Casey's ity bity tank.

[R3verb]

Alright all! I got a new tank for Christmas! It's a tiny 2 gallon tank that Im going to put at work. I'll upload picks later but here's the run-down.

2 gallon total
tiny little sump
LED lights
carbon filter
little sump pump.

I'm going to put a few mushrooms and a few zoas in there from my 90 gal tank with a rock and some sand and see what happens. Its going to be coral and snails and maybe a hermit crab. I'll get picks up soon!

 

[Ted]

Sounds cool! cant wait to see a pic of it.

 

[baeya]

I can't wait to see it, too!! :^:

 

[little_fish]

Exciting!

 

[chichimom79]

Pics already!!!! :D

 

[moncapitane]

Good luck on such a small tank. What are you planning on putting in it?

 

[R3verb]

So here is what I was thinking for stocking:

A few mushrooms
A few polyps
A forest of pulsing xenias

For livestock:
1 little cerith snail
1 tiger sand conch
1 hermit crab
MAYBE an urchin. It would need to be really small and stay small.

Since I'm not at work every day, I don't want to put anything in the tank that doesn't derive its energy from light. (aka no fish, inverts, etc)

Anybody have any good ideas for stocking?

I have the tank at home running with fresh water just to clean it out and make sure there are no leaks. It's looking good! I am going to pull some sand and a rock out of my 90gal DT at home and 2 gallons of water. That hopefully will keep it from cycling and I can start stocking it next week.

 

[kbuser92]

Finally...

Idk how to do the pics, but this thread is useless without pictures and it didnt happen until we have proof.

 

[Smitty]

Sounds like a great setup in the making. Can't wait to see it come to life.

 

[R3verb]

Pics!

 

[ErinCahir]

Sweet! My tineh tank is the eight gallon version of this!

 

[R3verb]

yup! I am really hoping I can keep something alive in here

 

[chichimom79]

I love those tiny tanks!! :D

 

[R3verb]

This is the best it will look for long time lol

 

[baeya]

Is that an Evolve2?

 

[ErinCahir]

It's soooooooooooooooooooo cute.

And yes, that is an Evolve2

 

[R3verb]

Ok so anybody have any thoughts on stocking? I can't be there to feed the tank every day (and I'd like to not have to have people at the office take care of it though they could). So any ideas?

 

[chichimom79]

I don't think anything you mentioned would require daily feeding. The light being on a timer should be sufficient IMO. It is adorable and I cant wait to see what you put in there.
You will need an ATO though

 

[R3verb]

OK so what about a shrimp? Does a shrimp need feeding every day? Every week? I'd like to keep one interesting thing in the tank (a shrimp, a crab, a really cool snail, something!). Anything you can all think of?

 

[ErinCahir]

Cleaner shrimp maybe?