What Do I Need Ot Get Started?

[Joemuz]

Right i want to set up a marine tank but dont know what i need.

Can i use a normal clearseal tank? Its about 60L?
The things i know i need are:

Proteine skimmer
Heater
Lighting

What else do i need hardware wise?

Cheers, Joemuz

 

[SkiFletch]

Well Joemuz, I'd suggest starting by reading through the stickies atop this section and the nano section to give you some ideas of what you need. That's a pretty small tank and you'll be limited in your stocking of it, so just remember that .

Are you planning on a FO (fish only), FOWLR (fish only with live rock), or a reef setup? If you do plan on using such a small tank, a skimmer is not required, but powerheads for flowrate are

 

[Joemuz]

Well Joemuz, I'd suggest starting by reading through the stickies atop this section and the nano section to give you some ideas of what you need. That's a pretty small tank and you'll be limited in your stocking of it, so just remember that .

Are you planning on a FO (fish only), FOWLR (fish only with live rock), or a reef setup? If you do plan on using such a small tank, a skimmer is not required, but powerheads for flowrate are

I had a look but just wanted a simple list as i get easily mixed up
Does live rock sort of grow things on it, mature is a better word for it?
Could i keep a few clown fish and a purple fire fish with a few inverts?

Change of plan, make it 89L

Cheers, Joemuz

 

[fishwatcher]

That's about 22-23 us gallons, so I'd go with 1 clown, 1 firefish, maybe one other small fish and then your clean-up crew (snails, hermits, etc). You don't want to keep a group of clowns unless you have a much larger tank. You may could get away with a mated pair, though. A pair of clowns and then a firefish should fill it up nicely.
You'll still only need the power head, not really a skimmer (unless you just want it).

 

[SkiFletch]

Yeah, you could do a clownfish pair, a purple firefish, and some inverts in that tank.

 

[Joemuz]

Yeah, you could do a clownfish pair, a purple firefish, and some inverts in that tank.

That is spot on!
So what do i need ?

heater
lighting
powerhead

And do i use the same type of filter as i would in a tropical tank?

Cheers, Joemuz

 

[shibby]

if you were to run a filter your'd want a external more just take out the foam, replace with rowaphos, carbon and perhaps polyfilter


heater
lighting
powerhead x2 always best to have 2
and live rock for filtration

for a cheaper option than a skimmer get a berlin lift skimmer, you need an airpump and an airstone the berlins are done by prsim i think and go for about 30-40, airpump about a tenner and airstone + piping about 5 pounds.