Interesting 10 Gallon Inhabitant Ideas

[Hypnotoad]

What’s up gang,

In an effort to make my home office in the basement guest room less depressing, I set up an insta-tank 10g standard using mostly rock/coral/gear gear I already had lying around.

It actually turned out pretty nice.

I’m looking for something interesting to put in there.

My first thought was that a reef lobster living in a tacky little resin cottage with gsp growing on the roof would be amusing, but it looks like they get too big and I’m hoping to keep this thing bare bottom for ease of maintenance.
Still might get a tiny one and rehome once it gets too big.

I’m open to all ideas including weird ones like the single invert tank idea I just mentioned (but not a mantis shrimp because they creep me out).

Needs to be coral-safe(ish), but that’s the only requirement other than being on in a small tank.

Tiny jerk fish you wouldn’t want in a community tank? Some weird crab/shrimp I might not know about? Hit me.

 

[blaxsun]

 

[Hypnotoad]

There’s a guitar in there too so, yeah. This is kinda the dynamic I’m hoping for.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Purple reef lobster, a single damsel from the Chrysiptera genus or Pomacentrus genus, a smaller mantis shrimp, or even a single smaller dottyback species would look nice. I kept a leaf scorpionfish in a macroalgae dominant fluval evo 13.5 gallon for over a year with no issues as well. Looked great. Traded him into a LFS when we tore it down, he lives in their display fuge now

 

[Isopod80]

Pom pom crab and eviota gobies would be cool.

 

[Hypnotoad]

Thanks for the replies so far! Bump in case anyone else has any ideas

 

[jt8791]

Barnacle blennies

 

[fcmatt]

A tang. But a baby one and say you will upgrade in 12 months.

 

[Chrisv.]

A tang. But a baby one and say you will upgrade in 12 months.

Beat me to it. Maybe one of these micro cb yellows...

 

[Hypnotoad]

It’s decided and I’m sticking with my original idea.

We’re goin’ lobster with a funny house.

 

[Jib]

I think Sexy Shrimp are really cool. Definitely going to get a group of them at some point for my tank. They work out well for nano tanks because they are so small you'll actually be able to enjoy them.

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Hopefully that funny house doesn't leach anything into the tank

 

[Uzidaisies]

Bullseye pistol shrimp. Idk if they need sand or what though.

 

[Jib]

Bullseye pistol shrimp. Idk if they need sand or what though.

I think all pistol shrimp require sand. They're burrowers.

 

[Uzidaisies]

Croucher goby, a nice feather duster, and some gooseneck barnacles. Idk

 

[ZoWhat]

What’s up gang,

In an effort to make my home office in the basement guest room less depressing, I set up an insta-tank 10g standard using mostly rock/coral/gear gear I already had lying around.

It actually turned out pretty nice.

I’m looking for something interesting to put in there.

My first thought was that a reef lobster living in a tacky little resin cottage with gsp growing on the roof would be amusing, but it looks like they get too big and I’m hoping to keep this thing bare bottom for ease of maintenance.
Still might get a tiny one and rehome once it gets too big.

I’m open to all ideas including weird ones like the single invert tank idea I just mentioned (but not a mantis shrimp because they creep me out).

Needs to be coral-safe(ish), but that’s the only requirement other than being on in a small tank.

Tiny jerk fish you wouldn’t want in a community tank? Some weird crab/shrimp I might not know about? Hit me.

Go with the lobster. If it gets too big... eat em

 

[Hypnotoad]

Hopefully that funny house doesn't leach anything into the tank

Don’t worry, this baby set me back $12 at Petco and they only sell premium aquarium products.

 

[fcmatt]

Sigh. This is the house to have. Yours is cool but only the finest would go in my tank.