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I'm looking to spend no more than about £400. It will be my first salt water tank although I used to own a tropical tank. I will be looking to upgrade the size of the tank with more fish as soon as I get comfortable with a smaller one.
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Whoa! 50 gallons that's a big responsibility.
You can keep a saltwater tank that will be manageable for you. You can start with a 15 gallon tall tank.
I understand everyone wanting to tell you to get a huge tank because a bigger tank is better; however, it is also a lot more responsibility. If you can devote all the time to it and you really want a lot of different fish in it. I'd go for the bigger tank.
But if you are like me and space is limited and you really don't have time for a huge tank like that but you really want the beauty of a saltwater tank. Or you really don't have much experince with fish and the thought of a 40 dollar fish dying on you would devestate you. Then you can own a 15 gallon or a 20 gallon tank and it is possible.
Because a saltwater tank is expensive but great to own. I love mine very much. It does cost more to set up and the fish are more expensive. This is my set up:
I own a 15 gallon saltwater tank with 3 damsels, a diamond goby, two turbo snails, two sandsifting snails, and 4 hermit crabs. They are doing great in fact I have owned this tank for over 6 years and have never had a real problem with it. The total set up and everything cost me 350 dollars (U.S.).
Here's what you need:
15 or 20 gallon tank
A stand for the tank
A hood for the tank
An Aqueon 8,000K lighting for saltwater tanks
You will need a powerful filter for my tank I use a 10-30 gallon Whisper internal filter and it works really great. I put all my live rock in an arrangement up it. It looks really nice.
submergable Heater 15-20 gallon (adjustable one is best) Tank temp needs to stay around 78-85 degrees F.
Thermometer ( get on that has the safety zones that way you can quickly tell if the temp gets below what it should be). Don't use the stick on the glass ones these are very inaccurate also don't put it in the sand or near the sand the sand will be a lot cooler than what the water temp is.
You will need 1 pound of live rock per gallon.
a bottle of Stress-zyme make sure it is okay to use in a saltwater tank follow direction on bottle.
You will need 15 or 20 gallons of distilled water and a bag of salt for saltwater aquariums mixed accordingly.
If you don't want to hassle with this. Lots of pet stores sell premixed saltwater. I'd go for it. It usually cost about 1.50 per gallon but it is premade and has all the right levels so you don't have to worry if the levels are right or not.
You will need a bag of LIVE SAND for the bottom. Get live sand it will have the bacteria in it and cut down on your cycling time.
Buy some fake plants. Live plants can cause lots of problems and coral usually requires special lighting.
You will need a magnetic scrapper or a scrapper to keep algae off glass.
Ammonium clear tablets
Marine buffer with a pH of 8.2 or higher
A medium or small fish net
You need some decorations and shells for the hermit crabs. ( i have a spongebob house and spongbob and patrick in mine because of my daughter) but anything will work. Fish love hiding places so keep that in mind.
Once the tank is set up. Allow it to cycle for a week. get the water tested if it is good then
After a week add 2 turbo snails, 2 sand sifting snails, and a couple of hermit crabs (4)
After 3 weeks if the tank is looking good ( get water tested again) and the animals are still alive. buy a damsel and add it to the tank. Watch it. If he does fine then in a couple (about 3 more weeks add another damsel) if he does good then you can add (after another three weeks) 1 more damsel.
At the end add a goby ( a diamond goby is best) He will sift the sand and keep it nice looking. Add him last because they cost about 20 dollars a piece so you don't want him as the test fish in the beginning add him last.
And that's all that can be added. Test the water before adding any fish or if the fish starts to act differently. Your levels may be off but once discovered can easily be corrected. Then test the water at least once every two weeks or month.
Total Animals (each): turbo snails (2 dollars), sand sifting snails (6 dollars), damsels (range from 5 dollars-9 dollars), goby (20 dollars).
Then there you have it a saltwater tank. Make sure you do a water change 25% ( with saltwater) every two weeks and change the filter medium 1 a month. Test your water once a week if possible or once a month to ensure the levels are where they need to be. Most pet stores will test water for FREE. Also, get good highly digestable fish food. Ask the pet store about that because fish feeding varies. Keep same food and schdule that the fish had is usually best.
Whoa! 50 gallons that's a big responsibility.
You can keep a saltwater tank that will be manageable for you. You can start with a 15 gallon tall tank.
