New to salt water.. what fish?

TheKid · #1 01-09-2010, 04:03 PM

Mandarin gobies are a great option as well if you get them onto frozen food, i have personally got 2 in my tank both eating frozen.

ponokareefer · #2 01-09-2010, 05:46 PM

For that size of tank, you can never go wrong with true percula clownfish, skunk clownfish, or ocellaris clownfish. There are different color variations of each that are really nice as well. If you are looking at other types of clownfish, they can get bigger and more aggressive, so you would be less likely to get other smaller/timid fish. As for damsels, they can be great as starter fish, but you will find that they become very aggressive.
For your size of tank, and age, I would stay well clear of mandarins. They recommend much larger mature systems so they can munch on live foods, even if they are taking some frozen foods.

ReefJunkie · #3 01-09-2010, 07:34 PM

Hey Dan,
I have some extra equipment lying around here if you need anything, also you can come by and check out our reef tanks to get an idea of what you're getting into. I am in the process of building a 30 gal frag tank also so by the time you're ready I might have a few frags available for trade or sale. I also have diamond hole saws if you need holes drilled in your tank. Give me a PM and I'll shoot you my #

Bloodasp · #4 01-09-2010, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by svaningen

Mandarin gobies are a great option as well if you get them onto frozen food, i have personally got 2 in my tank both eating frozen.

Careful with this one though. They are hard to train to eat frozen food. Unless you have a really established copepod population this guys will starve to death. If you do want them make sure you ask the lfs where you are buying it to see if it will accept frozen food.

globaldesigns · #5 01-09-2010, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by svaningen

Mandarin gobies are a great option as well if you get them onto frozen food, i have personally got 2 in my tank both eating frozen.

Personally I would go not with a madarin. Reason is that the chances of you getting to take frozen or pellet food is very slim, and a Nano just doesn't give it enough space to feed. It would soon run out of pods and such, then starve. These fish are meant more for larger systems with lots of rock and refuges to populate its food supply.