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Salt water tank questions?

I want a salt water tank with maybe 2 small clown fish and a dart fish.with coral and some shrimp..in a 10-25 gallon tank di need a protien skimmer? What type of filter? is this to many fish i know over stocking a saltwater tank is like ten times worse than a fresh water tank…. any thing else helps…p.s. (i have experiance with a freshwater tank)
Also i want it like a nano reef i read clown fish need at least 15 gallons ive done reserch but i just want opioniens
By the way i was wanting to do somthing like this but with 3 small fish

a lot more fish tank worries?

i have a 30 gallon tank and right now i have peaceful and semi-aggressive fish in it and i wanted to get aggressive but now i want to get saltwater but im not sure which one ill have to do less work on and which one cost less but ive done some research on which fish are compatible and all the fish i wanted were compatible but theres to many i think i want 2 bicolor blennies 1 coral beauty angle 2 damsel yellow tail 2 blue sapphire damsels 2 ocellaris clown fish green mandarin 1 banded coral shrimp and 1 bicolor angle fish so i was wondering if i would be able to have this many fish if not tell me which ones would be easier to take care of and which ones are more to be compatible with each other and what coral i should get and live rock i should get well not really what live rock but if i need a protein skimmer or if i should just go with freshwater aggressive fish please help me i cant choose

Established Saltwater Tank?

I have a 80 galloon saltwater tank and its been running for 2-3 years. I have mainly damsels (4) with a cinnimon clown, and a blackcap basslet. I had a flame angel, a lawnmower blenny, a coral banded shrimp, a pink tip haitian anenome, and a puffer. All of those have either been given away or died… the puffer ate the shrimp. A lot of the clean up crew has died and I need to replenish their ranks. I want to get rid of the damsels…well 3 of them and get some more interesting fish. Does anyone want some damsels? (1) 3 stripe, (1) 4 stripe, and (1) lemon damsel? If not they might get flushed if I can’t get my girlfriend to convert her freshwater tank to saltwater and take care of them. What are some lively interesting fish I could get? I’m hoping for some that won’t disturb the hermits and snails. Also, I want to get another coral banded shrimp since the puffer that ate the last one is gone. Any ideas would be cool, thanks.

Which is more fun a Skunk shrimp or a banded coral shrimp?

I like how the skunk’s will spin the fish, but my friend says 2 of the banded coral shrimp will do a dance when mating that makes them just as cool.

Crayfish to be added to a 10 gl. Would it be safe?

I have a 10 gl freshwater with marine sand bottom, 2 fake coral pieces, a rock arch with fake plants attached and 2 real plants. Also a male betta, columbian zebra pleco, ghost shrimp and MTS. Would it be safe to add a small crayfish? I would purchase this crayfish from a lfs. I have been told that crayfish will eat fish and then I have been told they won’t if the fish is bigger and faster than the cray. So would it be safe for my existing critters to add a tankmate?
Darryl,
I found my columbian at a lfs and they didn’t know what it was so I played dumb too and paid 13.00 for him. LOL I know I stole him.