Marine And Reef

[SkiFletch]

heh, yeah the nano section is a little outdated... I'm always on the lookout for good pinnable material though

razer121, on small tanks, sumps are often difficult to impliment and they are not completely necessary. Have you thought about what livestock you want? Most times it's best to decide what you might want to keep then research their hardware requirements, not the other way around

 

[seffieuk]

heh, yeah the nano section is a little outdated... I'm always on the lookout for good pinnable material though

There you go Tina, any chance we can have a copy of the piece you are currently working on?

Seffie x

 

[TigerIssey]

I am sure I will be able to do a little rework as the current format I am working on covers deciding what type of tank, then choosing the tank. My next installment will be filtration. The first two sections can be read on the site I am writing for.

I am sure though, once it is finished, I would be able to rejig it to fit with some of the articles we need updating on here.

 

[razer121]

hm, well skifletch i was thinking of maybe a female and male clown fish with possibly a few easy to handle corals, ive started reading through the marine section and omg....wow so much to take in! is there any kind of marine shrimp id be able to keep with them? ive found (according to google) that clowns are fairly easy to keep. is this true or pretty false?? after im use to this kind of marine keeping i might turn a second large tank im working on into a marine tank. of course keeping my aqua 40 with the clowns so also....also the whole RO water i need?? is there not a way i can make this stuff?? i dont drive so getting it from a local shop would be a pain in the butt lol

 

[SkiFletch]

Clowns are indeed easy to keep, and there are plenty of shrimp you can have with them. Consider skunk cleaner shrimp, harlequin shrimp, blookd shrimp, or some others.

As for RO water, you can make it... with an RO unit . RO stands for reverse osmosis which is a method by which you can remove all salts, ions, dissolved metals, and other bad stuff from tapwater. Technically you don't NEED to use RO water until you're keeping difficult corals, but depending on your tapwater, it might have high phosphates and nitrates which may leave you with difficulties of nuisance algae. You CAN distill your own water, but it's silly expensive to do this, just not worth it.

 

[razer121]

ok, what can i use to test my water then? i only want to keep easy corals

 

[AK77]

Get Salifert testing kits. They have kits that test for pretty much everything and are generally regarded as the best ones to use.

 

[razer121]

requarding the test kit, is a api test kit good enough? although i can get my lfs to test for phosphates i can test nitrAtes myself...

 

[seffieuk]

requarding the test kit, is a api test kit good enough? although i can get my lfs to test for phosphates i can test nitrAtes myself...

you pays your money and takes your choice - but most of us on here use salifert for a reason

Seffie x

 

[kj23502]

api is good for basic tests such as ammonia, nitrite. Chances are you'll only use them in the beginning and then they'll sit on the shelf most of the time after that. Get salifert for nitrate, alk, calc, and phosphate.

 

[razer121]

ok where can i buy this test kit? i cant seem to find any anywhere!