Fish suggestion

spe934 · #1 07/24/2006, 12:50 PM

I have a 5 gallon Corner Ecplise tank that I have turned into a SW nano for my desk at work. I gutted the old light and added 27watts of 50/50 and 9watts of actinic. I currently have a coral banded shrimp in there. I had a gonipora in there, but it has grown to large for the nano, so it now lives in my 55 reef in my living room. I will be adding a few other corals to the tank, but was wondering about a fish (since everyone walks by and askes "Where are the fish? Isn't this a FISH tank?" to which I reply, "No, it is an aquarium."). So, what type of fish would you suggest to add? Keep in mind that it should be able to live with my CBS and not become dinner. I would like to keep the bioload low, so no tangs. (It was a joke....) I was thinking about a citron goby or something like that. Any other suggestions?...

madnav87 · #2 07/24/2006, 01:24 PM

Yea, I would think some small gobies, (neon, catalina, small shrimp gobies, etc.) should be fine.

spe934 · #3 07/24/2006, 01:26 PM

My main concern was it being so small that the CBS thinks it is dinner...

spe934 · #4 07/25/2006, 07:24 AM

bump

Nanomaniac · #5 07/25/2006, 08:23 AM

Coral Banded Shrimp can be somewhat aggressive in my experience but I have never had one kill a fish or anything for that matter. Any of the smaller species of Goby such as Trimma, Masked, Clown, as well as the suggestions posted by Madnav87.

sophia101 · #6 08/03/2006, 10:54 AM

Small gobies all the way...clown gobies are cute & have lots of personality. Or any other small goby like the neon etc.

Zero-2-Sixty · #7 08/03/2006, 03:17 PM

neon, clown, trimma, maybe even a rainsford. go for it :-)