My first saltwater tank

freshwaterandmarine · Jan 17, 2021

SaltwtrNewb said:
Then I stand corrected! Sorry for the misunderstanding and I love than Xenia colony!

Thank you!

Dcal · Jan 17, 2021

Can you measure the dimensions of the tank with a ruler? I have to agree with the other guy based on the size of the clown that looks like a 5 to me too

aquakj · Jan 17, 2021

xavier08 said:
can you guys suggest any fish that is hardy?

I’ve always started a tank with a 6 line wrasse I know for a fact these guys are hardy...you could do damsels but if you end up keeping the very first fish you add I would do a 6 line...I think they are a good starter idk that’s just my experience..an example I have is that I told my friend to start with one and he let his salinity go way beyond the scale luckily I went over and fixed the issues and the 6 line was still alive!!! Keep in mind this tank was not fully cycled either! And I think they have great personality not to territorial but can be however I’m sure you will add clowns which can hold their own ground as well. Anyways that’s just my 2 cents

40g Nano · Jan 17, 2021

clowns can’t really hold their ground
I have a six line that I moved into 2 different tanks,the wrasse picked on both pairs of clownfish in either tanks

freshwaterandmarine · Oct 6, 2021

After 6 months, I am back here with an update. The tank is 10 gallons when I measured it about 6 months ago. I was mistaken about the size and the tank crashed in February. Now, I have changed the tank and the livestocks are 2 clownfish and one banggai cardinal. There is some pulsing Xenia, a superman mushroom and a yuma. I will be upgrading to a 30-40 gallon tank soon. It is now well established and nothing bad has happened. Except that I suspect that my hermit crab ate my starfish and also some of my Xenia.

Just a Wrasse. · Oct 6, 2021

xavier08 said:
I have a 20 gallon nano tank with one clownfish, one carpenter wrasse and one banggai cardinal fish.

Cool tank you got there!

Just a Wrasse. · Oct 6, 2021

xavier08 said:
After 6 months, I am back here with an update. The tank is 10 gallons when I measured it about 6 months ago. I was mistaken about the size and the tank crashed in February. Now, I have changed the tank and the livestocks are 2 clownfish and one banggai cardinal. There is some pulsing Xenia, a superman mushroom and a yuma. I will be upgrading to a 30-40 gallon tank soon. It is now well established and nothing bad has happened. Except that I suspect that my hermit crab ate my starfish and also some of my Xenia.

Nice good for you and welcome back!