5.5 gal nano seup

stevelkaneval · #1 11/15/2007, 02:47 AM

i was going to setup my old 5.5 gal tank for my dad as a xmas present i had 2 harliquin shrimp in it before, no skimmer and a aquaclear 20 for filtration i was going to give him lr, substrait,water from my tank i was wondering what kind of light he should get i dont eanna spend a lot im going to give him yellow pollyps,some green zoas,a branch of kenya tree, and a couple of shrooms does it really need a mh and if it does what is the lowest wattage i should get him he probly wont add anything else defianatly no sps,lps,leathers any insight would be wonderfll and is it going to be ok with no skimmer can he just do a small water chage weekly?

beansandmia · #2 11/15/2007, 07:40 AM

I have a 2.5 gal tank I have had set up for a few month, I have yet to do a water change on it and all is well. I use a samll office light that is only 13 watts and everything is doing great!

Bri Guy · #3 11/15/2007, 12:47 PM

JMO, but I think a nano for a Xmas present is a bad idea, unless your dad knows how to care for one, or has SW already.

Nanos are harder to keep alive than larger tanks because of stability.

But if you insist, I think PC lighting will be enough.

Limpit · #4 11/15/2007, 01:28 PM

I second Bri on the lighting, the corals you list will do just fine with PC lighting. My 12 gallon Aquapod is doing great with its stock lighting setup (27 watts daylight and 27 actinic). In fact so good that I had to take out all of the blue shrooms that were in there as they were taking over the zoa's.

stevelkaneval · #5 11/15/2007, 02:14 PM

i would take care of it for him for the first couple of months till he knows what he is doing his roomate used to have a 24 gal aquapod?