How many fish!

Carrera75 · #1 12-01-2006, 04:11 AM

Wow! 3 fish in an 8 gallon?
2 clown and 2 gobys sound great for my tank, perhaps 1 Goby and 1 Firefish. I have only bought the tank so far because I feel that i still have to do more research before buying any fish. I read that If I had corals in my tank I would have to feed them! How does that work? What kind of food do corals eat?

cheers

niloc16 · #2 12-01-2006, 04:28 AM

i never feed my corals. for the most part, depending on the coral, they get most of their nutrients from photosynthesis,and the remainder they will capture from the water column. some people have good success with target feeding corals to have them reproduce quicker, but i've never target fed and they are doing great. i've only ever lost 2 corals, a brain and xenia and that was because my flame angel took a liking to them. if you want to feed them you can the phytoplankton, rotifers, reef roids all of which you can get from your lfs

albert_dao · #3 12-01-2006, 08:25 AM

Feeding corals is also dependant on coral types.

muck · #4 12-01-2006, 02:52 PM

One note on the clowns. I'd stick with either Ocellaris or Percula clowns as most of the other types get larger and are more aggressive. (not a good combo in a 14G nano)

Beverly · #5 12-01-2006, 03:59 PM

Erring on the side of caution, I'd stick with only two fish (tank raised ocellaris clowns) in a 14g, even though you're going to do weekly water changes. You could probably add a cleaner shrimp or a few sexy shrimp, but keeping your bioload low will help you reduce nuisance algae problems in the future.

Midknight · #6 12-01-2006, 04:11 PM

I have a breeding pair of ocellaris clowns (or hope they start breeding) with a tiny scooter bleeny in my 10G. Had a camel shrimp with them but he packed it in this morning. He was my very first guy I got for my tanks.

I think I will replace him with a couple of sexy shrimp.

albert_dao · #7 12-01-2006, 06:41 PM

I have five small fish in my 14.