10 gallon stocking ideas

[zebbiesgarden]

Hello!

After dealing with a broken refractometer that killed my first few inhabitants, hair algae, and aiptasia, I am finally ready to stock my 10g nano! It's the classic petco one measuring 10 inches wide x 20 long x 13 tall.

I'm thinking of ocellaris clownfish, but would it be greedy of me to also add a yellow clown goby? Other livestock I already have include a turbo snail, a hermit crab, and a few corals (GSP, mushroom, zoas).

Thanks!

 

[fishywishy]

That should be fine. Just be ready to upgrade in a few years if the clowns get too big.

 

[Unitylover]

Im guessing no sump.
If a pair of clowns, that should be the max. you COULD add a small goby on top, but you better watch your params.
A 13 gallon tank housed a clown pair, royal gramma, and a goby. To be fair, he did use a shallow 13 G for more swimming space, but clowns wont really need much space. Maybe 1 small goby extra, and no more.

 

[lil sumpin]

Get a tailspot blenny! Much more personality than clownfish :cool:

 

[IceNein]

Get a tailspot blenny! Much more personality than clownfish :cool:

Tailspot gang reporting

 

[rusty shackleford yes]

Maybe a neon blue cleaner goby! I have one so far in my tank and he’s a blast!

 

[zebbiesgarden]

Maybe a neon blue cleaner goby! I have one so far in my tank and he’s a blast!

Took your advice and added a neon blue cleaner goby today after adding a clown a week ago!! I went to my LFS to just look around and ended up taking the goby home unexpectedly. Thank you for the suggestion :)

 

[rusty shackleford yes]

Took your advice and added a neon blue cleaner goby today after adding a clown a week ago!! I went to my LFS to just look around and ended up taking the goby home unexpectedly. Thank you for the suggestion :)

Nice!! I hope you fall in love with him like I did! They are full of personality and have such cute little faces lol

 

[jabberwock]

Don't put any clownfish in a 10 gallon.