Hi all,
I love the site and am having a great time learning.
I would like to start a salt water reef tank with a few fish in the next few months and have some questions:
Is there a tank size beginners should limit themselves to? I want a bigger tank (55 gal to 120 gal) but not sure if bigger tanks need more experience to be successful. How much maintenance a week is needed once it is properly up and running?
I would like to buy a used glass tank, besides obvious signs of damage and weak seams is buying used a bad thing? What about people selling whole setups with fish and corals included. How do you even move a living tank home?
I really want a clean, healthy tank with very good lighting and good looking stand / top worthy of sitting out in our living room. Not a big fan of visible pipes and wires. Want to spend a few months learning before I buy anything. I don't really understand the different types of filters, power heads and sump systems and which work best for different types of set ups and why.
Any thoughts are appreciated and thanks for the excellent site!
I love the site and am having a great time learning.
I would like to start a salt water reef tank with a few fish in the next few months and have some questions:
Is there a tank size beginners should limit themselves to? I want a bigger tank (55 gal to 120 gal) but not sure if bigger tanks need more experience to be successful. How much maintenance a week is needed once it is properly up and running?
I would like to buy a used glass tank, besides obvious signs of damage and weak seams is buying used a bad thing? What about people selling whole setups with fish and corals included. How do you even move a living tank home?
I really want a clean, healthy tank with very good lighting and good looking stand / top worthy of sitting out in our living room. Not a big fan of visible pipes and wires. Want to spend a few months learning before I buy anything. I don't really understand the different types of filters, power heads and sump systems and which work best for different types of set ups and why.
Any thoughts are appreciated and thanks for the excellent site!