i am going to be buying a saltwater tank can i put these types of fish in it if not tell me what i can put in?
i am going to be buying a saltwater tank can i put these types of fish in it if not tell me what i can put in it and if this is everything i need no mean coments
Fish
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/False-Percula-Clownfish--Aquacultured_p_232.html
x2
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/Pajama-Cardinal_p_224.html x1
Other
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2752388
tank heater
net
airline tube
live sand
http://www.petco.com/product/104330/Red-Sea-Marine-Salt-Water-Aquarium-Starter-Kit.aspx?cm_mmc=CSEMGooglebase-_-Fish-_-Red%20Sea-_-382981&mr:trackingCode=9EFFEB15-8381-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA
people say i cant put that type of clown fish in it if not than what kind can i put in it
and any fish suggestions tell me its going to be a fish only tank
Before you buy anything, buy "The New Marine Aquarium" or at least look through it at a book store. It will help you a lot as a beginner.
You should get live rock for best results. Also, a small nano pump is much better than whatever you have planned for the airline tubing (unless the air line tubing is to age the mixed saltwater in a separate container, then keep that plan and add the pump to the tank). Live rock will shorten the cycle and the waiting period from tank set up to fish by several weeks.
PetCo also carries the following:
http://www.aquariumsupplies.co.za/seio-p320-nano-prop-super-flow-pump-320-gph-taam-p-1016.html
No on those fish, either one would need about a 30 gallon minimum. As far as fish, that size tank will only handle a few fish of the smaller fishes. So pick like 2-4 of the ones in the link. Clown Gobies stay small but fight each other, so only one of those. Other small gobies are nice fish for that size tank, as are filefish.
Some examples:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=15+2124&r=3119&s=ts&start=1&page_num=1&count=24
Get some caulerpa to help you with nitrates and add some nice live movement to the tank. It would make it basically a planted marine tank.
The test kits in the kit are silly. Get ammonia and nitrate test in addition to what they gave you as those are the two you will use most (ammonia during cycling and when something seems amiss, and nitrate all the time).
Snails will help with algae. Shrimp are fun and great at cleaning up after the fish. The skunk cleaner fish will also clean parasites off the fish. Nassarius snails are great for the sand. The shrimp are also nice as they are very intollerant of poor water quality and will lose color or die when it declines and would indicate a tank crash in enough time for you to do a water change to avoid losing the rest of the livestock.
Also, always acclimate every marine animal very slowly. Drip acclimation or varient thereof is the best method.
