Stocking idea?

[captmicha]

I'm toying with the idea of a ten gallon brackish tank. I don't mind devoting an entire tank to one inhabitant. I just don't want to be forever having to supply snails or other live foods, although supplementation is okay.

Any ideas? I'm looking for something unusual. Like a toad fish or something really strange. If I'm going to devote a whole tank to one fish, it has to earn it's place.

 

[TL1000RSquid]

10g might be to small for a toadfish, the few types im familiar with would be to big anyway.

How about going full salt and getting a mantis shrimp? Some of them will do fine in a 10g.

 

[captmicha]

Whoops, I meant a frog fish. Might be smaller. Would have to research.

At this time, I'm not ready for full marine. Can't afford it either now.

 

[authmal]

Is there much of a cost difference between FO marine and brackish?

 

[dougall]

Is there much of a cost difference between FO marine and brackish?

I imagine it depends how you keep up on water changes

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Whoops, I meant a frog fish. Might be smaller. Would have to research.

At this time, I'm not ready for full marine. Can't afford it either now.

If the smaller brackish ones are similar to marine ones then the minimum take size is probably going to be a 20l.

For a single predator in a 10g the only extra costs of full salt would be about a cup of salt per water change.

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Is there much of a cost difference between FO marine and brackish?

Not on a small setup IMO. On a larger tank I'd want a sump and maybe skimmer depending what I was keeping.

 

[fishay12]

maybe he just doesnt want marine... bumble bee gobies are cool but not unusual. maybe 1 or two indian mudskippers? check ***************** there are some there.

 

[fishay12]

why did it block? it is here http://www.*****************/catalog_pages/brackish_water/brackish.htm#top2

 

[fishay12]

what the heck? it is aquarium fish dot net