Few Q's If Sum1 Can Help Me

[typhoon]

erm ive never kept marine or anything so i want to start simple!

this tank says it ready to go! but i dont wanna dive in. and everything to go w
http/www.aquariumsdelivered.co.uk/catalo...rium-p-810.html

are there any good websites with good " beginners " information??

thanks

 

[Demm]

you can start by reading the sticky threads on this section of the forum, they will tell you alot of things

 

[chrissaysyes]

you can start by reading the sticky threads on this section of the forum, they will tell you alot of things

 

[typhoon]

yeah im readin tht rite now but i want to read as much as poss b4 i get started so i no as much as i can

 

[Lynden]

The nano tank in the link looks fine. The lighting is a little bit weak, but you should be a able to work with it. Marine tanks are actually far easier than most people think. Easier than freshwater in my opinion.

On a side note, it is best to ask individual specific questions... it is difficult and tedious to simply list everything we know.

 

[SkiFletch]

Agree with Lynden. Don't forget the stickies at the top of the nano section too, especially since you're keeping a nano tank . Also, do yourself a favor and look through larger online retailers like liveaquaria.com or saltwaterfish.com to get an idea of what kind of livestock strikes your fancy. That way you can gear your questions and research around keeping what you want to keep

 

[typhoon]

yea sorry i no my questions arent very specific i will probably have some more specific questions later but i just wanted to read the very basics.

as for livestock im guessing with such a small tank it will be limited to snails and so on?

by saying the light looks weak what would you sugest doing? diff bulb or a diff unit al together??

 

[Lynden]

Livestock could include a few small fish, as well as shrimp, corals, crabs, etcetera... anything small enough. As for the lighting you may want to look into a different unit, but it's otherwise a very good one, having both a UV sterilizer and a protein skimmer. The lighting shouldn't hold you back much.

 

[typhoon]

okay im really sorry about all the questions

whats the diff between a reef and a coral and live rock? i always thought they were the same thing.

for instance what would "you" put into something this size? then it gives me an idea

 

[Lynden]

No problem about the questions, I'm sorry if I came off that way.

I would, with that very system, look into mushroom corals and colony polyps. They are not usually recommended for a 'centerpiece' but they can be very beautiful and are easy to care for.

As for shrimp, I would add cleaner shrimp, or sexy shrimp. As for fish, gobies, darters, or some of the very smallest frogfish (eat shrimp and other fish). Some of the larger tubeworms Sabellastarte can be very beautiful as well, but will require occasional feeding.

 

[jeasko]

difference between reef coral and live rock

reef is basically all the ellements of a reef which include inverts fish corals and Live rock

Coral is as it says it is

and Live Rock (LR for short) is rock that has bacteria and such like living on it that has normally been taken from the ocean and kept in SW to keep the beacteria going, there is a difference however between uncured and cured LR, cured being that it has been ke[t in SW with a flow over it so that any dead bacteria/organisms are removed thus causing no ammonia or nitrite spike in your tank as the waste is broken down, uncured is where it has not been in water long enough for the dead bacteria etc to have been removed meaning that if you introduce it to your tank there will be an ammonia and or nitrite spike whaiuch is harmfull to live stock.

 

[typhoon]

okay thanks ive read about cured and uncured corals, so does live rock eventually become live coral? ive seent he pics in the stickys.

 

[SkiFletch]

Well, you read about cured and uncured Rock, not corals. Live rock is just rocks taken from rubble zones behind the reef. Thousands or millions of years ago, these rocks were likely once live corals, but now they're just rock. They are "Live" because they carry all manner of algaes, microinvertebrates, and other hitch hikers as well as bacteria to process nitrogenous waste. Corals are live organisms that usually do not arrive on Live Rock shipments. Although sometimes you get lucky and a coral is found on LR, thats very rare. We aquarists usually have to add corals to our rock

"Cured" LR has been sitting in a curing tank for a while and has most of its nitrogenous waste processed. Uncured LR usually has lots of dieoff on it and will take a longer time to cycle in your home aquarium

 

[typhoon]

okay so live rock is full of bacteria everything thats needed to get going? but then i have to add the "pretty" bright corals etc??

ill have to read it all twice theres so much in thos threads alone!!

 

[Musho3210]

Hmm... DOnt think of live rock to be anything related/similar to coral. Push those two apart in your mind, for now, dont think that they are in any way 2 parts of a charm necklace. It will help you out a lot.

Live rock - Limestone rock, has life ON/IN it, the actual limestone rock is NOT alive.
Coral - A type of LIVE invertebrate

Dont make the connection between the two and it will help you understand it all. Dont worry about the whole live rock is dead coral blah blah blah, it isnt important at this moment and will just make it harder for you to understand the concept.