stocking for a 2..or 2.5

[sir_dudeguy]

ya i'm not 100% hell bent on getting one, just trying to find out if one would work. and no i wasnt gonna do what mmm did...i think i wrote about that earlier.

my lfs sells sexy shrimp too i think...only they call it a harlequin shrimp? is that the same thing? it looks similar but a little dif. design so it may be 2 completely dif. things, but that is a cool shrimp. I also saw a camel shrimp today, which was cool..maybe a possibility...specially at 4.99. Would it be ok to keep multiples of those?

And yes i know not to get more than a clown goby, if i even do get a fish. I dont like seeing fish cramped up, but if it can be kept happily in that i would get one i think. They didnt seem to be really needy as far as swimming room when i saw them today...just stuck around the rocks and squabled w/one another...oh and thats another think...are these fish even ok to be alone? i'd hate to be able to have one and get it, but then later find out that they actually need to be in a group or something.

If i get a yellow clown goby tho...would i be more worried about space issues, or bioload issues? i've got about 3 lbs of rock in there right now...1 of which i'm positive is live...2 of which if it isnt live then its good base rock for sure. I've already spotted about 4 different freeby hitch hikers on the rock i got from the lfs today, so i'm starting to like this already and theres nothing even in there yet lol.

one last thing. My light that i was gonna put on there broke today lol...made me SO mad, cuz it was a 60w pc fixture but it was like the tiniest thing so it would fit perfect over it. So now for lighting i'm thinking of doing either 1 of those 20w 50/50 coralife screw in lights (the mini ones) or 2 of them...i've got fixtures from old reptile tanks that will fit over it....but also, do they make any bulbs like that that are just regular 10ks and regular actinics only? In other words not 50/50's....i like being able to turn on actinics only.

this is the light i'm talkin about.

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do they make that in just pure actinic and pure 10k? or am i stuck w/50/50s?

thanks all
mike

 

[jasutton]

OK for the shrimp:
Harlequins are different and dont get one, they only eat starfish...expensive meals there.
Camel shrimp should be find, and they tend to do better in paks 2-3 so i have heard, never had one though.

As for the Goby, if you do the Sump, bioload wont really be an issue, just the space i think. But if you get a fish that would be the one to get

As for lights, i hear pretty good things about the screw in bulbs, but do a couple. and i am pretty sure you can only get 50/50

 

[jasutton]

OK for the shrimp:
Harlequins are different and dont get one, they only eat starfish...expensive meals there.
Camel shrimp should be find, and they tend to do better in paks 2-3 so i have heard, never had one though.

As for the Goby, if you do the Sump, bioload wont really be an issue, just the space i think. But if you get a fish that would be the one to get

As for lights, i hear pretty good things about the screw in bulbs, but do a couple. and i am pretty sure you can only get 50/50

goodluck!

 

[sir_dudeguy]

ya thats what i'm thinking about the bulbs only coming in 50/50's...bummer...i like having just actinics on before and after daylight u know?

and yes, i was planning on doing 2 of the 20 watters. i've got multiple setups, and i can prolly even rig up something so they're in the same reflector.

 

[hypermikie]

Sir-dude,

In MY experience (not that it means much)....

I removed a Pistol from my 24g Pod and threw him into a 2.5g I was using for a Quarantine. I dropped in a couple pounds of live rock and a filled the bottom with a 1.5 -2 " sand bed.

He has been in there living (IMO) "quite happily" for a couple of months. I have a Filter/Powerhead that runs carbon, sponge and keeps the water moving. I do lazy 2-3 water changes and add Iodine for the shrimp and Calcium for the LR. I did throw in my sickly Yellow Clown Goby 2 days ago...

I have been thinking of throwing in some low requirement corals from my 24g that are growing crazy (ie. Xenia, Kenya, GSP or Green shrooms)... I am not sure if my light would work since I only have a 13w PC 50/50 coralife....

But my Pistol is happy in his burrow! I feed him a chunk of Krill or Silverside every few days. I see plenty of pods running around after dark and here him snap at them every so often....


BTW: I do not run any heater... I figure that small with the pump and lights?? all seems fine 2 months in...

Just my half page ramble....