Need advise with regards to small fish and equipment

zadrian · 02-08-2012, 06:56 PM

Hi, I need some kind words of advise regards to fish.

I am using fine sand and 2 pieces of live rock and so far only a Diamond Goby n a 1.5 ft tank.

I am thinking of adding a red mushroom which I saw at Golden Octopus and probably a few more small corals.

I was initially of having 1 or 2 clowns and soft corals was for them.
But I am now more concerned about food as I prefer to use dried foods as far as possible eg carnivour pellets or flakes (kindly advise if can use the Aquafin flakes as I also have a FW tank at home).

Which small fish would be more acceptable to dried foods ?

Also kindly advise if there are short "in-water" hydrometers ?
I got a Dymax Glass Hydrometer but it was a little too long. In fact it is just floating about 3-5mm above the sand when it hits the green line and cannot pass any "sand hills"

**KaLiB** · 03-08-2012, 09:29 AM

For small fish that readily accept dried foods, you can look at cardinalfishes, dartfish like zebra goby, purple/red firefish or the popular false percula clownfish.

If your aquafin flakes is not for marine fish, its better to buy food meant for marine fish as freshwater flakes or pellets could lack the nutrients needed by marine fishes. Marine pellets like Hikari's marine s, ocean nutrition formula 1 or 2 pellets would be suitable for the above mentioned fishes.

For hydrometers, you can get the swing arm type where you fill a container with water and a needle inside it floats to indicate the SG of the water. I don't know of any short "in-water" hydrometers.

zadrian · 03-08-2012, 10:48 AM

Thanks....I will re-stock my flakes and pellets.

As for the in-water hydrometer, I found a Sera one....it is only about 4" long as compared to the Dymax one which is around 6" long

Cruzer · 03-08-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by zadrian

Thanks....I will re-stock my flakes and pellets.

As for the in-water hydrometer, I found a Sera one....it is only about 4" long as compared to the Dymax one which is around 6" long

Hi heard that those floating type of hydrometer are not really accurate, swing arm type is better.

zadrian · 03-08-2012, 11:51 AM

I use it as a guide, in case someone else top up water.

I have the coral life swing arm one...but that acts like a scoop and I use it for water + salt mixing.

02-08-2012, 06:56 PM	#1
zadrian Dragon Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,085	Need advise with regards to small fish and equipment Hi, I need some kind words of advise regards to fish. I am using fine sand and 2 pieces of live rock and so far only a Diamond Goby n a 1.5 ft tank. I am thinking of adding a red mushroom which I saw at Golden Octopus and probably a few more small corals. I was initially of having 1 or 2 clowns and soft corals was for them. But I am now more concerned about food as I prefer to use dried foods as far as possible eg carnivour pellets or flakes (kindly advise if can use the Aquafin flakes as I also have a FW tank at home). Which small fish would be more acceptable to dried foods ? Also kindly advise if there are short "in-water" hydrometers ? I got a Dymax Glass Hydrometer but it was a little too long. In fact it is just floating about 3-5mm above the sand when it hits the green line and cannot pass any "sand hills"

03-08-2012, 09:29 AM	#2
KaLiB Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,635	For small fish that readily accept dried foods, you can look at cardinalfishes, dartfish like zebra goby, purple/red firefish or the popular false percula clownfish. If your aquafin flakes is not for marine fish, its better to buy food meant for marine fish as freshwater flakes or pellets could lack the nutrients needed by marine fishes. Marine pellets like Hikari's marine s, ocean nutrition formula 1 or 2 pellets would be suitable for the above mentioned fishes. For hydrometers, you can get the swing arm type where you fill a container with water and a needle inside it floats to indicate the SG of the water. I don't know of any short "in-water" hydrometers. __________________ A fishtank is just like your computer. When your tank crash(OS crash), its time to cleanup(reformat hard drive) and setup(install OS) again and add new livestock(re-install software).

03-08-2012, 10:48 AM	#3
zadrian Dragon Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,085	Thanks....I will re-stock my flakes and pellets. As for the in-water hydrometer, I found a Sera one....it is only about 4" long as compared to the Dymax one which is around 6" long

03-08-2012, 11:51 AM	#5
zadrian Dragon Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,085	I use it as a guide, in case someone else top up water. I have the coral life swing arm one...but that acts like a scoop and I use it for water + salt mixing.

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