What fish and coral should I put in my 6 gal tank!?!?!?!?

aznpowa · 08-30-2008, 08:56 PM

Hi! I just got a 6 gal nano tank. I'm planning to have a reef tank. Got any suggestions?

nicco0315 · 08-31-2008, 12:13 AM

IMO you can only put one maybe two fish in the six gallon but two might be pushing it for such a small tank. Try maybe one small percula clown if your into those. As far as coral it all depends on the lighting you have in the tank. A quick description of what you have as far as lighting goes would help.

aznpowa · 08-31-2008, 12:47 PM

k thanks!

aznpowa · 08-31-2008, 12:49 PM

btw what coral can i put in the 6 gal?

MediaHound · 08-31-2008, 06:12 PM

Maybe try button polyps or yellow polyps or some similar soft coral.

aznpowa · 08-31-2008, 10:35 PM

Someone gave me the tank he didn't tell me anything about the light soz nicco.:(

nicco0315 · 08-31-2008, 11:18 PM

i believe on the bulbs it should say how many watts it has (i'm not sure though). we can give you more options as far as coral if you find out. but what mediahound suggested sounds good.

aznpowa · 09-01-2008, 10:56 AM

it is 18 watts.;)

nicco0315 · 09-01-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by aznpowa

it is 18 watts.;)

I think the rule of thumb for lighting is 4-7 watts per gallon. But mediahound is more experience with coral than I am so he might be able give you some more suggestions now that he's got an idea on how many watts you have in your setup.

RickM61 · 09-02-2008, 08:57 PM

you can have some nice zoa's, mushrooms, frogspawn..

Rick

arejay · 09-04-2008, 10:30 AM

Zoa's, Xenia, shrooms,

As for fish, you should NOT try a clown in this small of a tank. Look into gobies. there are some really cool crabs, shrimp and snails that can add more movement to the tank.

Is this an all-in-one or are you building this out yourself? I ask because with some better lighting (easier to update if not an all-in-one) you could have some really cool corals in this tank.

nicco0315 · 09-04-2008, 10:46 AM

i suggested the small percula because i have seen tanks that small with only one in them. maybe they were wrong for doing so. sorry.

aznpowa · 09-05-2008, 08:29 PM

what about a firefish and a percula?

nicco0315 · 09-06-2008, 09:58 AM

that should be a good combo but like the guy said before me, adding a perc might be risky. so you should get more opinions before you go ahead with it.

aznpowa · 09-06-2008, 04:57 PM

then just a firefish

nicco0315 · 09-06-2008, 05:49 PM

yeah a firefish should do just fine. They are considered great nano fish.

RickM61 · 09-15-2008, 04:38 PM

you can have 1 false perc and a firefish in the tank..false perc look like regular perc's somewhat but dont get as big..also to keep aggression down for coral get a small nem or frogspawn..something the clown can host..

Rick

aznpowaisback · 03-23-2009, 06:45 PM

I got a firefish,and two mushrooms. I'm thinking of adding some emerald crabs from my 50 gal is that ok?

APoirier594 · 03-23-2009, 08:40 PM

emerald crabs from your 50g? Well how many I only have one in a 12g nano, and in a 6g it might get aggressive b/c thats such a small tank, even though they are reef safe and calm, but thats a smaller tank. If you do be sure to acclimate them.

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