FishProfiles.com Message Forums

	New marine aquarist
nickman713 Enthusiast Posts: 187 Registered: 31-Dec-2003	I'm planning my first marine aquarium. I want a 24 gallon nano tank. I plan on having 2 Ocellaris clownfish and 1 firefish. I'm going to have around 24 lbs. of live rock, but I don't know about the substrate. Does that sound about right? I haven't reached anything about equiptment, so any advice on equiptment would be great. Any posts are greatly appreciated -Nick
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Dafridge Enthusiast Posts: 154 Kudos: 113 Votes: 17 Registered: 16-Jul-2003	Since you will be using live rock you will need a protein skimmer. as a substrate you could use live sand which will help your biological filtration. im not too sure about crushed coral but i think it can be used. i am new to the marine side of fish keeping too. i recomend a TON of research. and also the sticky in this sub-forum about starting a marine tank (sorry cant remember the name of the thread specefically)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
stuquarium Enthusiast Posts: 262 Kudos: 275 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Oct-2004	i have a 55g marine tank with live rock, and a crushed coral substrate, and it's fine. i don't have a protien skimmer either. but i have abigger tank as you and the fish mess isn't as big an issue as it would be in a 24 gal so a skimmer might be a good idea. dont forget a pwehard for current, and the best filtration you can afford!!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
terranova Fish Master Posts: 1984 Kudos: 1889 Votes: 229 Registered: 09-Jul-2003	Welcome. For a substrate, I'd recommend a sandbed from an aragonite based sand. This is known as oolitic sand I believe, and originates from the Carribbean. You want to stay away from brown silicate based sands. Crushed coral is another option, but I prefer sand. CC you'll have to gravel vac, keep in mind. It's great to see more people getting into the hobbby. As mentioned, read up on the articles sticked to the forum. They should help you out a lot! In addition, pick up a couple of good books and start reading. I'm going to recommend to you the same beginners book that was recommended to me when I started in this hobby; Anthony Calfo and Robert Fenner's Marine Invertebrates. It's lengthy but they write with humor so it makes for a great read. Pick up Calfo's Book of Coral Propagation too if you get the chance, and any of the Pocket Expert Guides for when you're doing stocking work. HTH a bit, feel free to post more questions. Best of luck. -Ferret -Formerly known as the Ferretfish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40


	Jump to:

The views expressed on this page are the implied opinions of their respective authors.
Under no circumstances do the comments on this page represent the opinions of the staff of FishProfiles.com.

FishProfiles.com Forums, version 11.0
Mazeguy Smilies