rileyrk190

Its great to finally have time again to be active on the site! I have gone through a lot of tank changes recently, the biggest being that i upgraded my 3g salt water tank to a 10g. It has been running in the ten gallon now, for roughly two months and its finally going strong. I started out with 8 hermit crabs, and i am down to six. I had four margarita snails and 4 bumblebees, and i have two margaritas now, and two bumblebees. Unfortunately i experieneced some casualties, which i try to avoid at all costs, but it was a lesson learned. Now that nothing has died in two months, and everything has stableized i am hoping to add some live stock. I have a couple brittle stars, feather dusters, and bivalves that have hitchiked, but i think i need some more snails to keep up with the algae, and a fish of some sort. Is this tank too small for a clown? If so i was thinking of trying it out with some mollies because i read that you can slowly adjust them for a saltwater tank, and they seem to do well. Does anyone have some suggestions?

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quentin8

personaly, from what i have read i woud def. say that the tank is to small......i have a 12 gallon all i have is 6 blue legged hermits , 1 peperment shrimp, and 1 lemon demsel.......keep in mind that the less u have, the less stress

rileyrk190

Many, many people have a salt water tank much smaller than a ten gallon. I knew it was going to be a challenge from the start, but after many years of freshwater, i wanted something new and exciting. I find a new creature everytime i look at the tank. I am a member on another forum www.nano-reef.com which is totally devoted to nano reefs. Many people keep 2, or 3 gallon reefs with a huge amount of success, so i respectfully disagree. Even on dr. foster and smiths website, they have fish with a minimum reuirement of seven or ten gallons. I know that the bioload cannot handle many fish, but i feel that one or two should be fine. Invertabrates really dont contribute the the bioload that much, so it sounds like a lot but some of them are smaller than a dime.

pinkfloydpuffer

If you want to go with mollies, I'd be sure to get either a sailfin or a black molly. Those ones are more likely to be the ones that do well in saltwater. Those balloons and such are probably bred way too far from the wild, lol. And I'd convert them over the span of several days if not weeks or even better... months. I like mollies... they may not be as exciting as some saltwater fish, but I think there are few fish more beautiful than a full-grown silver/platinum molly in all its glory.

rileyrk190

i agree i really like mollies, and i feel like they would be hardier than a saltwater fish. Thanks for the tip! I will definately go with the sailfins or blacks if i choose mollies.

Shawnie

wow congrats on the SW tank..im too intimidated by them but love love the looks of them....I didnt know mollies could go full sw...I thought just brackish ..learn something new every day! goodluck in whatever you decide and share some pics

rileyrk190

i plan on taking some pics tomorrow. Things were still kind of settling in, because i am home on break and had to bring my tank home. my tube worm was very upset with me, so my tank had spider web looking stuff on it for a day..the current finally got rid of it. I had to separate my live rock, and he built his home between two of the pieces.

rileyrk190

Yeah i read this somewhere, and my local fish store guy told me this too, and he is very knowledgeable. The same article said it could be done with guppies as well. I haven't ever tried it though, nor have heard of anyone who has tried it before. The article did say to do it carefully over the span of a couple weeks, slowly increasing the salinity. if i find the article again i will post a link..but i read it a while ago.