6.6 gallon reef tank....

[Ah_Cy]

I just inherited a 6.6 (long) reef tank. It has a hanging filter, 1 maroon clown (he is going to someone else) 1 cleaner shrimp (i guess its a female because she has laid eggs...) 1 button polyp, 3 tiny pieces of elk coral, 1 tiny tree coral (which type I don't know, it has tiny "hands" coming of the stalk), two fair sized pieces of live rock ( one has glass anemones, I bought Joe's Juice and they will be gone shortly) and pieces of rock put in there to create more live rock. It has sand and crushed coral as a substrate, and a reef sun(?) lamp.

My questions are...

I would like neon gobies (cleaner gobies?). How many could go in there?

Which corals or anemones stay small? (I am planning on setting up a 20 gal long reef)

How many turbo snails should I get? (I have a lot of green algae)

Any other information would be great!

Thanks!
Stephanie

 

[Dubbin1]

A 6.6g tank is really starting to get to the point of where you shouldn't have a fish in it. IMO I would turn it into a coral only tank. A few snails should do the trick in keeping it clean.

Oh and

[welcome]

 

[bertoni]

There are some mini-carpet anemones that stay small. None of the other (desireable) anemones that you can buy stay particularly small, as far as I know.

 

[TCU Reefer]

Clown goby.

 

[Dubbin1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6789670#post6789670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TCU Reefer
Clown goby.

That would be a good little fish for it. Here is one that I just picked up a couple days ago. He loves living in my xenia

 

[Ah_Cy]

I could do a coral only that would be ok with me. And once I start my 20 gallon, I can move anything that is too big for the 6 gal to the 20. I am sure once things get big for the 20 I will purchase something bigger... ,


The person who gave me this tank said he was getting some Xenia and when he did he would give it to me for the tank.... Good choice or no?

 

[Dubbin1]

It could take over that small of a tank really fast so if you do get it just make sure you don't let the xenia get on the main rock work.