12 gallon nano cube reef aquarium
Dec 18th 2007adminNano Cube Aquariums
John S asked:
would it be okay to put in 1 clown fish, 1 fire fish, 1 royal grama and 1 neon goby with live sand and live rock in the tank
Nano Reef Gear
would it be okay to put in 1 clown fish, 1 fire fish, 1 royal grama and 1 neon goby with live sand and live rock in the tank
Nano Reef Gear
Jessie on 20 Dec 2007 at 8:53 pm #
No they royal gramma and the clownfish both need 20-30 gallons minimum…. again the neon goby yes and the fire fish yes. But not both.
Margie on 22 Dec 2007 at 3:36 pm #
12 gallon reef tanks are BAD IDEAS and not recommended
no, that’s too many fish for that small of an aquarium
bettachris on 25 Dec 2007 at 7:00 pm #
a 12 gallon nano is fine but not with all of those fish. first it wouldnt be a reef tank without corals, and corals are extremely hard for a beginner saltwater tankkeeper.
so stick with FOWLR.
a 12 gallon saltwater tank can really only have a clownfish and maybe a neon goby.
the firefish will get large and the royal gramma will become aggressive and too large for this aquarium.
Andrew L on 27 Dec 2007 at 5:48 pm #
-Here, i can help..Namely becuase my first tank saltwater tank is a saltwater Nano with A percula clownfish and a Firefish.
For starters, I would need to know how much liverock you have. If it’s 8 pounds? Then one fish. 16? You can pull off the two no problem.
For those that have said a clown gets to obig? No, not at all. In fact, the percula or the flase percula (Ocellaris) Are by far the most common fish in nano’s. Many well read or experienced aquarists can keep a pair (And the pair alone) In a 12 gallon nano.
Again, don’t listen to the one-two sentence answers. HIt me up. All tanks are different, and if i could get some better specs on your tank, Param’s, what you use for filters, amount of LR/LS, setup, ETC, than i can help you better.
Message or IM me at
I’ll be able to help you alot more there.