I understand everyone wanting to tell you to get a huge tank because a bigger tank is better; however, it is also a lot more responsibility. If you can devote all the time to it and you really want a lot of different fish in it. I'd go for the bigger tank.
But if you are like me and space is limited and you really don't have time for a huge tank like that but you really want the beauty of a saltwater tank. Or you really don't have much experince with fish and the thought of a 40 dollar fish dying on you would devestate you. Then you can own a 15 gallon or a 20 gallon tank and it is possible.
Because a saltwater tank is expensive but great to own. I love mine very much. It does cost more to set up and the fish are more expensive. This is my set up:
I own a 15 gallon saltwater tank with 3 damsels, a diamond goby, two turbo snails, two sandsifting snails, and 4 hermit crabs. They are doing great in fact I have owned this tank for over 6 years and have never had a real problem with it. The total set up and everything cost me 350 dollars (U.S.).
Here's what you need:
15 or 20 gallon tank
A stand for the tank
A hood for the tank
An Aqueon 8,000K lighting for saltwater tanks
You will need a powerful filter for my tank I use a 10-30 gallon Whisper internal filter and it works really great. I put all my live rock in an arrangement up it. It looks really nice.
submergable Heater 15-20 gallon (adjustable one is best) Tank temp needs to stay around 78-85 degrees F.
Thermometer ( get on that has the safety zones that way you can quickly tell if the temp gets below what it should be). Don't use the stick on the glass ones these are very inaccurate also don't put it in the sand or near the sand the sand will be a lot cooler than what the water temp is.
You will need 1 pound of live rock per gallon.
a bottle of Stress-zyme make sure it is okay to use in a saltwater tank follow direction on bottle.
You will need 15 or 20 gallons of distilled water and a bag of salt for saltwater aquariums mixed accordingly.
If you don't want to hassle with this. Lots of pet stores sell premixed saltwater. I'd go for it. It usually cost about 1.50 per gallon but it is premade and has all the right levels so you don't have to worry if the levels are right or not.
You will need a bag of LIVE SAND for the bottom. Get live sand it will have the bacteria in it and cut down on your cycling time.
Buy some fake plants. Live plants can cause lots of problems and coral usually requires special lighting.
You will need a magnetic scrapper or a scrapper to keep algae off glass.
Ammonium clear tablets
Marine buffer with a pH of 8.2 or higher
A medium or small fish net
You need some decorations and shells for the hermit crabs. ( i have a spongebob house and spongbob and patrick in mine because of my daughter) but anything will work. Fish love hiding places so keep that in mind.
Once the tank is set up. Allow it to cycle for a week. get the water tested if it is good then
After a week add 2 turbo snails, 2 sand sifting snails, and a couple of hermit crabs (4)
After 3 weeks if the tank is looking good ( get water tested again) and the animals are still alive. buy a damsel and add it to the tank. Watch it. If he does fine then in a couple (about 3 more weeks add another damsel) if he does good then you can add (after another three weeks) 1 more damsel.
At the end add a goby ( a diamond goby is best) He will sift the sand and keep it nice looking. Add him last because they cost about 20 dollars a piece so you don't want him as the test fish in the beginning add him last.
And that's all that can be added. Test the water before adding any fish or if the fish starts to act differently. Your levels may be off but once discovered can easily be corrected. Then test the water at least once every two weeks or month.
Total Animals (each): turbo snails (2 dollars), sand sifting snails (6 dollars), damsels (range from 5 dollars-9 dollars), goby (20 dollars).
Then there you have it a saltwater tank. Make sure you do a water change 25% ( with saltwater) every two weeks and change the filter medium 1 a month. Test your water once a week if possible or once a month to ensure the levels are where they need to be. Most pet stores will test water for FREE. Also, get good highly digestable fish food. Ask the pet store about that because fish feeding varies. Keep same food and schdule that the fish had is usually best.
What do you call rock formations under the water?
rocket sum
I'm writing a short story,
and there's a nymph looking out from behind a rock thing.
like in spongebob,
those random rock things they have....
what can i call those?
Answer
I'm afraid I'm not overly familiar with the geological jargon conventions of Spongebob and colleagues, but a fairly useful word for subaquatic rocks is 'rocks'. It gives the general idea.
I'm afraid I'm not overly familiar with the geological jargon conventions of Spongebob and colleagues, but a fairly useful word for subaquatic rocks is 'rocks'. It gives the general idea.
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