New To Marine/reef

[Naringlo]

Hello all. I'm a tropical fish keeper but I plan on going Marine/Reef after half a year of research. (due to money as well). I was hoping someone could direct me to the page where you can find a step by step guide of setting up a marine or reef aquarium. Also, what is the difference in marine and reef. I get some sort of idea out of it but wanted to hear it from people and modern advice.

And another question, would this be a good starting tank?
http/www.seapets.co.uk/products/aquarium-supplies/aquariums/interpet-aquariums/kent-marine-bio-reef-aquarium.html
might go bigger, as I frequently hear, bigger the better.

Thanks!

 

[lljdma06]

Hello all. I'm a tropical fish keeper but I plan on going Marine/Reef after half a year of research. (due to money as well). I was hoping someone could direct me to the page where you can find a step by step guide of setting up a marine or reef aquarium. Also, what is the difference in marine and reef. I get some sort of idea out of it but wanted to hear it from people and modern advice.

First, welcome to the salty side! This link I'm going to post is a good starting point. It's organized into categories.

Marine Aquarium Resource Center

While there isn't a step by step per se, it is organized in a rough order. If you have any questions let me know. Start with "so you want a SW tank?" That'll explain a lot including the different types of marine systems and some of the more common terms that we use.

And another question, would this be a good starting tank?
http/www.seapets.co.uk/products/aquarium-supplies/aquariums/interpet-aquariums/kent-marine-bio-reef-aquarium.html
might go bigger, as I frequently hear, bigger the better.

Thanks!

Yes, usually bigger is better. Maintaining stable water chemistry becomes much easier when you have more water to work with. Mistakes are also forgiven much more readily in a larger system.

I've seen the Marineland 94. It looks good on paper. A smallish tank, but it's an all-in-one, which tend to be more beginner friendly. Most people, however, make modifications to these units. For example, I've got an 8g Oceanic biocube, but my cube has different lights, different pump, different outflow, different media rack, different filter media, and so on... Most All-in-ones though should be able to handle a beginning level reef system (mostly soft corals, maybe some lps, inverts, fish). Again, a lot of these terms, I explain in the article.

L

 

[Naringlo]

Thank you very much. You saved me a lot of confusion.

 

[lljdma06]

Thank you very much. You saved me a lot of confusion.

Oh, you'll still be confused, but it'll be on a more manageable level. Again, any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

L

 

[wildechild_01]

Oh, you'll still be confused, but it'll be on a more manageable level. Again, any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

L

Hahaha... oh how true that statement is,

but like said, don't be a afraid to ask questions we're usually pretty friendly around here even though some of us don't show up as often as we should myself included. But the people and journals and information you can find here will be incredibly helpful, I spent close to a year gathering information before i set up my first reef and now I am a year into having it set up and still learning... in fact my journal is definitely due for an update... I should try to get around to that this weekend.... ANYWAYYYYY.... Welcome to the salty side of things,