10 gallon nano tank- What Corals can I keep?

[Shadysjl]

Hi everyone just want to start by saying how disheartened I feel right now. Ive loved the ocean for as long as I can remember and when I started this hobby I was so excited to own my little peice of it.. unfortunately its not gone as swimmingly as I'd hoped. Mainly from bad advice from my lfs & not coming here first.. Anyway..

I have a 10 gallon nano saltwater tank. I cant change it now even if I wanted to so my question is.. What the hell can I keep in this tank?? I want corals, maybe a fish in the future. But right now I just want my cleaners & coral. What corals are safe in this size tank? I like sun corals but a few of you said no to that. I also like torch corals but im not sure my size tank is big enough. Id like them to be bright in colours, interesting to look at. Is this asking too much?

[gbru316]

Originally Posted by Shadysjl

Hi everyone just want to start by saying how disheartened I feel right now. Ive loved the ocean for as long as I can remember and when I started this hobby I was so excited to own my little peice of it.. unfortunately its not gone as swimmingly as I'd hoped. Mainly from bad advice from my lfs & not coming here first.. Anyway..

I have a 10 gallon nano saltwater tank. I cant change it now even if I wanted to so my question is.. What the hell can I keep in this tank?? I want corals, maybe a fish in the future. But right now I just want my cleaners & coral. What corals are safe in this size tank? I like sun corals but a few of you said no to that. I also like torch corals but im not sure my size tank is big enough. Id like them to be bright in colours, interesting to look at. Is this asking too much?

Youre only limited by lighting and flow rates, both of which you can control.

Size isn't too big of an issue, if anything starts getting too large, just frag and trade/sell.

However, you definitely want to stay away from anemones.

I'm currently setting up a 10g as well. I have a build thread in the nano specific forum.

What lighting are you currently using, and what do you have for water movement?

[Shadysjl]

It all came as a set. On the box it says PL Lighting and the pump says aqua one ac 220v-240v/50Hz 8w does that help?

[jeff@zina.com]

Size doesn't matter (despite my wife's comments...). Your issue will be light. Get corals appropriate to the lights, keep up on water changes and you can keep almost anything. I have a 12 gallon nano with ricordia, mushrooms, frogspawn and a pocillipora along with a pair of clowns and a peppermint shrimp. The pocillipora sits high in the tank and directly in the flow because of the lighting I have, but does fine.

Jeff

[Garia666]

hey.. i got my self an 8 gal and found this manual usefull on what to take and what not.

mabe its for some use to you.

http://www.dennerle.eu/global/images...rochure_GB.pdf

[xCry0x]

Reef lighting & coral support is where the hobby starts to get expensive.

I never heard of PL but from google they look like a slightly amped up version of a CFL light.

I would start with corals that are cheap, hardy and have low light need such as mushroom corals.

If you want to upgrade your lights to something more powerful like a nice LED fixture for a few hundred $ you could open that up to more of the LPS family, if you get a skimmer and can keep nutrients down you can open it up to SPS corals if you want.

[Shadysjl]

On the light it says Sunlight 18w That anymore help?
I dont really mind what type the coral is as long as they are colourful. Id also like some interesting life in there but that seems to be where people tell me I cant in a 10 gallon. Blue tux sea urchin, feather dusters etc

[Sk8r]

Corals aren't hard, but with iffy lighting---actually a 6500k CFL, equivalent to a 100 watt incandescent, lights my sump, where I grow algae (on purpose)... best stick to softies, like mushrooms, zoas: no problem at all with corals in a little tank, just pick those that are hardy and keep your salinity steady with a little drip. Hardy softies: yellow star polyp, button polyps, discosoma mushrooms; fish that are small, once your tank gets going (read the sticky entitled "You asked for it") there are tiny gobies like the clown goby, the redstripes and yashas, that will do very nicely. Corals ARE filters, so they'll help keep your water nice. Your biggest battle will be with salinity, and they make adjustable drips that will drip freshwater into your tank and keep the evaporation from turning it too salty.