Things you will need when starting a saltwater aquarium.

TRe · 07-07-2008, 06:47 PM

u have to wait till your nitrites/ammonia are at zero for a few days than u wanna start off with a cleanup crew and wait another week or so before adding fish....what did u use to start your cycle? how much liverock u got in there? if i wer u id get rid of the grave now before the tank is stocked!
btw what size tank is this? and what are u doing for water movment? u get a skimmer yet?

iceiscool · 10-09-2008, 02:51 PM

For beginners like me, I find this link very educational and interesting. You guys might want to check it out: YouTube - Saltwater Aquarium Fish Selection Advice

david.paine24 · 04-10-2009, 11:10 AM

Hey there I’m new here, I’m Dave.

You guys might find this video useful the site is cool also. The video is on fish selection and all other your aqaurium and salwater fish related questions .....

SaltwaterHub - Fish Selection Advice

This site helped me a lot on Saltwater fish selection for my personal aquarium ..... The site has great Saltwater Selection advices.....

Enjoy…

unwritten law · 06-11-2009, 12:54 PM

So on saltwater tanks, especially nano (10 gallons) do you need an actual filter or just power heads and live rock. I have an extra canister sitting around that has a 110gph output and I was wondering if I needed to use it as a filter / power head in addition to another power head or should I just get 2 power heads.

daddysgirl1933 · 07-01-2009, 06:47 PM

I think this is great info thanks. Yes I understand the urge to get fish time goes by very slow. I have had freswater fish forever I actually raise them and sell them to our local pet store. I have wanted a sw forever. I broke down one of my aquariums and decided I would set it back up as sw. It's only 20 gal. but it's a start. Now I wish I could find someone who would trade all my aquariums for 1 large aquarium.

laura270380 · 10-05-2009, 03:26 AM

Thanks for all the effort you put into writing this for us newbies....now if you could just right a sequel "Things you need to know when relocating a saltwater aquarium".

Thanks again
Laura

waterguy1 · 10-25-2009, 02:42 PM

I was just fixing to set up my first s/w tank, so this is a great help! thnx alot!

07-07-2008, 06:47 PM	#51
TRe Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ft. lauderdale Posts: 3,411	u have to wait till your nitrites/ammonia are at zero for a few days than u wanna start off with a cleanup crew and wait another week or so before adding fish....what did u use to start your cycle? how much liverock u got in there? if i wer u id get rid of the grave now before the tank is stocked! btw what size tank is this? and what are u doing for water movment? u get a skimmer yet? __________________ 82g Reef 48x22x18 - 2 X 250w MH, MSX extreme 160, Aqua controller jr, Natureef doser/2 part, Koralia3 & modded MJ900, Po4 reactor, Kalk reactor, ATO, 60g sump/frag tank (4 bulb 24" T5's over frag tank) 125g for sale! 300g SOLD!

04-10-2009, 11:10 AM	#53
david.paine24 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	Get Advice on aqaurium n fish related questions!!! Hey there I’m new here, I’m Dave. You guys might find this video useful the site is cool also. The video is on fish selection and all other your aqaurium and salwater fish related questions ..... SaltwaterHub - Fish Selection Advice This site helped me a lot on Saltwater fish selection for my personal aquarium ..... The site has great Saltwater Selection advices..... Enjoy…

06-11-2009, 12:54 PM	#54
unwritten law Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WVU Posts: 1,350	So on saltwater tanks, especially nano (10 gallons) do you need an actual filter or just power heads and live rock. I have an extra canister sitting around that has a 110gph output and I was wondering if I needed to use it as a filter / power head in addition to another power head or should I just get 2 power heads. __________________ 20 Gallon High Reef 2 orange skunk clowns, yellow watchman goby, sixline wrasse, soft corals, zoas 46 Gallon Planted 5 tiger barbs, 2 keyhole cichlids, yoyo loach, cherry barb, blue gourami

10-09-2008, 02:51 PM	#52
iceiscool Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1	For beginners like me, I find this link very educational and interesting. You guys might want to check it out: YouTube - Saltwater Aquarium Fish Selection Advice

07-01-2009, 06:47 PM	#55
daddysgirl1933 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2	I think this is great info thanks. Yes I understand the urge to get fish time goes by very slow. I have had freswater fish forever I actually raise them and sell them to our local pet store. I have wanted a sw forever. I broke down one of my aquariums and decided I would set it back up as sw. It's only 20 gal. but it's a start. Now I wish I could find someone who would trade all my aquariums for 1 large aquarium.

10-05-2009, 03:26 AM	#56
laura270380 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3	Thanks for all the effort you put into writing this for us newbies....now if you could just right a sequel "Things you need to know when relocating a saltwater aquarium". Thanks again Laura

10-25-2009, 02:42 PM	#57
waterguy1 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 45	I was just fixing to set up my first s/w tank, so this is a great help! thnx alot!