This regards SW tanks.
I have never had a salt water tank, but I am thinking of getting a Reef saltwater tank instead of my 240g planted discus tank. Mainly because the discus tank is abit more than I care to scape carefully, and discus just kinda lost their appeal to me (If anyone is interested I have 2 HUGE 8.5+ inch snakeskins - show quality, that I am willing to sell). Saltwater seems abit more interesting to me, mainly because of a better/more interesting selection of animals.
I know in general what is needed for a saltwater tank, but i literally have 0 experience.
So, for those of you that know SW well, two questions -
1) do you think that a 300g tank with a large sump would be too much to take on as a first saltwater tank? I'm fairly decent as far as plumbing goes, and I think that technically it wouldnt be a problem for me to set up various auto dosers, top offs, ect.
2)that being said, I have never had a SW tank, let alone a Reef tank, so I would rather ask help from people on some of the forums, as far as what would be the best setup for such a tank, what equipment to get, ect.(going to be a setup where the tank is in the living room, rest of the stuff is in the basement, should be easy enough.
So what would be the Reef forum you would recommend I go to?
Thanks alot!
P.S. Also, if any of you have advice of their own, feel free to comment! As far as I understand, the most important things are quality live rock, a good skimmer and alot of flow.
Also, what is the recommended water change amount and schedule in a large reef system? is it 10% a week or 10% a month?
I have never had a salt water tank, but I am thinking of getting a Reef saltwater tank instead of my 240g planted discus tank. Mainly because the discus tank is abit more than I care to scape carefully, and discus just kinda lost their appeal to me (If anyone is interested I have 2 HUGE 8.5+ inch snakeskins - show quality, that I am willing to sell). Saltwater seems abit more interesting to me, mainly because of a better/more interesting selection of animals.
I know in general what is needed for a saltwater tank, but i literally have 0 experience.
So, for those of you that know SW well, two questions -
1) do you think that a 300g tank with a large sump would be too much to take on as a first saltwater tank? I'm fairly decent as far as plumbing goes, and I think that technically it wouldnt be a problem for me to set up various auto dosers, top offs, ect.
2)that being said, I have never had a SW tank, let alone a Reef tank, so I would rather ask help from people on some of the forums, as far as what would be the best setup for such a tank, what equipment to get, ect.(going to be a setup where the tank is in the living room, rest of the stuff is in the basement, should be easy enough.
So what would be the Reef forum you would recommend I go to?
Thanks alot!
P.S. Also, if any of you have advice of their own, feel free to comment! As far as I understand, the most important things are quality live rock, a good skimmer and alot of flow.
Also, what is the recommended water change amount and schedule in a large reef system? is it 10% a week or 10% a month?