mittens13
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi Everybody!
I am super new here, and super excited because my boyfriend and I have started planning for our first saltwater tank! We want something small, because we only live in a 700 square foot apartment (we have renovated the entire place). I know it's easier to start bigger, but we don't have the space for it, so please leave those suggestions out of this conversation. (When we buy a larger place we will upgrade.)
We are looking at the 12 gallon Fluval Edge and we want it as FOWLR.
We know what livestock we want is 2 ocellaris clown fish, a citron clown goby and either a black and white chromis or a royal gramma basslet. I also want to get 1 or 2 pom pom crabs, some sexy anemone shrimp, a sea star (blue and pink), 2 dwarf hermit crabs, 4 nerite snails, 4 nassarius snails, and 4 astraea turbo snails.
We will not venture to the live corals at all since those seem to be super needy. I know it's a little cliche, but in addition to the live rock and live sand we also are going to add in a fake anemone (found one that is safe for clowns and non-toxic and looks real) and a finding nemo aerating volcano (for fun!) and maybe some fake corals to add color to the tank. We are going to keep it super classy (I AM an architect/designer so I want it to look natural-ish but fun). What we want is a finding nemo-ish tank from the dentist office (stock too, though I think the 4 or 3 stripe damsel is too mean for the other fish we want, and the tang and moorish idol are too big) hence the volcano.
In order to keep those livestock alive, do we need to add anything that doesn't come stock with the Fluval Edge? I am thinking I may need a protein skimmer, small air pump, heater, and maybe a powerhead... Can you guys think of anything additional that we might need/want for easy care? And any suggestions on interesting additions to the tank would be appreciated as well. (Something black and white striped? yellow?)
Thanks for all your CONSTRUCTIVE comments.
I am super new here, and super excited because my boyfriend and I have started planning for our first saltwater tank! We want something small, because we only live in a 700 square foot apartment (we have renovated the entire place). I know it's easier to start bigger, but we don't have the space for it, so please leave those suggestions out of this conversation. (When we buy a larger place we will upgrade.)
We are looking at the 12 gallon Fluval Edge and we want it as FOWLR.
We know what livestock we want is 2 ocellaris clown fish, a citron clown goby and either a black and white chromis or a royal gramma basslet. I also want to get 1 or 2 pom pom crabs, some sexy anemone shrimp, a sea star (blue and pink), 2 dwarf hermit crabs, 4 nerite snails, 4 nassarius snails, and 4 astraea turbo snails.
We will not venture to the live corals at all since those seem to be super needy. I know it's a little cliche, but in addition to the live rock and live sand we also are going to add in a fake anemone (found one that is safe for clowns and non-toxic and looks real) and a finding nemo aerating volcano (for fun!) and maybe some fake corals to add color to the tank. We are going to keep it super classy (I AM an architect/designer so I want it to look natural-ish but fun). What we want is a finding nemo-ish tank from the dentist office (stock too, though I think the 4 or 3 stripe damsel is too mean for the other fish we want, and the tang and moorish idol are too big) hence the volcano.
In order to keep those livestock alive, do we need to add anything that doesn't come stock with the Fluval Edge? I am thinking I may need a protein skimmer, small air pump, heater, and maybe a powerhead... Can you guys think of anything additional that we might need/want for easy care? And any suggestions on interesting additions to the tank would be appreciated as well. (Something black and white striped? yellow?)
Thanks for all your CONSTRUCTIVE comments.