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Old October 26th, 2009  
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starting a 5 gallon saltwater tank what shouldi put in?

i am clueless and need to know what can go in a 5 gal SW tank it dosent have to be fish just stuff to make it look kool lol
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Old October 26th, 2009  
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I am no salt guy, but I love fire fish and i think that one of them works fine in a 5 gallon, or you could go classic and do a cool clown fish.
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Old October 26th, 2009  
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those are pretty cool i have to check them out
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Old October 26th, 2009  
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personally, I wouldn't put any fish in a 5 gallon. You could make it an invertebrate reef.
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Old October 27th, 2009  
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I second that ATP.

You could have a shrimp or crab and a few corals.
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Old October 27th, 2009  
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Best of luck with your new salt set up Josh!
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Old October 27th, 2009  
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personally, I wouldn't put any fish in a 5 gallon. You could make it an invertebrate reef.
i set it upand the pet store guy gave me some free glass anenomes what would be ok with them?

i really ned the help ifall of you who view this could help....45 or so views 6 answers? i could use some help but if you cant it ok

Hello. I've merged your two threads to save some space. Have patience We have a lot more of fresh water members than we do salt members. Don't forget there is an "edit" key at the bottom of every post for corrections and additional thoughts if there are no responses.
Thanks!
Ken

Last edited by aquarist48; October 29th, 2009 at 05:43 AM. Reason: Back to back
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Old October 27th, 2009  
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i set it upand the pet store guy gave me some free glass anenomes what would be ok with them?

wow dude. You got ripped. Your pet store guy gave you pest anemones that you don't want for your tank. Glass Anemones are all so called aiptasia
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Old October 27th, 2009  
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i am clueless and need to know what can go in a 5 gal SW tank it dosent have to be fish just stuff to make it look kool lol
Hi there, well if I went with my rules for stocking the tanks. I would go no bigger than 2.5 inch fish. You could try a clown goby or something like that. You might be able to put two, but you have to check them and make sure they are not getting stressed. You could have a couple of fire shrimp with a sun coral or something like that.

I have a 5.5 gallon tank that I used to see how well playsand does in saltwater tanks. I have a blue damsel in the tank and he seems to be doing fine. The tank has been up and running around 4 months now. I tried two damsels but they were fitting too much, thus I took one out.

Last edited by locoyo386; October 27th, 2009 at 07:07 PM.
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Old October 27th, 2009  
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personally, I wouldn't put any fish in a 5 gallon. You could make it an invertebrate reef.
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Old October 28th, 2009  
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Have you checked out the Saltwater section? They might have some idea's there.
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Old October 28th, 2009  
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i have tried nothing really helped
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Old October 28th, 2009  
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ineed some more suggestions please..... im not getting the glass anenomes i just want to put some fish and inverts in there
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Old October 28th, 2009  
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Nothing much really, except snails and crabs. I have a thread with the same question but with a 6.6, a couple of members suggested gobys
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Old October 28th, 2009  
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You could try a small reef tank. With soft corals and maybe zoanthid species. Once your tank matures you could place a reef safe urchin as centerpiece.

Or you could set up a wonderful refugium-like tank. Raising small crustaceans and macro algae.

If there are viable options for SW fish I would like to know.

An experienced keeper could keep dwarf Seahorses in it. Feeding them would require a somewhat complex set up.

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Old October 28th, 2009  
ATP
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skunk cleaner shrimps, hermits, snails. again I would not put any fish in a 5 gal.
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Old October 29th, 2009  
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Duplicate Threads

Hello Josh. I have merged your two threads. Only one thread per topic is required. People that have the answers to your questions will respond in due time. Please be patient. Creating duplicate threads only confuses other members.
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Old October 29th, 2009  
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k thanks all (and ken) ill think this stuff through but istill need more help. someone sent me a message the other day saying that they had a single damsel in a 5 gallon and its been happy for 4 months so is it ll right to try that since they grow till only 2.5 inches long
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