Am I Just Being Silly?

[angelocarusone]

Let me first start off by saying that if I could, I would be dealing in tanks larger than the ones that I will detail. Nothing would thrill me more than to have a large, stable, 75g; unfortunately, it's not possible for a series of irrelevant reasons.

So around May, I started getting into this whole fish thing when I got my betta, before long I had MTS and set up a Nano-Cube that's been running really well now for about 2 1/2 months. Everything has been stable so far, and my two false percs are as crazy as ever.

A few weeks ago my betta died from cotton mouth. I medicated, but it just wasn't succesful and now I have this empty 6 gallon eclipse system sitting around. So one night, I thought of the following idea....

2 1/2 - 3" sandbed of Black Caribsea Live Sand
6-8# of Live Rock
Necessary Critters
Black and White Clown

Clearly, I would not be adding the clown to the system for at least a month; but my ultimate goal would be to have the tank running basically for him. From what I read, they only get to be about 1-2"

What's everyone's thoughts on this? Does it seem like something viable? Or has MTS actually inhibited my ability to think clearly?

 

[indy]

I'm not sure. I think I've seen a few nanos with clown in them, but every clown I can remember seeing has a 30g recommended minimum tank size. I don't know if the ones I have seen were permanent home to the fish, or they had a larger display for when the fish grew. I personally don't know anything about the black and whites specifically. In any case, make sure you clean the heck out of the tank and filter since it housed a diseased fish. GL with whatever you end up doing with the eclipse.

 

[RocketSeason]

Thats not alot of room for that little guy. I wouldn't do it. There is a difference between the gallons per inch rule and the minimum tank requirements.

most tanks that small are invert only, with some soft corals.

 

[seafan]

I would just put another FW fish in there if I were you.