xxBarneyxx
Fish Aficionado
I have kept FW tropicals for a few years now and after looking over this part of the forum and being amazed by the reef set up at one of my LFS I would really like to set up a Marine tank.
I will probably start our with a FOWLR but to be honest I'm actually more interested in the LR then the fish the thought of having random critters appearing in the tank and watching as things develop really fasinates me, the fish will just be a bonus! I would like to go for corals a little later on down the line but it depends what lighting i can get my hands on.
I have been reading through this forum quite a bit and looking at a few other websites but if anyone has any really good "newb-friendly" websites to get me started I would appreciate it.
It regards to equipment am I right in think the below would be enough to get me started?
Tank (probably a 3ft "deep" maybe a 4ft if I can sort the space out for it)
Sump (i have a 2ftX1ftX1ft tank i can convert)
Overflow box (unless I can get a pre-drilled tank)
Pump from sump to tank
Additional power heads to make up to the required flow.
Heater (In sump)
Test kits
Salt water mix and RO water
Light for tank
Light for Fuge in the sump
Enough LS to cover 1-2" of the tank bottom
Enough LR to take up around 20% of the tank space
Protein skimmer
UV filter (is this actually needed?)
Is that more or less it? I have tons of FW canister filters (fluvals of various sizes), can these be put to good use (Maybe fill with LR rubble, do the SW bacteria need light?)
Also any idea on the rough set up cost and for a tank of that size would it be worth buying an RO unit?
I will probably start our with a FOWLR but to be honest I'm actually more interested in the LR then the fish the thought of having random critters appearing in the tank and watching as things develop really fasinates me, the fish will just be a bonus! I would like to go for corals a little later on down the line but it depends what lighting i can get my hands on.
I have been reading through this forum quite a bit and looking at a few other websites but if anyone has any really good "newb-friendly" websites to get me started I would appreciate it.
It regards to equipment am I right in think the below would be enough to get me started?
Tank (probably a 3ft "deep" maybe a 4ft if I can sort the space out for it)
Sump (i have a 2ftX1ftX1ft tank i can convert)
Overflow box (unless I can get a pre-drilled tank)
Pump from sump to tank
Additional power heads to make up to the required flow.
Heater (In sump)
Test kits
Salt water mix and RO water
Light for tank
Light for Fuge in the sump
Enough LS to cover 1-2" of the tank bottom
Enough LR to take up around 20% of the tank space
Protein skimmer
UV filter (is this actually needed?)
Is that more or less it? I have tons of FW canister filters (fluvals of various sizes), can these be put to good use (Maybe fill with LR rubble, do the SW bacteria need light?)
Also any idea on the rough set up cost and for a tank of that size would it be worth buying an RO unit?