Tropical Fish Aquariums & Equip Marine Fish & Marine Inverts Cichlids Malawi Tanganyikan Cichlids
Wanted Discus Goldfish, Koi & Ponds Retailers & Services ALL ADS By County
|
Viewed: 202 -- Replies: 13 | ||||||||
PM | All Topics | General | Cichlids | Marine | Coldwater | Tanks/Equipment | Diseases | Members | |||||||||
| Posted | nano marine or lobster tank? |
| 14-02-2007 11:30 by jonie |
hi everyone, probably sounds mad but i have decided to get rid of my sajica pair and either go to a nano marine or lobster, now i have a big prob, if i go with lobsters im scared i may loose interest but i like inverts, and if i got to nano im scared ill go really wrong and kill anything i get in there!!!!! if i do marine i would do just fish till i knew more about marines
ps. am i too young for marine? |
| 14-02-2007 11:40 by Alan |
How much money do you have to throw at this. Reef is now easier than fish only too.
Rough outline of requirements for a marine tank. Skimmer rated to twice the size of the tank. £90-200 depending on make. Live rock 1 kilo for every 2 imp gallons as a minimum. About £9.50 per kilo. Refractometer for measuring salinity. £40 Bucket of salt TMC pro reef £59.99 this will make up to 200 gallons of water much cheaper to buy in bulk. 2 identical buckets big enough to carry out a water change one will be for mixing salt water the other will be for siphoning water into using identical buckets makes it easier to remove and replace identical quantities of water this aids salinity stability. RO unit £100-150 dependent on size needed for a nano a 50 gpd unit would do. Heater Lighting T5's would be sufficient for a nano. Pumps to circulate the water volume at least 20 times per hour. That should give you an idea of costs involved. Take a look at the www.stm-shop.co.uk site to get an idea of nano stuff. Look under wave these are as cheap as you will get. |
| 14-02-2007 11:44 by jonie |
hmm. i only have about £150 to spend and would prefer to buy it second hand,why would it be easier to do reef than fish only? i was going to go with 1 kilo of live rock anenome pair of clowns and maybe some hermits |
| 14-02-2007 11:44 by jonie |
i mean 10kilo |
| 14-02-2007 11:46 by jonie |
got a pump,heater,2 buckets and can get ro from a freind for nout so i think it would be easier for me to do marine now  |
| 14-02-2007 11:57 by Bogwoodbruce |
Sounds expensive matey. |
| 14-02-2007 12:05 by jonie |
yh i know! |
| 14-02-2007 12:41 by tomdoc |
is you want a small nano tank check out reef-encounters .net they do setup ones for small corals n fish starting from £119 .. you can always go a buy salted ro water which is fairly cheap around £5 for a tub full i will post the esact link in a min |
| 14-02-2007 12:42 by tomdoc |
http://www.reef-encounters.net/70160/info.php?p=2&pno=0&pid=655909&cat=29800&ack=9&search=&sought= |
| 14-02-2007 15:21 by Alan |
How big is this tank it also sound like you have a lot of stuff already and chucking the hermits in means it ain't a fish only set up.
Also buy a good book and research for at least a month before jumping into this. |
| 14-02-2007 15:38 by jonie |
thanks tomdoc
100 litres alan, 18x20x20 |
| 14-02-2007 15:43 by jonie |
dad says no to marine  anyone know how to persuade him lol |
| 14-02-2007 16:10 by Alan |
If you can't bank roll it yourself I'm not surprised your dad said no marine isn't cheap at the best of times. |
| 14-02-2007 16:15 by jonie |
i know hmmmm. anyone know where i can get freshwater fan shrimps from in west midlands or a place that will post them |
 |
|
NEW REPLIES ARE NOW CLOSED ON THIS FORUM
We invite you to join the NEW Aquarist Classifieds Fishkeeping Forum HERE
Your contributions to this forum are greatly appreciated.
This forum will be retained in archive status for reference.
Adverts
Previous
Fish Biz
Sitemap
Links
All
Sponsor
Clubs
Webmaster
Our Sponsors
ShopAds
Visits
Enquire About Banners
| ||||
|
