okay I am in heavy favor of starting up a 20G saltwater nano.
I have read the step by step sticky up and down and have become so interested in this I'm ready to hand my tigerbarbs to a friend who can dump them into his 75G FW tank. Anyway....
My plan is to do just liverock, in a month or 2 a cleanup crew (it's a 20G can I add 1 more percula or is 3 bad? or another fish that is compatible with them?) and maybe by summer I will add fish, I really want to see if I can maintain this thing first. (2 perculas is my choice right now, would 3 be okay? Reading the thread it said a 20G can stock maybe up to 4 fish or so, but is >2 of a kind bad?)
my main questions are,
In the sticky it said powerful lighting is not necessary if I'm not doing coral, but I will still need lighting right? can someone link me an online site with an example of good lighting? The tank is 20G long (30 inches L)
Link for a pair of powerheads that will provide sufficient current? (I'm pretty lousy as far as product knowledge goes, so the site and a brand example would be great)
Things I don't have that I know I need
-hydrometer
-new heater? (or is the heater that supports my 20G now good)
Not sure if
-the API master kit I have will suffice for testing SW
-New filter? I have an HOB filter for the current tank, will I need a more powerful one? I forget the specs on it, I just know it handles my 20 pretty well, but my 20 is way understocked.
comments please
I have read the step by step sticky up and down and have become so interested in this I'm ready to hand my tigerbarbs to a friend who can dump them into his 75G FW tank. Anyway....
My plan is to do just liverock, in a month or 2 a cleanup crew (it's a 20G can I add 1 more percula or is 3 bad? or another fish that is compatible with them?) and maybe by summer I will add fish, I really want to see if I can maintain this thing first. (2 perculas is my choice right now, would 3 be okay? Reading the thread it said a 20G can stock maybe up to 4 fish or so, but is >2 of a kind bad?)
my main questions are,
In the sticky it said powerful lighting is not necessary if I'm not doing coral, but I will still need lighting right? can someone link me an online site with an example of good lighting? The tank is 20G long (30 inches L)
Link for a pair of powerheads that will provide sufficient current? (I'm pretty lousy as far as product knowledge goes, so the site and a brand example would be great)
Things I don't have that I know I need
-hydrometer
-new heater? (or is the heater that supports my 20G now good)
Not sure if
-the API master kit I have will suffice for testing SW
-New filter? I have an HOB filter for the current tank, will I need a more powerful one? I forget the specs on it, I just know it handles my 20 pretty well, but my 20 is way understocked.
comments please