Downsizing from 10 to 5g

[Vanlife-reefer]

I experienced a tank crash last week.
All the fish and corals died but the invertebrates are still doing good.

I decided to downsize as my tank is in a quite hard to reach place and a smaller one will be in a spot where I can easily do daily maintenance.

I decided to go with pnw-custom 5g AIO and I’m thinking about putting black sand in it. Would you be able to share your pictures of black sand tanks?

Also, how would you stock such a small tank.

I’ve got cleaner shrimp, fire shrimp and Pistol shrimp still in the old tank.

 

[bluemon]

What fish did you have in the 10g?

I would go a small goby or two in a 5g.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

5g I would do just a small goby and nothing else (in terms of fish) you could put the shrimp in there and be fine.

I’ll link you this thread, it’s a pros and cons thread of people who have done black sand before

Black Substrate - pros/cons and photos?

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