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New tank advice
A friend of mine wants to start a salt water aquarium, this will be her first. I have tried to persuade her to start with a fresh water tank, but she wants the cast of neon swimming in her bedroom. She’s a pretty sharp cookie and a real quick learner. I myself have had a few marine tanks twenty years ago with good success. I recently started a new African cichlid aquarium - 180 gallons - which is what spurred her on.
She has given me licence to make it happen. I won’t say no matter what the cost but I have some liberal freedom here. The problem I see is this - we live in a remote area of northern Canada. No other person in the community has a marine aquarium, nor is likely to. There is no place to run if something goes wrong.
When I set up my most recent tank I used 2 Rena XP3’s both running, if one goes down I can repair or replace in forty eight hours -same with the heaters - redundancy built into everything. I am seeking advice from the pro’s. Because she wants this in the bedroom quiet is of importance - the husband has so decreed it. That is one of the advantages of the XP3 - very quiet. Some of the reading I’ve done recommends protein skimmers. Having never used such a device I don’t know how noisy they can be. Live rock seems to be another popular item of benefit – something she is very open to.
This is what she said she wants - I’m looking for advice to put it together. One five foot long aquarium- twenty four inches deep and twenty inches high, with canopy to conceal lighting and closed-in stand for filtration equipment. As a back up tank in the family room - a three foot long twenty inches deep twenty inches high - Complete with canopy and stand like the other. With the limited experience I have to offer and your advice I’m sure we can keep the damage to a minimum.
For those who think this is not a good idea – she is not willing to accept no as answer. I need to find a way to make this work!
Des
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