What size tank is best.

[WILDER]

I thinking in the future of setting a marine tank up, as I love clown fish, what is the best size and what is the smallest you can get away with, thanks.

 

[bob`_your_dog]

Basically the biggest thing you can afford. The pinned topics cover pretty much everything about nemo's and tank sizes.

3. How much space do you have? Take a look around the room that the tank is going into, once you find that perfect spot, get some measurements. You will want the largest tank that will fit in the space.(You will also need to know what the tank will weigh when full, and how much your floor can hold. More about this later.) Ok, let me take a moment to further explain why you want a large tank. You will need to keep your water quality within certain parameters to keep your fish, corals, anenomies, and other creatures healthy and happy. The larger the volume of water, the more the toxins will be diluted, thus the more water you have the more stable it will be. You will also want to take into account your salinity, as water evaporates the salt is left behind causing your salinity to go up. If left unchecked both the toxins and high salinity can be fatal to many of the creatures you will have in your tank. (This can happen quite rapidly with a small volume of water

from My very own nemo
and Marine tank sizes

As for the minimum size, i imagine a 2 foot might do, if you have alot of time and paitence, but i would suggest a 3 foot. Could be wrong, i've seen them in 30 liter tanks doing just fine.

 

[WILDER]

Thanks for the info, got alot of reading to do, wanted to learn first before getting the tank , don't no when it will be, thanks again.

 

[superman]

Especially beginning out, I would not go with a tank smaller than a 40 gallon breeder tank. 40 gallon breeders are wonderful for there shallow height, great amount of water surface area for oxygen exchange, and manageable on a budget. I would stay away from a 55 gallon, because they are very narrow, and it is hard to stack live rock in them for this reason. If you want a tank that is roughly the same viewing area as a 55 gallon I would go with a 75 gallon or 90 gallon. Over the 75 gallon range you can pick what you want asthetically, but keep in mind how easy it will be to reach down into the tank when needed, some larger tanks can be quite hard to do this (I have to take off my shirt and scrub down before I reach to the bottom of my 220 gallon it's so tall, the water goes past my shoulder)

 

[Great Lakes]

I have to take off my shirt and scrub down before I reach to the bottom of my 220 gallon it's so tall, the water goes past my shoulder

This can be an advantage too though.
My wife has to strip down to her Bra when she helps in the tank...

GL

 

[TBLightningFan]

I have to take off my shirt and scrub down before I reach to the bottom of my 220 gallon it's so tall, the water goes past my shoulder

This can be an advantage too though.
My wife has to strip down to her Bra when she helps in the tank...

GL

Thats awesome

Great Lakes - Check your PM's by the way

 

[1152 Flying Fish]

More avantages for a deeper tank, about the size, i made a mistake by starting with a 20g tall. hard to keep clean. dont even think about a 10g. weekly water changes, but that is all i could afford, esspecialy when there free. im doin well but been doin it for a while now.

DONT START WITH A SMALL TANK..............or else!

 

[superman]

If you can only afford a couple of small tanks,ddrill the larger one (very easy, some fish stores will do it for a small fee) and make the large one the main tank, and the small one the sump. If you can get that water volume up to at least 40 gallons or more you will be in good shape.

 

[WILDER]

Thanks for the replys, probably will take a year to learn about marine corals.