Reply With QuoteHello, and welcome to the hobby! Get ready to sweat it out, get excited, explain to your beau, pull your pockets out and ... enjoy it thoroughly. =) This is a mad bunch of people you're dealing with.
Anyway, hope you read up before you start - loads of articles online, plu stuff on this forum and others as well.
1) 5mm is not thick enough - although a round tank should be slightly more stable than a regular rectangular tank, it's still better to get 10mm glass. I used to use 5mm too for my 4-footer until the glass started bending and I had to get a 14mm one instead. Waste of $$, should have done it in 1 step instead of 2.
2) Popular methods are DSB (Deep Sand Bed), Berlin (Live rock + protein skimmer), biological (with bioballs/ceremics and/or wet-dry drip system). Some use cannister filters to supplement their systems as well, but this can work alone for FO tanks I think.
3) Wash tank, fill tank with water to ensure no leaks, set up plumbing, run entire system on electricity and check with a test pen to ensure no electrical leakage, then add salt to the proper salinity level, cycle the tank. You can cycle using any organic source, and once NH3 and NO2 have dropped to 0 and NO3 has increased, you can do a 50% water change and start stocking up *slowly*.
4) Depends on what kind of tank you want to set up. For reef tanks (corals included), you need good lighting and a chiller/fans especially if you're using metal halides. Otherwise other things you need are salt, hydrometer for measuring salinity, protein skimmer.
5) Generally, FOWLR (fish only with live rock), FO (with any other filtration system), reef (fish + corals), SPS (small polyp stony tank). The first 3 are fine for beginners, and I'd leave an SPS until you've got enough experience. Then you can slowly shift towards that end of the hobby.
6) I can't stress more on the importance of reading up. Good knowledge of what you're doing is mandatory in this hobby and to avoid disappointment. As such, it'll be good to start with buying all the proper equipment and scouting around for reviews and good prices (don't kena chop head!). A complete cycling period is also very important - it could make or break your tank, figuratively. Then, when it comes to stocking, it'll be good to know the compatability of your fish and corals.
Regards,
Hong Yee
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On 3/3/2003 8:56:37 PM
I thinking of starting a Marine Tank.
I have some queries, hope i can some help here.
1)I have a spare tank. not those regular rect. tank but an hexagon. ard 2ft wide with glass ard 5mm thick. Can i use it?
2)What kind of filter system is there for marine tank?
I have no idea at all... (Cos i only keep planted tank and luohans b4). Please advise. Or is there any website that has info. on this?
3)What is the procedure for setting up the tank?
4) What are the necessary stuffs needed?
5) How many kind of marine tank are there? Eg. fish only, livesrock and fish etc. What kind is recommended for newbie?
6)Any other info. i needed to know?
Thanks
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If you really must try, perhaps you could get the common bubbletip which is known to be more hardy, or carpet anemones. I've kept a carpet before, it's quite well-behaved but ate a couple of cleaner shrimp and died 3 months ago due to a freak increase in temp. in the tank.
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