Any good saltfish advise?

[saltwaterbeginners]

I have 3 gallon fish tank I need a lot of help. This is my first having a saltwater fish.

 

[Convict2161]

I have 3 gallon fish tank I need a lot of help. This is my first having a saltwater fish.

Not much to do with a 3 gallon saltwater tank. Are you sure it's only 3 gallons?

 

[Samphotog]

I've seen some seahorse ones done that small... That's about it. I think it might have had a blenny in it too. That could have been a different one though

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

Yes. Its only 3gallon

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

Thank you guys! I would be tankful if you reply more stuff that I need to know.

 

[Ingy]

3 gall is too small for saltwater fish. Might keep a coral or 2 tho.

 

[Convict2161]

I don't see anything you can do with 3 gallons fish wise IMO. Maybe some mushrooms but then there's the issue of where your heater, filtration, lighting, power head etc are all gonna go/fit.

What type of tank is it? Do you picks? Even if its 3 gallons now, add your sand and a piece of live rock and you already have water displacement.

I'd try and get at least a 5 gallon or maybe an 8 gallon.

What are your goals?

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

It's this.

 

[Convict2161]

This right?


http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=15493

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

Yea it's that

 

[Convict2161]

Honesty your very limited. I'd say a shrimp or two. I don't see any fish that would go into a 3 gallon. Some rock and mushrooms. It's gonna hard to keep salinity in check in such a small tank. In such a small tank there is very little room for error. Also just to add shrimp are extremely sensitive to salinity swings so be very careful if you the shrimp route.


Good luck.

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

Do u just want me to get a bigger fish tank?

 

[Leonardo7689]

Maybe neon gobies? Or barnacle blennies? But like what they said, you'll have to do way more maintenance to keep the parameters within reason than with bigger tanks.

 

[Convict2161]

Do u just want me to get a bigger fish tank?

I don't "want" you to do anything other then be happy and have a thriving little saltwater tank. A 3 gallon for the first go around is very difficult IMO.

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

You can check out my thread about my 2 gallon nano... A lot of people chimed in with a lot of helpful ideas.

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

Ok guys

 

[Ericwm]

You could do a sexy shrimp tank, I think they are pretty cool and would be happy with a small tank with some macro algae. It would need dedicated maintenance but the macro would help keep the water parameters good.

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

How much is it?

 

[Ericwm]

It looks like the shrimp are $10 on live aquaria, my LFS sells them for around $20. The macro algae isn't that much, the interesting looking stuff is a bit more and from what i have read if not properly maintained can go sexual and crash the tank. I'm sure a LFS would order some macro in for you but I haven't ever seen any at mine.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+2857+1135&pcatid=1135
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=490
These are the links to live aquaria.

If you do decide to do this the most important thing I could think of is to make sure the salinity of you new water for water changes matches the tank exactly. On such a small tank it could change the salinity pretty rapidly which can kill inverts. The other thing would be to research the proper maintenance for macros, I don't have any experience which them.

 

[saltwaterbeginners]

Thankful so much. And where do u live?