LOOKING GOOD MATE! Plastic guttering is fine, providing its been sterilised.
I'm just contemplating starting out with a nano as my first marine venture, but to be honest can find no hard and fast answers.
All I want is a low maintainance tank, with some live rock, and just to see what grows (add some inverts later - no interest in fish really). So I have a small tank - but what are the miimum technological requirements? and what are the cheapest products. Also about salt etc. and other additives, whats the minimum ammount of stuff I need?
Any help/pointers (straight answers) you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
My tank is:
Glass Tank
Power head this must shift at least 10 times the litres of your tank per hour, mine is 700 LPH on a 30 Litre tank you can get them for around 10 pounds
Heater
Lights I have 50/50s which are 10,000K+Blue these cost me 20 pounds but you might not need quite are powerful ones
Live Rock about 1Kg per 2 Gallons this can be as cheap as 9 pounds but it is best going for the most expensive stuff in the end
I have live sand, this is up to you
Salt The best you can buy, I bought cheaper stuff which is apparently no good for Inverts (we will see)
Test kits:
Nitrate
Ammonia
pH
RO water is a must have, I treat mine with Tropic Marin Re-mineral This adds to the stability of your water by adding the minerals the RO dosent have.
Hydrometer to test Salt levels
I got most of my stuff from www.stm-shop.co.uk , its realy cheap and seems to work realy well.
Thats about it.... I think
I am only very very new to the hobby so please dont take my words a final
but I hope I have helped you slightly
Ollie