3.7 gallon

[keegster803]

That should be plenty of flow

 

[kriche28]

got my 1" bio balls(50 pcs). will put them later.
I hope it fits in the back.
should i take them out from the bag?

 

[Nils]

Yes, take some out, you shouldn't need the whole bag in that size tank.
Looks good!

 

[kriche28]

so far these are my levels.

 

[kriche28]

can someone explain what is this for?

 

[Nuvo40]

You can keep a small reef,but as others stated you need to keep close eye on it .I would also say do a 50% water change weekly.Did 3 gallon for two years that way.https://youtu.be/mQGNQDpJNFE

 

[bribo12]

For when your corals grow faster than the trace elements in your was. In that small of a tank you will never need to use those unless you have tons of acropora/sps which I don't reccomend for a beginner/such a small tank.

 

[kriche28]

got it thanks! [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[kriche28]

so right now my filtration is good.
live rock rubble, bio-balls, filter floss and i left the mechanical filter that comes with the tank.

 

[kriche28]

You can keep a small reef,but as others stated you need to keep close eye on it .I would also say do a 50% water change weekly.Did 3 gallon for two years that way.https://youtu.be/mQGNQDpJNFE

thats a really nice tank [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

 

[Nuvo40]

thats a really nice tank [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

Thanks,with the weekly water changes I kept three sexy shrimp,one golden coral banded shrimp and a neon goby with no problems.

 

[kriche28]

[emoji106][emoji106][emoji106] I did my first water changes last saturday. thanks for the tips [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

and what is a good hermit crab to put on a reef tank? i've read also that you can put 1 hermit crab in a 2-3 gallon.
planning putting on snails also.

 

[kriche28]

So I got my refractometer, just checked my salinity and it reads 1.020