want 1 fish in 6 gal, what kind?

[surfsharkus]

Would like to buy 1 fish for my softie tank. what would u get and why?

 

[FOSELONE]

mandarin goby...beautiful color...

 

[israelnajar]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10152242#post10152242 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by FOSELONE
mandarin goby...beautiful color...

Are you kidding? In 6 gallons of water? Oh well maybe he could get it to work.

But am I looking for suggestions for my 7 as well.

 

[surfsharkus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10152448#post10152448 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by israelnajar
Are you kidding? In 6 gallons of water?

I under stand that they are very hard to keep but they ARE GREAT looking!

 

[sir_dudeguy]

um...why is this in the soft coral section????

 

[israelnajar]

I think the OP is looking for a fish that will be okay in his softie tank.

 

[surfsharkus]

that is correct, thanks.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

ah, gotcha, my bad I read everything EXCEPT for the words "softy tank" lol. Anywho, i'd stay away from the manderin in a 6...that'd be more work than the fish itself is worth...you'd be buying so much food...just to be feeding a 15 dollar fish lol. I mean i know you cant put a value on a fish that you love and whatnot...but you get my point.

I'd say go w/like a firefish, or maybe like a yellow watchman gobie w/a randalli pistol shrimp. I had that pair in my nano and it was awesome. Or many of the other watchman type gobies would work too...like the yasha haze or something.

 

[hobbzz]

Randals goby and symbiotic pistol shrimp...awesome!

 

[surfsharkus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10152619#post10152619 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sir_dudeguy
maybe like a yellow watchman gobie Or many of the other watchman type gobies would work too...like the yasha haze or something.

I was thinking about a gobie. What other gobies will stay small enough to stay in my nano tank...oh... whats a yasha haze?

 

[sir_dudeguy]

its a type of goby...hang on i'll get some links...

 

[sir_dudeguy]

here's the yasha...personally i dont think they need a whole 30g...if they're anything like the yellow watchman, they rarely swim around the tank. My yellow watchman, even though he was in a 29g tank, stayed w/in like 10 inches of his little hole. So i put him in a 3g and same thing...he was fine w/that and his little shrimp buddy.

http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=1145&N=0

yellow watchman...gets a little bigger but they recommend smaller tank?? haha idk...
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=228&N=0

prawn goby...
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=197&N=0

hi fin banded...
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=181&N=0

wheelers...
http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=226&N=0

There's a bunch of the shrimp gobies so i'll stop there haha

 

[surfsharkus]

hey thanx! I like the idea that he can have a buddy. I wonder if they really need to be feed twice a day?

 

[sir_dudeguy]

which one? the yasha?? I didnt even notice that....I believe it though. A lot of really small fish have high metabolisms or something like that, so they're like a bird...goes right in and right out lol. So they need to be fed a couple times a day (or better yet a few really really really small meals a day) otherwise they'll be "runnin on empty" too long, so to speak lol. At least thats the way i took it when i read some article on smaller fish a long time ago

 

[troy-angela]

yellow headed jaw fish would be good stay away from the manderin with out you are really experienced

 

[surfsharkus]

what about a blenny?

 

[The Saltwater Kid]

A Tail Spot Blenny would be a wonderful fish for a nano tank, they are the smallest of the Blenny's and are cute as heck with great personality.

 

[Overt8kr]

How about a damsell? They are pretty hardy.
A Javanese Damsel is very interesting.

GL

 

[surfsharkus]

i'll check those possiblities. Thanx

 

[kingfisher62]

hi fin banded goby would be perfect! here is mine.