Will this filtration system work for a small reef tank?

[JellyFishPirate]

uncle gave me this 12 gallon tank he had lying around in his garage for years.

im new to the hobby so i have no idea if this is good or not however uncle says its a very good system (he personally runs 4 salt water tanks) i will include picture of the filtration system in the tank i recived from him.

he said he bought the tank years ago and built the filtration part himself.

i've ordered a good protein skimmer and a wave maker to add to this tank, do you guys think i can keep coral and 3 small fish and a cleaning shrimp alive using this filtration system provided i do all the required maintances? (pair of clown fish and a blue tang).

if i left out anything please let me know.

 

[Sk8r]

No tang. They take a huge tank. Even baby ones. For a 12 gallon, mostly invertebrates. Clowns would be extremely cramped. The larger ones will claim 50 gallons as their own. You'd fare better with small gobies.

THat's a wet-dry media type tank, and they're ok for small tanks and for fish-only tanks. But the 12 gallons is just not going to be helpful. Are you sure you didn't mean 120?

 

[JellyFishPirate]

its 50Litres (from australia so i just used litre to gallon converter and its around 12G) i only plan to keep small fish in it when they grow bigger ill just put them in my uncle's big tank and buy small fish again.

 

[toothybugs]

You should probably take your uncle's advice then on what fish to get, so he can be sure they'll be compatible with his existing livestock. A 50L/12gal tank isn't going to hold much for very long - you run the risk of really stressing your fish if you put space-requiring species (tangs, angels, etc) in small tanks. Tank wars for space can ensue and only bad things come of that.

 

[Cloudburst2000]

I think a pair of smaller clowns would do okay in the tank, but nothing more than that. If you want three fish, then go with some smaller non-aggressive gobies and blennies. Good fish to consider include firefish, tailspot blenny, clown goby, barnacle blenny, etc. Another good option would be a dwarf possum wrasse (the only wrasse that would work in a tank this small).

And NO tangs. The require much more swimming room, even as juveniles, then a 12g tank could ever offer. If you really want tangs, then you need to look at setting up a tank much larger then a 12g.

 

[JellyFishPirate]

ok thanks guys