eclipse 3 question

CTSrt4 · 01-17-2008, 08:56 AM

i want to start a really tiny 3 gallon with maybe 2-3lbs of live rock and live sand is this a good idea i would change the bulb to a better one for coral id like to add maybe one fish or crab or something any ideas comments feed back??

FishHead · 01-17-2008, 08:58 AM

fix your current tank first before starting another one.

CTSrt4 · 01-17-2008, 09:01 AM

lol thanks fish head =P

trashion · 01-17-2008, 09:17 AM

3 gallon saltwater tank? bad idea. you'll be topping it off every day, if not multiple times. i wouldn't do it.

**Fishfirst** · 01-22-2008, 01:11 PM

is this your first venture into saltwater?

**JustOneMore20** · 01-22-2008, 01:14 PM

If this is your first SW tank, you shouldn't go with 3g.....try something in the 40-50 or larger range.

**TheOldSalt** · 01-23-2008, 12:15 PM

In case you haven't gotten the hint yet, NO, it's not a good idea. Can it be done? Sure. Is it anything any sane person would want to try? No way.

Zoe · 01-30-2008, 10:00 AM

I've had a 2.5g pico going for a while now, so I know it's possible (and I don't think I'm insane - but some might argue with that

).
However, the tank does not contain any fish. It has only two cerith snails and two blue-leg hermits. I use the tank mainly as a frag grow out and a place to attach mushrooms that would otherwise get lost in my bigger tank.
I have a thin layer of coarse live sand, 43W of compact fluorescent lighting, some live rock, and a large HOB filter filled with cheato. Everything came from my main tank.
I do daily topoffs and water changes, using a mix of water from my main tank and lower salinity RODI mixed salt water.

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend it. It's a lot more work than my 30g tank which, incidentally, also requires daily topoffs, but only weekly water changes. And the lighting was a lot of work, as most fixtures that small are not really sufficient, so I had to build my own.

CollegeReefer · 01-30-2008, 02:13 PM

If you did set up a 3g you will only be limited to inverts.

01-17-2008, 08:56 AM	#1
CTSrt4 FISH GEEK IN TRAINING Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Vernon CT Age: 24 Posts: 75 User Feedback: (0)	eclipse 3 question i want to start a really tiny 3 gallon with maybe 2-3lbs of live rock and live sand is this a good idea i would change the bulb to a better one for coral id like to add maybe one fish or crab or something any ideas comments feed back??

01-17-2008, 08:58 AM	#2
FishHead What are you looking at? Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Age: 27 Posts: 521 User Feedback: (0)	fix your current tank first before starting another one. __________________ 12 barbs (3x tigers, 2x greens, 6 odessas, 1 albino) 5 australian rainbowfish 1 blue Rainbowfish 4 buenos aires tetras 1 angelic pim catfish 1 pictus catfish 1 Spotted Hifin pleco 2 opaline gouramis 2 blue gouramis 5 panda cories 1 red tail shark 7 cherry barbs 2 Lionhead goldfish 1 black moor (saved from walmart) 7 peppered cories 3 swordtails 1 stingray pleco 1 bristlenose pleco

01-17-2008, 09:17 AM	#4
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01-22-2008, 01:14 PM	#6
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01-17-2008, 09:01 AM	#3
CTSrt4 FISH GEEK IN TRAINING Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Vernon CT Age: 24 Posts: 75 User Feedback: (0)	lol thanks fish head =P

01-23-2008, 12:15 PM	#7
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,007 User Feedback: (5)	In case you haven't gotten the hint yet, NO, it's not a good idea. Can it be done? Sure. Is it anything any sane person would want to try? No way.

01-30-2008, 10:00 AM	#8
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030 User Feedback: (0)	I've had a 2.5g pico going for a while now, so I know it's possible (and I don't think I'm insane - but some might argue with that ). However, the tank does not contain any fish. It has only two cerith snails and two blue-leg hermits. I use the tank mainly as a frag grow out and a place to attach mushrooms that would otherwise get lost in my bigger tank. I have a thin layer of coarse live sand, 43W of compact fluorescent lighting, some live rock, and a large HOB filter filled with cheato. Everything came from my main tank. I do daily topoffs and water changes, using a mix of water from my main tank and lower salinity RODI mixed salt water. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend it. It's a lot more work than my 30g tank which, incidentally, also requires daily topoffs, but only weekly water changes. And the lighting was a lot of work, as most fixtures that small are not really sufficient, so I had to build my own. __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

01-30-2008, 02:13 PM	#9
CollegeReefer Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stevens Pont, Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 375 User Feedback: (0)	If you did set up a 3g you will only be limited to inverts. __________________ CollegeReefer

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