MY 10 gallon nano! (STOCKED)

[Koa]

Hey guys! This is my 10 gallon nano reef its been up for about a month, water parameters have been looking good gonna probably gonna give the tank a few more days to cycle then put my fish order in, what do you guys recommend i put into this tank?!
I was thinking
1 designer ocellaris clownfish
1 yasha watchmen goby
1 red banded pistol shrimp
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
2 hermits (not sure what kind yet, any recommendations?)
2-3 snails not sure what type any recommendations?
1 more extra fish if i can fit one it i can probably some sort clown goby or damsel
What do you guys think? Let me know!

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Scarlet hermits look great and do an awesome job at cleaning! I'd go with 3 hermits, 2 trochus snails, and 2 cerith snails to get an all around clean up crew.

In addition to the clown / watchman pistol combo, you could also do a neon goby or a clown goby as long as you do weekly ~15% water changes. Start off slow, I'd only add your clown along with the hermits to start off. After a few weeks and a negative test reading on ammonia and nitrites, feel free to add your yasha (but I'd still hold off on the pistol until your tank is around 2-3 months in.. same goes for your cleaner shrimp) feel free to add some corals too!

 

[Koa]

Alright sounds sweet what corals would you recommend? for a guy just starting out, And could i put in the goby first and then the clown?

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

The hermit crabs are great scavengers, and will often eat hair algae. The trochus snails are a great all around snail and will eat nearly any unwanted vegetation, and the cerith snails are sand sifters that will keep your sand bed clean for you [emoji4]

 

[Koa]

I was gonna get the skunk cleaner because of how cool they look and how they clean other fish not much the cleaning part

 

[NickNiz]

I think Nassarius Snails would be a neat addition. They're good sand sifters, and it's always entertaining to watch when they dig themselves out for food. Don't put more than 2-3 in though... If you start to get algae, you could add a turbo snail, but if it runs out of algae to eat, it will starve. Especially in a tank that size.

The stock list looks great, but I would try to avoid damsels... I've had an instance where a damsel ate half of my royal gramma the same day I added it to the tank... Very territorial fish.

 

[Koa]

Defiantly gonna stay away from damsels so probably some sort of goby for the 3rd fish? and in what order should I add my fish and inverts

 

[Koa]

Hey guys there a couple weird white specs/bubbles in my tank are they normal? Or something harmful

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Alright sounds sweet what corals would you recommend? for a guy just starting out, And could i put in the goby first and then the clown?

Sure, you can start with either fish. Some beginner corals include: mushrooms, Xenia (invasive), anthelia (invasive), Kenya trees (invasive) toadstool leathers, singulera fingers, cabbages, green star polyps, zoanthids and/ or palys

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

I was gonna get the skunk cleaner because of how cool they look and how they clean other fish not much the cleaning part

You certainly can, just wait a couple months so your tank can mature as shrimp can be a bit more sensitive than fish.

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Defiantly gonna stay away from damsels so probably some sort of goby for the 3rd fish? and in what order should I add my fish and inverts

After you see 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite in the tank, you'll be ready to add some livestock. I would add no more than 4 snails/ crabs and 1 fish. You'll prob want to add 2 snails and 2 hermits, then eventually double them after a few weeks. I listed some good snails/ hermits a few posts ago.

After waiting at least 2 weeks of adding your initial livestock, you'll be ready for your 2nd fish and the rest of your cleanup crew.

Another ~2 weeks after that and you'll be ready (as long as you are reading 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite) to add your final fish, and possibly your pistol shrimp.

Finnaly once you feel your ready, you are more than welcome to add your skunk cleaner [emoji4] hope this helped!

 

[Koa]

I might do a pair of clowns because I dont want the clown to be lonely could I do that in a 10g? the pair only a few inverts and coral

 

[Frop]

I have three fish in my 10 gallon so far. It would make me nervous if you're buying three fish at once. Not sure. Good luck in your build :)

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

I might do a pair of clowns because I dont want the clown to be lonely could I do that in a 10g? the pair only a few inverts and coral

If you did a pair, start them small, and add them last. You would have to watch your nutrients a bit closer because 2 decent sized fish like that will produce a sizable amount of waste.

 

[Koa]

And I was wondering what those white things are?

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

And I was wondering what those white things are?

Hard to tell from the pics.. look like small bubbles. You can always increase the amount of surface agaitation so you don't get build up on the surface of your water. Looks harmless

 

[40B Knasty]

Nice choices. Clearer/skunk shrimp do get big. Mine is bigger than my hand spread wide after 6 months and my buddy has 5 that dwarf mine. You do have a nice over hang for it to setup shop and do some cleaning. Clowns really don't need much cleaning or really liked to be cleaned from my experience. The yasha is tiny and a hider.
Hermit crabs I would go with dwarf blue legged. They grow big too IF you give the shells to grow into. Electric blue legs are really cool looking. Mine hides, because the red leg is a jerk and walks all over my corals.
I would let your tank come into its own before adding your 3rd fish. You don't want to bomb your tank.with a bioload it can not handle.
Swales and Swissguard basslet are rated for a 10g. My swissguard is a best friend and sleeps with my clown. He is the best tank mate/model citizen. They also both love the same food. Flakes especially. Some mysis and spirulina brine here and there.

 

[Koa]

Your tank looks great btw sounds like im either geting dwarf red hermits or blues

 

[40B Knasty]

Your tank looks great btw sounds like im either geting dwarf red hermits or blues

Thanks man. Much appreciated. I do love my fish. Corals have been fun when I finally got the hang of making those suckers very healthy and grow fast. No more 1 polyp a month growth. 5-6 now even for my slow growing rasta zoanthid. March 2nd & 13th after the New England farmers frag swap. 2 gold Aussie torches & bam bams that grew 3 polyps since the 13th.

 

[Koa]

What corals do you recommend me picking up? I have a t5 lighting system with a
12,000k bulb white light, a couple easy corals that look pretty?