ideas needed for extra empty tank.

[hotelbravo]

I just setup an empty 20 gallon tall that had been sitting around. i added about 10 lbs of rock i had sitting dry in a bucket for the last 2 years. im wanted to try something hard that will probably be a single species tank with no other inhabitants. wondering what you guys would experiment with keeping if you had the time?

 

[shifty51008]

Pipefish and sea horses

 

[hotelbravo]

the feeding requirement might be a deal breaker.

 

[shifty51008]

Well you did say if you had the time

 

[shifty51008]

I would also say a sargassum angler but that tank may be just a tad small.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Yes an Angler fish or maybe a leaf fish would be cool. I've thought off and on about maybe a mantis one of the BIG dudes but they would get expensive to feed.

 

[hotelbravo]

Yes an Angler fish or maybe a leaf fish would be cool. I've thought off and on about maybe a mantis one of the BIG dudes but they would get expensive to feed.

The mantis shrimp is what I really want to try. I catch tons of small crabs and snails when I go out with my net to get squid and shrimp to feed the eel and anemones. It might not be as expensive..

 

[degibson84]

Why not setup a permanent QT

 

[toothybugs]

Macro display tank with an octopus is my vote.

 

[hotelbravo]

Why not setup a permanent QT

well im at max capacity on my display and so I wouldn't be needing to quarantine anything for a while.

 

[hotelbravo]

Macro display tank with an octopus is my vote.

no tight fitting lid otherwise that would be awesome.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Why not setup a permanent QT

Not a bad idea, just depends on how much more you are going to get for your current tank? Me personally I'm only going to get 4 more fish debating on two at a time or all 4 at once. I'm sure my biological filter can handle it.