WTB: Reef Lobster or small SaltwaterFish

[chrisRstelly]

Im looking for a small saltwater fish or invert to have in my fluval edge. Thanks

[Sea-agg09]

A lobster may be a bad idea. They get pretty mean, and if they can catch it, they will eat it. Maybe you should consider a shrimp. Cleaner shrimp, or a blood shrimp would be a good option.

Just make sure you are on the ball with water changes and filter maintenance. Small tanks are prone to fluctuations and ammonia spikes.

[Hanson77]

I second what Sea-agg said. The Reef Lobster is a bad idea for a small tank unless that's all you are putting in there. The Cleaner and Blood Shrimp are much better choices as they will live harmoniously with just about everything. I had a few in a Nano 14 at one point and they did good with a few Clowns and blennies in the tank while everything was small and then I went to a 37 gallon cube once the fish started getting bigger...and my coral addiction grew stronger!!!

[chrisRstelly]

yea i was only looking at keeping the lobster in there though with the 2 snails and 2 hermits i have in their. I originally wanted to have a clown, but i learned my lesson on what your saying.
Had bought a reef lobster and my salt was too low so thenext morning, SURPRIISEE for me...
transferred my clown from my 55gal that i just got rid of, did a water change, salt was too high so SURPRRIISEEE for me!!
its a learning process and i pretty much got the water change system down for this little thing.
after all this junk happend, i decided to keep my live rock in there and just grow out some frags in it. And with all of the controversy, they are growing well under LED lighting. Im a believer now. My zoanthinds have opened up extremely well! and my green tip torch fully extended out great!
so may just keep growing various things in here rather than having a fish :/
ill post some pics

[Hanson77]

That's good to hear about on the LED lighting. I was pondering a small setup with LED lighting to keep the heat and power consumption down. How many gallons is the Fluval Edge setup? Do you have any pics? A few little blennies or gobies would be cool in a setup like this. They have cool little personalities. Especially if you get one that would pair with a Pistol Shrimp. They look like a little lobster....LOL!!!