fishingaround
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Well I pretty excited, we brought home a nice 125 Gal tank, stand, top glass and lights from our LFS. The price was right and we couldn't pass it up.
Anyway my wife wants to go Freshwater and I'm trying to sway her to Saltwater.
What I'm looking at is a tank setup for Fish, some live rock, live sand and some invertibres. I would like to get an annemoni and a clown since the kids are always asking for a Nemo everytime we step in a fish store. I do not want to go with a Reef tank at this time.
I have stopped at 2 LFS that said I should get a pair of Fluval 404s and a Seaclone 150 Protine skimmer and that should be good.
Will their suggested setup work? I looked over their setups at both stores and they were almost all setup along those lines. The water was clear and the fish looked pretty good. I did see one or two out of about 12 or 13 tanks with a wet/dry system so I was a little floored at the minimal amount of equipment they were using.
I'm still thinking I need much more but would like to keep the price down to hopefully still be able to persuade towards Saltwater. I know for sure I will need to upgrade the lights since it is a 72" hood with 2 bulbs in a line from end to end.
I have the book 'The simple guide to Marine Aquariums' that has been good reading but I will not be able to read further due to work studies for a bit.
I'm not rushing into this so i have a bit of time. We probably will not do much with it till Summer.
One more thing, what do you use to clean the inside of the tank? There is some tape residue on the inside of the tank and other smears.
Thank in advance!
Anyway my wife wants to go Freshwater and I'm trying to sway her to Saltwater.
What I'm looking at is a tank setup for Fish, some live rock, live sand and some invertibres. I would like to get an annemoni and a clown since the kids are always asking for a Nemo everytime we step in a fish store. I do not want to go with a Reef tank at this time.
I have stopped at 2 LFS that said I should get a pair of Fluval 404s and a Seaclone 150 Protine skimmer and that should be good.
Will their suggested setup work? I looked over their setups at both stores and they were almost all setup along those lines. The water was clear and the fish looked pretty good. I did see one or two out of about 12 or 13 tanks with a wet/dry system so I was a little floored at the minimal amount of equipment they were using.
I'm still thinking I need much more but would like to keep the price down to hopefully still be able to persuade towards Saltwater. I know for sure I will need to upgrade the lights since it is a 72" hood with 2 bulbs in a line from end to end.
I have the book 'The simple guide to Marine Aquariums' that has been good reading but I will not be able to read further due to work studies for a bit.
I'm not rushing into this so i have a bit of time. We probably will not do much with it till Summer.
One more thing, what do you use to clean the inside of the tank? There is some tape residue on the inside of the tank and other smears.
Thank in advance!
