Unique stocking ideas for a 10g nano??

[swemmel]

Hey guys, setting up a 10 gallon nano at work and I don't really know what I want to do with it yet. I have mixed reef tanks at home ( a biocube, and a 120g) so I think Im looking to do a little something different with this tank. I want the bio load to be pretty small as the size isn't very forgiving and I really plan on running a skimmer, though I might if I had to. The tank is an innovative marine 10 gallon nuvo, with the 18w skyye light led. It would be good enough for some softies, but nothing else I'm afraid. I was thinking zoa garden, possibly an invert specific, maybe a single fish tank, something I can't keep in one of my other tanks? Let me hear any ideas that you might have. Thanks in advance!

 

[steventaylor702]

I will do a fire fish and a shrimp and goby pair

 

[cherubfish pair]

• Get a cleaner shrimp--lots'o personality but don't get if you have hawkfish as they will kill ornamental shrimp.
• With fish the sky's the limit as long as they're nano fish.
• If you have a sand bed, sand sifters are needed.

 

[xCry0x]

Id go with something small and active that you can feed pellets so you don't have to keep frozen food at work.

Dottback, royal gramma, damsels, a single clown etc all come to mind.

Clown goby can be fun too - but sometimes they are to small to eat even the smallest pellets.

You can then add in an shrimp or something as well.

 

[swemmel]

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[leonel619]

How bout a tailspot blenny? I had one in a small nano tank and was a very active fish. I'm thinking of getting another once my new nano is ready to hold livestock.