told it would be possible to make a FOWLR 6G tank, but a reef is out of the question. is there really no coral I can do, even shrooms? the lighting is 18 watt 50/50 power compact. what would be a good stocking for a tank this small? i'd only want to get a clown goby and a scarlet reef hermit or two. just how hard will it be to maintain a tank this small?
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Old 11-14-2006, 06:53 PM   #2
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Old 11-14-2006, 07:45 PM   #3
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You could do shrooms and button polyps in a 6g nano Sun corals possibly
If you keep on top of waterchanges the tank really won't be that hard to maintain. I would plan on 1-2 gallons a week
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Old 11-14-2006, 11:12 PM   #4
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Yup you should be fine with some shrooms and zoos and suncoral as they need fed not light.

Clown Goby and a crab or two and a snail or two would be fine!

Welcome as well.

If you can get another light on the tank that would be great? How wide is it??
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Old 11-14-2006, 11:51 PM   #5
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Can seahorses be kept in a tank this small ?

Working on a 6g nano work up , got a 13w pc retro on order. wife wants a manageable tank at work. She really has her heart set on SH but I have no clue on them.
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Old 11-15-2006, 12:46 AM   #6
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I have great news! I found an awesome deal at my local petco on an everything included 12G nano setup. the light is too small for most corals, though... I think shrooms would be fine. hmmm... i'll get an ocellaris clown, and an emerald crab, and maybe a few snails. depends on if I get hitchhikers and what they are.
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Can seahorses be kept in a tank this small ?

Working on a 6g nano work up , got a 13w pc retro on order. wife wants a manageable tank at work. She really has her heart set on SH but I have no clue on them.
I'm not sure I'd post this question in the seahorse forum and see what they say
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I have great news! I found an awesome deal at my local petco on an everything included 12G nano setup. the light is too small for most corals, though... I think shrooms would be fine. hmmm... i'll get a clarkii clown, and an emerald crab, and maybe a few snails. depends on if I get hitchhikers and what they are.

What brand of nano is it? what is the lighting?
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I'm not sure I'd post this question in the seahorse forum and see what they say
oh, don't worry. i'm sure even the smallest of seahorses wouldn't thrive in there.
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I have great news! I found an awesome deal at my local petco on an everything included 12G nano setup. the light is too small for most corals, though... I think shrooms would be fine. hmmm... i'll get a clarkii clown, and an emerald crab, and maybe a few snails. depends on if I get hitchhikers and what they are.

Yah details , A link would be great.. Maybe I would do that instead of 6G
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Old 11-15-2006, 01:38 AM   #11
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well, its by marineland, and it's a complete kit. I don't know the wattage, but it looks puny.
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the 12g eclipse maybe?
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the 12g eclipse maybe?
yep, that's it.
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Old 11-15-2006, 09:27 AM   #14
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Get a 96w PC light over it and you can keep about anything. They are only 18" long!
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The dwarf seahorses would be fine, Wolf, but you'd have to hatch brine shrimp every single day, since they require that to survive. Anything else would be too big...
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