Newb Question

[penguinpimp1990]

I know that its highly reccomended for newbs wanting a reef system to have a tank of at least 55 gallons. I plan on mking a 20 gallon sump to my empty 29 gallon tank. The extra water is good for "more room for error" what errors are likely to occur? As a salt newb to only thing that I could see would be salinty with water evaporting and excessive nitrates. Please enlighten me

 

[SkiFletch]

excessive phosphates, dying and toxically decomposing fish/inverts, and just in general more biological room for pollutants which saltwater species are much more vulnerable to. remember the old saying, "The solution to pollution is dillution"

 

[steelhealr]

The solution to pollution is dilution. The more volume in a marine tank, the safer the animals are with regards to insults. Extra volume is a wonderful thing, relatively speaking, with a marine tank. SH