10g What Can I Put In?

[tpirovol]

Hi Everyone,

I have a 10g and 2 baby clowns. Looking to put in a watchman goby and maybe a pistol shrimp? Is that to much for a 10??

Eventually when they get bigger move them to a larger tank.

Thoughts??

 

[JPM San Diego]

How old is your set up? A very old, well established set up can handle more. A newish tank set up, much less. What do you have in the way of filtration? Again, more filtration means capacity to have more in the tank. Frequency and amount of water changes also would play a roll. In general, I would caution against putting too much into a 10 gallon tank

 

[tpirovol]

Right now it’s 3x weeks old, very new.

I have 10pds of live sand, 10x pds of rock, marine pure in chamber 2 and the ability to run a bunch of different stuff in chamber one.

I agree about going slow just figured that the bioload of a goby can’t be that much more??

plan is 25% water changes weekly

thoughys??

 

[Coral Your World]

Right now it’s 3x weeks old, very new.

I have 10pds of live sand, 10x pds of rock, marine pure in chamber 2 and the ability to run a bunch of different stuff in chamber one.

I agree about going slow just figured that the bioload of a goby can’t be that much more??

plan is 25% water changes weekly

thoughys??

You’ll be fine, but exercise some patience. At 3 weeks you may not even have a fully cycled tank. Let the setup mature a little bit. See that the clowns are healthy and well before adding the goby and shrimp.

I’d reduce volume of water changes to 10-15%/week

 

[AnotherReefHobbyist]

I don’t think the stocking is to out there, but I would wait in the goby and shrimp for a couple of weeks or even a month if you want to be safe.

The main problem will be nutrient export, so a protein skimmer of simply frequent water changes like you suggested will do well.

 

[tpirovol]

makes sense, let’s say in another month would it be ok??

 

[JPM San Diego]

I agree with B's Nano Reef. Let your set up mature! Don't add anything. Even two clownfish could be too much for a 3 week old system. Keep an eye on how they are doing. A common quote you'll see on R2R: "Nothing good happens quickly in a reef tank."

 

[131696]

Get the bigger tank now don't waste money setting up a small tank if you going bigger soon.

 

[JPM San Diego]

I wouldn't fixate on a specific time (... another month). Wait for your tank to start looking old or seasoned. When things look "dirty" with algae, etc. you know your tank is developing a good microbiota, which is what allows you to add more.

 

[AnotherReefHobbyist]

makes sense, let’s say in another month would it be ok??

As a general rule of thumb that should be fine, but to be completely sure I would get your water tested ( or test it yourself if you have the means ) when you go to add more livestock to make sure your system is ready for it.

And as members stated above, when your tank starts looking established it is probably more established.

 

[tpirovol]

Make sense, thanks everyone!

 

[MaxTremors]

I’m going to disagree, I think you’re already overstocked with the clowns. A couple juveniles isn’t too much, but a 10g isn’t big enough for two adult clowns. I’d move the clowns to a bigger tank and then get the goby and shrimp and maybe one other small peaceful fish for the 10g.

 

[JPM San Diego]

Hmm, MaxTremors' comment made me realize we advisors all forgot to ask what species of clownfish you have. Clownfish come in different sizes and space requirements. I kept a pair of Ocellaris clownfish in a ten gallon (very old and seasoned) tank for years. They were comfortable and spawned regularly. They did have the digs all to themselves. On the other hand my tomato clownfish pair and my cinnamon clownfish would have never fit in a ten gallon tank!

 

[tpirovol]

I have a pair of 8m old Ocellaris clownfish

 

[JPM San Diego]

If you get passed the "early phase" you should be fine.