ideas of what to add to my 5.5 once cycled?

[msu spartan]

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[Rosseau]

What are the specs on your system?

Find a few tanks around here that you like and maybe start from there.

[msu spartan]

well,, 5.5gallon
4lbs or live rock
3 or 4 in of sand
small hob filter,
not sure on lighting yet,right now an small eclipse hood, soon im going to get a 18" 15watt light

[zma21]

Yellow clown goby.

[Kengaroo131]

i have a small black reef damsel in mine there pretty cool to watch i also have a pepermint shrimp and an emerald crab and 3 certh snails im trying to find a small star fish but i dont want to jam the tank anymore then it already is

[BiggySmalls]

what about coral for him. if he gets the 15 watt lights?

[Kengaroo131]

my 5.5 gallon is mainy softies just because i think they are the most hardy out of all the corals and small tanks are a little harder to keep stable if he does plane on getting corals i would let the tank mature a little more then usual just because the way i see it the more stable the system is the beter things will do but it all depends on what kind of light it is, is it pc?or florecent tube of t-5's but you can usually get away with mushrooms and zoo's with that kind of lighting you can even put xeina in there if you wanted or kenya trees basicaly any softie that dosent require high amounts of light. im running 20 watt pc in my 5.5 gallon and i have mushrooms and zoo's and they couldent be happier.

[msu spartan]

ones im looking at are called
POWER-GLO Fluorescent Bulbs by Hagen 15watt

[Kengaroo131]

did you buy it yet?

[msu spartan]

no, but i want to buy it because its cheap because im low on money ,and will do fine for the soft corals im going to do,

xenia,zoos, would be fine

[Kengaroo131]

that light would probably be ok for mushrooms and zoo's but i dont think anything else and even shrooms and zoo's would be pushing it i think im not completly sure cause i dont know to much about that bulb but a good alternative would be a coralsun 50/50 bulb

[msu spartan]

is it a good one, if so , ill go out and get that one

[Kengaroo131]

well i would only recomend it because i used it and its pretty bright for a florecent i'v never used the other one so i wouldnt know what to say but ether way there so cheap you can try them both if you wanted but i think the coralsun might be better if your doing corals in the long run. but personaly shrooms and zoo's are pretty hardy so they should do well as long as you have a light bulb above them haha.

[msu spartan]

thanks, i wonder if anyone else has an opinion

[msu spartan]

ill check this tomorrow

[msu spartan]

can u reply to the lighting question and
how long do you thnk it would be til i can put an emerald crab in ?

[Aussie_hippie_2]

hmm. Don't have experience with that one. I will say that I have a Green Clown Goby (basically a Yellow Clown Goby but prettier) and it seems to love it in there. I have a Coralife light, can't remember exactly what it is, I'll look it up. Works great on my Zoas...

[Aussie_hippie_2]

Here's the link to what I have over my 5.5g.

Coralife 20W (http://www.aquariumguys.com/minicompact3.html)

I'd put a bit more over it as well, if you can.

[msu spartan]

well i gotta 18"fixture that says i can only have 15watts, so...

[msu spartan]

i thnk thats the limit on length and wattage, but what ohter lights are goood?

[cherubfish pair]

If you want a goby/pistol shrimp pair, try bluezooaquatics.com .

They even have a category called "Best fish for pistol shrimp".

[msu spartan]

o, u think i could get 2 clown gobys,
2 different colors ????????????????????