CAS512

If I was to have about a 15 gallon tank, how many fish could I have in it? I was thinking of clown fish and maybe damsels? can they even go together?

sgould

No more than 2 fish in that size tank. Maybe a pair of ocellaris. Damsels are best kept in small groups, so I would not go that route in such a small tank.

CAS512

oh d****t!!! well looks like i have to get a bigger tank.

sgould

Easy please...children are around.

CAS512

how about a 30 gallon tank, how many would i be able to get in that?

sgould

Depends on size, but if you are going with smaller fish...say in the 3-4 inch range, you could do 4-5.

CAS512

my main fish that i would have to get are Clownfish.

sgould

What kind are you thinking of? Ocellaris and percs stay small, about half the size of some of the other varieties.

CAS512

Definitely Ocellaris, I'm so fascinated by them, i could sit there and watch them for hours and hours!!!
if i was to get Ocellaris would i get more than 2 in the 15 gallon tank?

sgould

In a 15 you could get away with 3, but my personal preference would be not to push it any further than that. There is no perfect stocking guideline, but I like to keep it to around 1/2" of fish per gallon of water for a SW tank.

CAS512

okie dokie, i'll keep that in mind. at the moment i'm doing a FW tank and getting used to all that but soon i really want to do sw, even if i start with the 15 gallon and have 3 fish, i dont care, i just really want to start somewhere.

Thanks so much, you're very helpful.

sgould

You're welcome!

Angela_96

Don't get let down w/ the stocking plans of your 15g tank, I have a 14g nano and my stocking plans are going to be a pair of false perc clowns and a purple firefish (I don't know if that helps w/ your stocking or not), and then of coarse a cleanup crew ads to the not so many fish, and then having the reef. The reef makes the tank imo everything in there is a living organism so to me after a while you will look at it and say oh, yea there is a fish in there as you are checking out the different reef critters, corals, etc.

I am going to turn my 36g bowfront into a reef after I get this nano going and get used to the saltwater stuff, and can aford the proper lighting, filters for it, I am going to use metal halides for the 36g tank. I have the biocube special power compacts which don't get me wrong can support corals, etc, but I want some strong bright lights for my 36g.

CAS512

well there's an aquarium place here that has a very small tank (unsure of the size but know it's smaller than the one i want to do) and he has 2 clownfish in it and he said that there's not much you really have to do and it's much easier than fresh water. when i decide to do sw I will make sure i get all the right stuff.