flameseeker574
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jun 19, 2009
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Hello everybody, I'm new here but it seems like everybody is knowledgeable and friendly so I decided to post.Anyways, onto the meat of the post.
My father and I have always wanted a salt water aquarium, when I was just a little kid (5-6) we got a 10-15 gallon FW aquarium, which we set up and the little tank preformed well for about 8 or so years, being the home to a lot of fish and generally rousing biological interest in me. After a while the tank started leaking and we had to trash it.
Its been a few years since than and we are itching to get a SW reef tank system. Being new to SW and rusty on my FW I naturally come with questions.
First off, how big of a tank would you recommend for a beginner? I hear alot of people recommending 50+ gallon tanks and was wondering what everyone's oppinion is.
Second, How much work is a full reef tank, I see people saying that you have to check the water pretty consistently for PH and salinity. What exactly would we have to check for, and how often?
Now for the more fun stuff, animal selection. We both like clownfish, sea anemones, eels, and pufferfish (the ones that are brown and you can see the spikes, Spikey puffers I belive) Is there any chance of the 4 co-esiting peacefully? I know that clownfish have addapted to use the anemones as homes/protection, but what are the chances of an eel(preferabley a smaller one, any species suggestions?) trying to take a bite out of nemo?
If it comes down to picking one over the other, the clownfish will probably win out, because A) its really cute and B) we can get some inverts as well. Also general fish selection is welcome as well, especially with our newcomer status in mind.
I know that this is a lot of questions, but thanks in advance.
My father and I have always wanted a salt water aquarium, when I was just a little kid (5-6) we got a 10-15 gallon FW aquarium, which we set up and the little tank preformed well for about 8 or so years, being the home to a lot of fish and generally rousing biological interest in me. After a while the tank started leaking and we had to trash it.
Its been a few years since than and we are itching to get a SW reef tank system. Being new to SW and rusty on my FW I naturally come with questions.
First off, how big of a tank would you recommend for a beginner? I hear alot of people recommending 50+ gallon tanks and was wondering what everyone's oppinion is.
Second, How much work is a full reef tank, I see people saying that you have to check the water pretty consistently for PH and salinity. What exactly would we have to check for, and how often?
Now for the more fun stuff, animal selection. We both like clownfish, sea anemones, eels, and pufferfish (the ones that are brown and you can see the spikes, Spikey puffers I belive) Is there any chance of the 4 co-esiting peacefully? I know that clownfish have addapted to use the anemones as homes/protection, but what are the chances of an eel(preferabley a smaller one, any species suggestions?) trying to take a bite out of nemo?
If it comes down to picking one over the other, the clownfish will probably win out, because A) its really cute and B) we can get some inverts as well. Also general fish selection is welcome as well, especially with our newcomer status in mind.
I know that this is a lot of questions, but thanks in advance.