Starting Marine Need Advice

[Robert247]

Hello I am new to keeping marine fish and i need some advice.
I have severel opions:
1. I could get a nano tank with built in skimmer and uv sterelizer and filters.
2.I could get a bigger 3ft ish tank like rio 125 will the filter be enough on its own to sustain corrals or will i need skimmers and external filtes (limited by mony). If i had a bigger tank with no skimmer will i only be able to have fish only or is it jst not suitable to have marine without a skimmer.
I have heared that nanos are harder to look after as they are more frigile.
I need to know where to start and i need to start somewhere.
Dont wory not going into this head first thats why i am asking .
TY

 

[kkyyllee]

nanos are harder for most people to start out with, so i would suggest you go with the bigger tank, if you want to have corals your gonna need to have 1.5-2.0lbs lr/per gallon and that would be your main filtration, you would also probably need a protien skimmer since its going to be a larger tank and less water changes, marine is possible with out skimmers tho., you will need to buy some better lights since its going to be a reef tank

 

[Robert247]

could i just start off with fish only and then maby when it has settteld and i have recoverd my walet then get a skimmer and start adding corals and invertibrates later?

 

[kkyyllee]

you could start with fo, then get a protien skimmer if u use one, then get cured liverock 1.5-2lb/ga , then upgrade lights, then go reef


just remember to pick reefsafe fish/inverts

 

[Musho3210]

plus the time it takes to recharge your wallet with money gives you time for the tank to mature and for you to do more research before you go reef.

 

[Robert247]

Gr8 thanks and another thing what sort of depth and type of substrate is best for watchman goby because they like burowing and sifting through the sand dont they?