SnailQueen
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I've been keeping a variety of different size (30 gallons and under) reef tanks for about 10 years now, and I'm considering converting my classroom's 3 gallon JBJ picotope into saltwater for the upcoming school year. It's previously been housing a betta, yeah, I know.... I teach high school environmental science and physics, so I thought it might be nice for them to have a more interesting aquarium and be able to learn about the nitrogen cycle in a different way. We're located on Lake Erie so they're all familiar with freshwater fish but saltwater not so much.
The smallest reef tank I've done before was a 10 gallon that was home to a royal gramma, some snails and crabs, softies, and a few rock flowers. So I have a few questions for those who have kept the really small nano/picos before:
1. If I were to add a fish to the tank that size (3 gallons), what would my options be? I'm not entirely sure I'd want to go that route in a tank that size....
2. If I were going to only keep inverts (crabs, snails -- nothing to fussy) and softies, what would you recommended water change size/frequency be?
3. I'm planning to steal some live rock from one of my other tanks to use for filtration, but how much do you think would be necessary if it were only going to house inverts/softies?
4. For those that have a JBJ picotope, do you feel the stock lighting is adequate for softies? And if not, what would you suggest? My other tanks are running Current Orbit products of various sizes, but I have no idea what to use on something that small.
Thanks for any thoughts, feedback, and suggestions you might have!
The smallest reef tank I've done before was a 10 gallon that was home to a royal gramma, some snails and crabs, softies, and a few rock flowers. So I have a few questions for those who have kept the really small nano/picos before:
1. If I were to add a fish to the tank that size (3 gallons), what would my options be? I'm not entirely sure I'd want to go that route in a tank that size....
2. If I were going to only keep inverts (crabs, snails -- nothing to fussy) and softies, what would you recommended water change size/frequency be?
3. I'm planning to steal some live rock from one of my other tanks to use for filtration, but how much do you think would be necessary if it were only going to house inverts/softies?
4. For those that have a JBJ picotope, do you feel the stock lighting is adequate for softies? And if not, what would you suggest? My other tanks are running Current Orbit products of various sizes, but I have no idea what to use on something that small.
Thanks for any thoughts, feedback, and suggestions you might have!
