5 gallon question

[brandon]

Ok

so my tank has been running for about 3 weeks with the clean up crew and new lights =] pc.
I have 3 astrea snails and 2 narrcissa snails, 4 hermit crabs
Coral wise, i have 2 GSp and a frag of a frogspawn along with 2 very small mushrooms

I was wondering if it was ok to put a true or false percula in here

i didnt really trust my LSP when they said it should be ok to put a pair of clowns in there so im askin you great guys and girls for help =]

and if i can get the clown fish, would it be ok to also add a neon goby?

Thanks all

 

[reefman23]

Congrats! Well, first off, have you tested your water parameters? Is your tank done cycling? did you end up going with the 5 gallon eclipse? I think it is too soon to add any fish. In a tank as small as a 5 gallon, you want to allow your tank to become biologically stable before adding any significant biological load.

BTW...got any pics yet?!?

Hope that helps...

Jesse

 

[brandon]

i have test kits and the tank seemed to have cycled in the first week, i jsut put the clean up crew in 2 days ago =]

Amm: 0 Trates: 0 Trites: 0

yes i did go with the 5 gallon eclipse BUT i threw away the POS they called a filter and the POS they called a light...

got a HOB filter ( no carbon but has floss) double layer PC light
and a powerhead

Thanks Pics will be up as soon as i find out where my brother misplaced ourcamera -.-

 

[sadielynn]

In my humble and honest opinion I sugesst waiting for another week just to allow things to stablize continue testing and normal water changes then I would think that you could add a juvi clown , you are pretty much maxed out with the one fish HTH :mrgreen:

 

[brandon]

Pics

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blaichui@ ... .dir=/4cf5

 

[skipm]

Your tank is looking good. Were you working on the tank when the pics were taken? If not I would raise the water level nearer the top, if your powerhead keeps pumping water from above the surface it will end up making alot of air bubble probelms. What is the wattage on the lights?
I would also wait on the fish making 100% sure that the system is stable. One clownfish is alo about the limit in that tank for fish. If you wanted a couple of fish you may want to look into fish that stay smaller when fully matured like clown gobies, trimma gobies, neon gobies, etc.