10 gallon

[kwandrsn]

Ok I have a few questions here in the very near future I am wanting to start up a 10 gallon saltwater tank. I know its easier to do one larger! Space is the issue. I only have the space for a 10 gallon. I know ours going to be extremely hard and I need to do a lot of reading.

I have done questions about equipment. I was told with a 10 gallon I can get by with a 20 gallon hob filter and maybe a small power head. I am planning on getting 10 lbs of live rock and 10 live sand. I an wanting a clown fish and a sea anemone I think they are called. I would like to have a pair of clown fish but I don't think that will work. question one is will a normal light work or do I need to get

 

[kwandrsn]

Or do I need a t5

 

[kwandrsn]

I would love to have a larger tank but I'm limited. My landlord says I can only have a 10 gallon tank per room. (I have a 20 gallon freshwater in the bedroom lol)

 

[edwardclaxton]

To make it easier for you if you have the funds go with a 8 or 14gal biocube you filter is made in the back.and theres a place for media skimmer and.heater

 

[kwandrsn]

Another question is if that's all I'm going to have in it. Do I have to have a hiding spot for him. And I have no clue what a sea anemone is but the pet store guy said I could get one?

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok I know I have a lot to learn before I get started but what is a media skimmer and would 8 gallons be too small

 

[edwardclaxton]

Idk the full convo that your having, the anemone you need to have usually pretty good lighting and water movement. They also need a established tank for atleast 6 months if not 8

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok so I'll wait on that. Probably going to have to use a normal 10 gallon tank

 

[CorallineAlgae]

I wouldn't put any anemone in a 10 gallon. They really aren't for beginning aquarists. There are lots of easier animals that the clown could host in like toadstool leathers or frogspawn corals. Anemones need a lot of light, very consistent water parameters and can get quite large. I had a clown in a 10 gallon for years and he hosted in some xenia and toadstools.

The first thing to get is a saltwater book. The idiots guide to mini reefs is actually very good. It's always best to have a book that explains things clearly, step by step, with photos.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah I'm planning on getting some books. What exactly is hosting?

 

[edwardclaxton]

Youtube clown hosting anomone it best to see its actually soothing I think and very fun to watch I remember when my clown first started hosting my anomone it was pretty exciting. If you dont do a biocube are you going to run a sump?

 

[kwandrsn]

I was told that I could get by with a hob filter cause of out being small

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok I looked it up. That's neat I didn't know they did that.

 

[edwardclaxton]

Im not for sure if you can or not make sure tho.

 

[kwandrsn]

Yeah I'm going to do more research. Was told a hob filter and a power head

 

[edwardclaxton]

You will need a powerhead hydor makes a nano like 250gph I would buy one with magnets bc the suctioncup fall and you end up fitting with it and buy a magnet one

 

[kwandrsn]

I want sure what size I would need with a small tank

 

[edwardclaxton]

Hydor nano its somewhere in the 200s gph. Thats what I have in my 14 gal bio cube

 

[kwandrsn]

Ok cool. I'll look into that. And it has a magnet you stick on the outside?

 

[kwandrsn]

What size heater do you use?.