Things you will need when starting a saltwater aquarium.

[wayne]

Go do the reading recommended in the other threads in this forum, particularly anything like 'how I set up my tank'. Asking single questions like this will not prepare you for what you need to successfully keep a marine tank, you need to get a 'big picture'. But as you ask, 8.2, salinity 1.020 - 1.025, 0 ammonia nitrite, nitrate as low as possible. Phosphate nil.

[Lou]

I almost was foolish and did this...set up a SW tank. There was a 75 gal tank being given away, we were talking where to meet for me to get it, visions of SW danced in my head and the people slipped as they took it out of storage and the whole thing cracked to pieces.

Saved by a slip...

[BOWDY]

Well you could take the easy way out


http://www.melbourne-city-directory....pecialists.htm

lol

[BOWDY]

Originally posted by dbacksrat
some stores have certain policies with their saltwater fish such as *$&%&@# have no guarantee that sw fish you buy will live, but some places online have a 10 day guarantee for most sw livestock

I have found this is the case with the collecters, a lot of fish that come from indonesia care caught by using poisons/chemicals which will kill the fish in the future ( lol or no future) so i guess you can always ask where they come from first, one of our LFS has some beautiful fish they come from indo and i wont touch them,

[FishWhisperer]

Phantomfe3, thanks so much for the information. I would like a SW tank in my bedroom but I had heard it was expensive. I am new to the fish world (less than a year) so I am just working with freshwater. I think I need lots of years behind me before I try SW. Thanks for all the information though.

[dbacksrat]

it is possible to do sw as a beginner to fishkeeping in general, but common newbie mistakes are very costly...i believe 99% (ok, maybe not that many) of reef keepers (fish only systems not included because those are forgiving and somewhat simple to maintain) gained valuable experience in fw before doing sw

[dbacksrat]

a toothbrush--to remove various algae/cyanobacteria
it did wonders for me

[Bull M]

I agree with dbacksrat. I'd owned my FW setup for quite a while before I even considered beginning a marine system. In the end, I'm glad for the experience, and it certainly helped me.

[zanoshano]

excellent post. a true sticky, i know its been here for a while, just never took the time to read. nice job, thanks.

[dbacksrat]

when feeding frozen food, strain the meat from the juice with a brine shrimp net--this will help reduce algae