Starting a 2 gallon nano- questions

[JeremyAN7]

Actually a 2.5 gallon..
My tank is a 2.5 standard tank with an enclosed glass top (to reduce evaporation), a Penguin Nano filter (which will have a pad / carbon , but no bio wheel) a 25w heater (preset to 78 degrees)
I plan on having a 3 pound rock, and about 3 pounds of sand.. The light is a twin 13w PC (1 actinic 1 white) so it's quite "bright"

The questions: if I had to pick 1 small fish.. what would it be? I'm thinking something cheap... and cheerful like a blue damsil.. but other ideas?

I wont have any skimmer, so I'll rely on bi-weekly water changes to keep the thing non-toxic.. It will be in an office setting..

I plan on keeping a variety of corals / polyps in there as well, with a few hermits and snails for cleanup.

Basically I will steal established things from my main tank at home...

Ideas? Tips? Tricks?

 

[sephly]

mmm fish wise kinda limited, i'd say neongoby, possibly a catalina if you go slightly cooler temp. I think a damsel would be digging, moving around pecking at the rocks and corals in that small space. It might become a problem. I'd also keep away from "jumpers".

 

[DoctaQ]

with a glass top jumpers could be okay
i like green banded gobies and if youre hardcore about it you could go with a flaming prawn for like a million dollars.

 

[JeremyAN7]

yeah glass top will stop the jumpers.. I had a 2.2 gallon a few years back with a blue damsil. he didnt eat anything but the food i fed him... just don't want a fish that hides all the time.. gobies tend to do that...