The tank is actually 60l which is about 15-18 gallon. It's a reef tank and there is a few choices of corals for them to host. I want to get a yasha-pistol shrimp pair and a pair of clownfish and maybe another fish. I was thinking of a pair of onyx perculas. Or a different morph but I have to look through them. Would those work in the tank?
Clownfish 15g?
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I would do the shrimp and goby or the clowns. You could probably get away with both but it’ll get crowded soon. And I disagree. A pair of clowns could be kept comfortably in a 10 gallon nano tank. It takes a little bit more work but it’s not hard. Live aquaria has a recommended size of 30 gallons for clowns and their recommendations are normally pretty conservative from what I’ve seen. Many many people keep them in nano tanks because of how hardy and easy to keep they are. And as long as you get them young/small angression shouldn’t be a problem. One will become dominant after a few months and there shouldn’t be anymore fighting
I think the best fish for that size tank is a Barnacle Blenny. You could keep a group of four even, enabling you to view their natural social behaviors. Their mating dance is hilarious! They are really fun fish to watch, and would present no problems for other fish.
Oldreeferman
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15 to 18 gal is cutting it pretty close,
I have a 20 gal, not much larger that has been running now 2 yrs. & it has 5 fish, none that reach over 3" in length however, a VERY critical factor and over 26 corals.
A lot of keeping everything happy in a tank of this size is starting with healthy juveniles that only grow to a 3" max. & how/when they are introduced. I first introduced the 2 baby Ocellaris Clowns, after a month came a baby Royal Gamma, 30 days later came the baby watchman goby, finally the banggai cardnal fish which was full size from a friends tank, i didn't expect to actually add another but it needed a home bad. Everything gets along fine long as all are well fed 2X a day.
And the corals get their food from what ever is left in the water column & doing fine on that & lighting.
So it can be done with no issues as long as you run a skimmer & are diligent about weekly 10% water changes but if my tank was any smaller at all id drop 2 fish and id have never taken the Cardinal fish, down to just 3 definatly with coral & fish growth factored in down the rd.
If i ever loose a fish from age etc..i probably wouldn't replace it in order to lower the load on a tank with so much coral just to stay safe or else remove some corals to just my faves.
Larger tanks are obviously without a doubt better always for all reasons but yes, it can be a bit crowded & still a very mellow happy tank as long as your very careful on what & when its introduced as well as careful live rock placement for good flow & places to hide & swim thru for the fish and oh so importaint weekly water changes................
I have a 20 gal, not much larger that has been running now 2 yrs. & it has 5 fish, none that reach over 3" in length however, a VERY critical factor and over 26 corals.
A lot of keeping everything happy in a tank of this size is starting with healthy juveniles that only grow to a 3" max. & how/when they are introduced. I first introduced the 2 baby Ocellaris Clowns, after a month came a baby Royal Gamma, 30 days later came the baby watchman goby, finally the banggai cardnal fish which was full size from a friends tank, i didn't expect to actually add another but it needed a home bad. Everything gets along fine long as all are well fed 2X a day.
And the corals get their food from what ever is left in the water column & doing fine on that & lighting.
So it can be done with no issues as long as you run a skimmer & are diligent about weekly 10% water changes but if my tank was any smaller at all id drop 2 fish and id have never taken the Cardinal fish, down to just 3 definatly with coral & fish growth factored in down the rd.
If i ever loose a fish from age etc..i probably wouldn't replace it in order to lower the load on a tank with so much coral just to stay safe or else remove some corals to just my faves.
Larger tanks are obviously without a doubt better always for all reasons but yes, it can be a bit crowded & still a very mellow happy tank as long as your very careful on what & when its introduced as well as careful live rock placement for good flow & places to hide & swim thru for the fish and oh so importaint weekly water changes................
