Trio123

I got to get the tank idea out of my system so I wont go out and waste money I dont have. So Im gonna write about it and when I have a decent job and some extra money I will put it together. This way I will have it all written out for later.

10 gallon tank
AquaC Nano Remora Protein Skimmer $140
10 lbs or so cured life rock $80
20 lbs of life sand $60
two power heads $75
lighting... dont want to think about yet

The potential residents-
yellow clown goby
cleaner goby
Rainford goby
Hi Fin Goby
Peppermint Shrimp
itsy bitsy blue leg crabs (I dont want any giant red legs stomping all over my plate coral!!!)
cerith snail
margarita snail
nassarius snail
spotted porcelain crab

Potential Corals-
Fungia Plate Coral
Zooanthid
Yellow Polyp
Glove Polyp
Star Polps
Ricordea

ok that was fun now back to studying for the GRE, woot

Alaska

Sounds like a good little tank. Looks like you have experience with sw, so I won't give you the lecture on how beginners shouldn't start nanos.
Peppermint shrimp (Lysmata amboinesis to those of us who prefer binomial nomenclature) are great little buggers. Very interactive, lots of fun and easy to keep to boot! My pair has spawned countless times, but I never am able to raise the babies because the other fish eat them up almost immediately!

Trio123

My favorite thing about them is their appetite for aiptasia. Plus they are cute, stay a little smaller than other shrimp, and are cheap But I was just looking online and there is a smaller shrimp guy out there, a bumble bee shrimp! Never seen one in real life but that might be a better choice as most sites are saying 20 gallons for a peppermint shrimp. The porcelein crab needs 20 gallons too according to one site so maybe I will go with this cool looking little Pom Pom Crab guy instead. But this is a hypothetical tank so it's not really important

I am looking for a job in fisheries and aquatic protection so by the time I get a job and can afford it, I will have learned that it is too detrimental to the environment to buy these wild caught fish and changed my mind about having a tank Or maybe I'll start my dream store: a dive shop/saltwater/freshwater aquatic store. I'll sell only sustainablly caught fish and grown corals... no dyed fish either Then I will have all the tanks my little heart desires

ok, 7 days left to study... must focus on stupid words and tricky math problems. Enough of my excursive remarks... back to becoming an erudite student