What type of fish would you put in if you had a 20 gallon reef nano?

Question

I plan on starting a reef aquarium soon and I want to know some fish I can put in it. I'm already interested in getting an Ocellaris Clownfish for it. Also what type of corals would you put in? I'm going to be getting fiji live rock by the way. Thanks to those that help.

Answer 1

A pair of ocellaris would be a good choice. You could also keep an anemone if you have strong enough lighting. The lighting is the key to what corals you're able to keep alive. Hopefully you've already done some research on this and know about the lighting needs fo any of the photosynthetic animals - corals, anemones, clams, etc. You should have at least a compact fluorescent or T-5 system for soft corals, a metal halide, or MH-CF combination system for hard corals. The standard hood with a fluorescent tube that comes with most tanks won't provide enough light for these - a double-tube fluorescent may not either.

Along with the type of system, you also need to look at the wavelength of the light. Corals come from about 30 feet or so underwater, so the satandard fluorescent tube puts out light that's too "yellow" for most organisms. A 10,000K is a better color, and some people like 50/50 tubes or adding a 3% actinic if there's more than one fixture. I personally use double tube compact fluorescents with one 10,000K and one 03 actinic. These are on separate timers, so I can use the actinics (blue light) to simulate a dawn, then turn on the 10,000ks an hour later to make it "daytime, then turn off the 10,000Ks an hour before the actinics for a "dusk".

Some of the easier corals to keep if you're just starting are mushrooms, clove polyps, zooanthids, and leathers. There are others, but these will give a nice selection of shapes and colors and all are fairly easy to keep and propogate.

Some other possibilities for fish (although not with 2 clowns, they will be territorial) would be clown gobies, shrimp gobies (and you could get a pistol shrimp to keep with them), firefish, and smaller blennies and jawfish.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

very few really maybe aclown, like a T.R. Ocellaris, or some of the smaller gobies, a pseudochromis or royal gamma, that sort of thing as well as a few small iverts do to give some great help for the small reef system.

Answer 4

a clown pair, or a pair fire fish, or a coral beauty, all very hardy and beautiful fish thaat are just the right size