Hi everyone!
I recently purchased my first home and as a gift my husband is giving me a saltwater tank for our new dining room (so he claims but he wants it too!).
I have been keeping freshwater tanks below 60G for about 15 years now but have never touched the world of salt so this will be a very long planning process. The only details settled is that we want saltwater life and the tank will be approx 125G with a custom cabinet to make it eye level and a nice showpiece for the rare occasion we eat in there! lol
As this is all still in the infancy of planning my first of many questions is probobly the most asked but I havent found any definitive answers in the guides. I love the reef tanks ive seen around but they have so few fish in them - wich I understand but I would like to have a larger fish display while still enjoying the growth of corals, inverts, anemones and all those wonderful things. Is it possible to have a good environment mixing an amount of reef life (corals, rocks, ect) with a decent number of fish as well? Or is this recomended against because of most marine fish being coral eaters?
Will the reef life thrive as well in a bare-er set up then it would in a traditional reef only tank? The first image that comes to mind is like the verticle rock spire formation with corals and such coming off of it and many fish around it.
If it matters I'm not to concerned about the money involved. Its not that we are rich we just want to do what it takes to get it right and Im certainly patient enough to save up for something better.
Thanks for your time! It would be a huge help.
I recently purchased my first home and as a gift my husband is giving me a saltwater tank for our new dining room (so he claims but he wants it too!).
I have been keeping freshwater tanks below 60G for about 15 years now but have never touched the world of salt so this will be a very long planning process. The only details settled is that we want saltwater life and the tank will be approx 125G with a custom cabinet to make it eye level and a nice showpiece for the rare occasion we eat in there! lol
As this is all still in the infancy of planning my first of many questions is probobly the most asked but I havent found any definitive answers in the guides. I love the reef tanks ive seen around but they have so few fish in them - wich I understand but I would like to have a larger fish display while still enjoying the growth of corals, inverts, anemones and all those wonderful things. Is it possible to have a good environment mixing an amount of reef life (corals, rocks, ect) with a decent number of fish as well? Or is this recomended against because of most marine fish being coral eaters?
Will the reef life thrive as well in a bare-er set up then it would in a traditional reef only tank? The first image that comes to mind is like the verticle rock spire formation with corals and such coming off of it and many fish around it.
If it matters I'm not to concerned about the money involved. Its not that we are rich we just want to do what it takes to get it right and Im certainly patient enough to save up for something better.
Thanks for your time! It would be a huge help.