20 gallon saltwater??

[Sandtiger]

Is it possible to keep a 20 gallon saltwater tank? I'm not talking reef or anything, just a couple clownfish, maybe a royal gramma and a ton of live rock. Oh, yeah, and some snails. Gotta love them snails!

 

[1979camaro]

yes it is possible, not easy, but not terribly difficult either

 

[Igor The Cat]

its possible...but it doesnt cost much more to do a 30 gal

 

[OCCFan023]

very possible with adequite research and prep time

 

[Sandtiger]

its possible...but it doesnt cost much more to do a 30 gal

My parents said that I couldn't have any more fish tanks. I also don't have any more room!
I was also wondering, could I keep a serpant or brittle star in a 20 gal?

 

[Igor The Cat]

yes any brittle star would work...

 

[dbacksrat]

keep in mind that serpent stars will eat sleeping fish...and they do get pretty big

 

[1979camaro]

brittle star would be a better choice for the reasons mentioned above. i personally wouldn't put a brittlestar in a 20 just because it would be cramping its style as it got bigger. perhaps you might consider a Fromia instead...

 

[Sandtiger]

What's a Fromia? Is it related to sea/brittle/serpeant stars?

 

[1979camaro]

its a smaller starfish...check out liveaquaria.com for pics

 

[TRe]

i had a fromia and it didnt last very long it was the size of a quarter and red i paid i think $10 for it but it lasted on a few weeks before the crabs got to it

 

[1979camaro]

the crabs would not have attacked the fromia unless it was dead/dying

 

[wayne]

Should be straightforward enough, read my stickied thread.

 

[TRe]

the crabs would not have attacked the fromia unless it was dead/dying

yea thats what you said 6 months ago lol *twirlysmi

 

[DustinKeating]

Here's my 20 salt (please ignore horrible picture) this was taken a couple months ago. It's not difficult at all, but as with all nano's you need to be diligent with water changes and keeping an eye on temp and salinity.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

very very sweet tank

 

[DustinKeating]

Ahah thanks very much, it's improved a lot since then. I'll probably start a thread about it soemtime soon.

 

[Sandtiger]

OMG! That's beautiful! What kind of fish do you have in there?

 

[Sandtiger]

I was wondering, this may sound stupid, but can the live rock we get from fish stores be kept in coldwater. I thougt it would be cool to have a tank mirrioring the rocky reefs that are off the coast. I proably wouldn't put much in, the rocks, maybe a single Catalina goby, and a few invertabres like any coldwater hermit crabs there are out there. Is that possible?

 

[dbacksrat]

no--the temperature difference will kill most occupants