Does Anyone Have A Fish Only System Here?

[AK77]

My other option is turn one of my jewel 120s (its only about 27 gallons) saltwater but I wouldn't be able to have liverock as I really only have tap water to work with. Would that be pointless? Maybe I could do a smaller tank for now and Move bigger? Sooooo many ways to go about it lol

What sort of stocking could I have in the jewel 120? I think its 40"x12"x18"(15" without the hood i think), 4 or 5 smaller fish?

120L is pretty much a large nano. Have a look on liveaquaria.com in their nano section. You can then get a good idea of stocking options. I think they also have compatability charts on there too so you can draw on some information with regard to the triggers. Personally, I'd invest in an RO machine. I really couldnt handle marine fish without some gorgeous corals as a backdrop lol.

 

[Betta5]

Ahhh thanks for the advice. I will try and get an RO unit, Its just I live at home and my mum is annoying when it comes to things like that for some strage reason. And I do think coral looks great but If I didnt have any, FO or FOWLR would satisfy my marine urge... for now anyway.

Im going to have a good dig around and see what I can find, info and equipment wise and see if that helps make anything clearer

 

[AK77]

If you have a garden shed or utility room you could mount put the RO machine in there. you could even put it outside and connect it to the garden hose. Mine is in an outside shed/utility room connected to the washing machine feed via a Y splitter. Its paid for itself god knows how many times over already.

 

[nano_reef_ubergeek]

I'm kind of surprised that you need an R/O machine. In California we have these water stores in every shopping place. The water is 25 cents a gallon. You can buy a TDS meter to test the water before you use it. (about 20 dollars).

You may be able to go on line and find test results for municipal tap water in your area. If it has no phosphates -- then tap water may be OK for you. (You still will need to add the chloramine remover to the water however)

Carbon filtering can remove some of the chloramine, but it may not remove all of it.