What Is A Good-sized Tank For Starting A Coral Reef Tank?

[allie95]

I'm going to start looking for tanks as I begin trying to start a saltwater (obviously lol) coral tank. What is a good minimum size if I want different kinds of corals and fish? Also what is the biggest I can go without it being extremely difficult to maintain? I really want to do this, but with school starting soon I'm not going to have time to spend an hour working on it everyday. Any suggestions will be great!

 

[Gallagher]

I'm going to start looking for tanks as I begin trying to start a saltwater (obviously lol) coral tank. What is a good minimum size if I want different kinds of corals and fish? Also what is the biggest I can go without it being extremely difficult to maintain? I really want to do this, but with school starting soon I'm not going to have time to spend an hour working on it everyday. Any suggestions will be great!

bigger the better, smaller is harder to maintain. id say minimum 60l max id unlimited lol

 

[bae1994]

if you can a rio 180 is a great starter for salt and there reasonable on ebay

 

[bitteraspects]

I'm going to start looking for tanks as I begin trying to start a saltwater (obviously lol) coral tank. What is a good minimum size if I want different kinds of corals and fish? Also what is the biggest I can go without it being extremely difficult to maintain? I really want to do this, but with school starting soon I'm not going to have time to spend an hour working on it everyday. Any suggestions will be great!

bigger the better, smaller is harder to maintain.

well said

 

[ben1987]

I started with a 3' 30 gallon tank, with a sump.


Having a sump is quite important with a reef imo, you accumulate a lot of different equipment, bits and bobs and a sumps a great place to keep it all so the display looks natural and un-cluttered.

 

[Luketendo]

if you can a rio 180 is a great starter for salt and there reasonable on ebay

Yea that's what I have it's really good got some great extra bits with it all for £100.
That was tank, stand, T5 lights (sold £40!), protein skimmer, test kits, nori and little bits.

Bargain!

 

[kj23502]

I'd say a 75 usg is good minimum for a starter tank. I kinda wish I had gone bigger to start with..lol. (I know, ya told me so) You can have a lot of different kinds of fish in a 75, including tangs, and it's not hard. More water is more stability.

 

[VictorMeldrew]

I started with a 100gl which i guess is a good idea because the water is pretty easy to keep stable but bigger is way more expensive, I also have a 35l tank with a few coral's which is cheap and i find very easy to look after but then again i only have one fish in it

 

[Luketendo]

I'd say a 75 usg is good minimum for a starter tank. I kinda wish I had gone bigger to start with..lol. (I know, ya told me so) You can have a lot of different kinds of fish in a 75, including tangs, and it's not hard. More water is more stability.

I also wish I had gone bigger but 1m was my limit really.