5 gallon nano update ( give me advice for the future)

mochajungle · Jan 28, 2020

this tank is 3-4 months old
I posted a video on YouTube I don’t know why it’s so bad quality on here but you could try going on YouTube
The anemone and tomato clown were added yesterday and bonded within a couple of hours
I have a hectors gobie an ocellaris clown and a tomato clown, Cuc is 3 hermits a black spines urchin and a cleaner shrimp which randomly died the other day for no apparent reason
Everything else is doing fine
Give me any tips and pointers
I have some cyano that I need to get rid

sde1500 · Jan 28, 2020

My first thought is that you are crowding far too much into a 5g tank. Those two clowns likely will not live harmoniously.

Sosuke · Jan 28, 2020

sde1500 said:
My first thought is that you are crowding far too much into a 5g tank. Those two clowns likely will not live harmoniously.

I agree 1 fish in a 5 gallon is pushing it imo but otherwise the tank looks beautiful!

mochajungle · Jan 28, 2020

They fought for like 10 min I think and then they both calmed down
The tomato is hosting the anemone and the ocelaris is hosting the power head

sde1500 · Jan 28, 2020

Good luck

Nano sapiens · Jan 28, 2020

Umm, that's more like a 50g...stocking wise at least

. Even 2 young and growing Ocellaris will rather quickly get cramped in a 10g, the Tomato gets even bigger and nastier. The Hector, if wild caught especially, needs a good sized tank in order to find enough of the right kinds of food or else they tend to slowly waste away.

mochajungle · Jan 28, 2020

I’m not gonna keep them too long
When they get too big I’m gonna take em back to my lfs

champyeti · Jan 28, 2020

Why stress a fish out by keeping it in a tank it will outgrow just to net it and return it to the store when it gets even more cramped?

Keep a small goby in a 5g imo not two clowns. Of course you are struggling with cyanobacteria your bioload is too heavy lol