I want to start a saltwater fish tank. The most I'm willing to start off with is a 200 gallon but that might be too much work to clean. I have never owned a saltwater aquarium. I guess the smallest I would go with would be 50 gallon. I guess I want to know what would be the most easiest of them all!
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What is a good size saltwater fish tank to start off with?
- Thread starter Nate Dawg
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about 50 is a good one to start as 200 gallons is very very expensive....and i would make sure your up to marine tanks before you invest to much money on a 100+ gallon tank
when starting you will need about 50-70lbs of live rock...and about 3 to 4in bed of live sand....next you will need to protein skimmer and a decent filter......also you will need to look in to lighting for a tank that big go with 250 to 350 watts of lighting of CFL or MH....keeping in mind that MH has a lot of UV light....and is hot and needs to be about 8in to 12in above the tank....once you have all this you need to let the tank sit and cycle for the next 3 weeks then you can add the first fish.....
when starting you will need about 50-70lbs of live rock...and about 3 to 4in bed of live sand....next you will need to protein skimmer and a decent filter......also you will need to look in to lighting for a tank that big go with 250 to 350 watts of lighting of CFL or MH....keeping in mind that MH has a lot of UV light....and is hot and needs to be about 8in to 12in above the tank....once you have all this you need to let the tank sit and cycle for the next 3 weeks then you can add the first fish.....
troublewolf54
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Start with a 55. That way you can see if you want to do that much work on a bigger tank down the line.
Good luck!
Good luck!
bigger can be easier or harder dependsw how big.
for a new salt water 50 gallons should be fine your looking at about 180 litres i would of thought there.
whivh is a decent size.
any bigger and its going to cost you big time.
remember live rock is a big chunk of the money that is spent on a saltwater aquarium you need a certain amount per a gallon e.g 1kg per 10 gallons.
there for i would say your looking at at least £200's worth of live rock just for a 50 gallon tank.
also becaus eof the type of habitat they live in you can only have a certain amount of fish per a tank e.g a 20 gallon tank would only be adviseable for around 3 average fish.
go for the 50 gallon unless you really want more you can always upgrade
hope this helps
for a new salt water 50 gallons should be fine your looking at about 180 litres i would of thought there.
whivh is a decent size.
any bigger and its going to cost you big time.
remember live rock is a big chunk of the money that is spent on a saltwater aquarium you need a certain amount per a gallon e.g 1kg per 10 gallons.
there for i would say your looking at at least £200's worth of live rock just for a 50 gallon tank.
also becaus eof the type of habitat they live in you can only have a certain amount of fish per a tank e.g a 20 gallon tank would only be adviseable for around 3 average fish.
go for the 50 gallon unless you really want more you can always upgrade
hope this helps