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| Posted | Setting up a Marine tank- what do you need? |
| 17-05-2006 20:25 by Rebecca Woodhall |
I am trying to research setting up a marine tank. I have successfuly ran a tropical tank for 3 years now and would like to have a marine. I want a 7ft tank and stand (preferably the largest rena tank) but dont know if i can.
Do you have to have a sump tank? what is its purpose? Do you have to have the tank drilled if you dont have one? How much does drilling cost? I want to keep both fish and invertabrates and realise i need a protein skimmer, the obvious filteration and power heads but what else will i need? Thanks for your help. |
| 17-05-2006 20:43 by tommy |
Sump .. you dont need to have one of thease external filters are fine and no need to have tank drilled if u dont want a sump
needs live rock sand or live sand is always best if wanting coral then go for metal halide |
| 17-05-2006 20:49 by Rebecca Woodhall |
thankyou, im so excited |
| 17-05-2006 21:33 by frozenball |
im currently setting my first one up and i have got
400l tank 1 internal filter juwel (they did get god ratings in prictical fishkeeper this month.) 1 external filter ehime wet and dry system (bio filter) 1 fluval 204 external for maturing for the quarntine tank 1 standard 5ft 38 w twin light unit T8 i belive 2 55w compact t5 light units ( for soft corals) 1 temp monitor 1 heater 300w 1 deltec 600 skimmer ( hang on the back very compact) 1 Ro unit ( for tds free water ) 1 refractometer (* same as a hydrometer but more accurate) 1 25kg reef salt (enough to set the tank up and do water changes for around 6mths) 1 fine sand enogh for around 1 inch of the base of the tank all i need to get now is around 40 - 60 kg of live rock which is queit expensive not sure if this helps you but i started buying stuf and the list just got bigger and bigger all i need to do now is mix the water and add the rock and play the waiting game |
| 17-05-2006 22:16 by Rebecca Woodhall |
thanks for that i bet you cant wait, i know im excited. We are waiting till the dining room is complete then we will start buying. |
| 17-05-2006 23:00 by tommy |
take it slow thou do not rush the wole thing |
| 20-05-2006 21:18 by billysfc |
All you need is a heater, refractometer, thermometer, good lighting, good skimmer, plenty of live rock and loads of water movement ( including behind and under the live rock).
If you have enough live rock, you won't need a seperate filter. (Other then the skimmer) as the live rock will be all you need. Keep fish numbers down to start with and get used to looking after the water quality bit by bit. Every thing else you do with the tank will be an expansion of what you start with. |
| 20-05-2006 22:50 by buffyfan71 |
Internel filters such as the rio`s are only good for flow, remove all sponges and only use it with polyfilter,carbon or phos remover.in turn that is all external filters are good for in a marine tank , they do not complete the filtration cycle and turn into nitrate factories. you need around around half the tanks total gallons in live rock or say 90 gallons is equal to 45 kgs live rock. and as much flow from powerheads as possible, at least 10 times your tanks total. soft corals will survive under t5`s but if you are venturing into hard corals you will need halides.
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| 22-05-2006 17:05 by Rebecca Woodhall |
thankyouu so much |
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