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im want a marine tank with clowns and something else and some live flower things like enmones so how filter a other thing in for this tank set up i have all ready got a light but nufin else it was a ciclid tank but i put all them in my 4 foot resently so help me out

Well, the best thing I can suggest is to read through everything available on this forum first. Check out all the recent posts in this forum as well as Marine Setup, and look through each of the articles in the saltwater sections. Once you look through all of that stuff and get a little bit of base knowledge, it will be easier to help you.

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anemones are not something you should start with if you don't know sw yet. or so i've heard anyway.

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remeber u ned specal lights and a wave system to keep anemones i have one and it looks cool :%)

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ok i have looked though the artaciles and i all ready have some books about marine fish keeping but want to get all the equipment for tank.now wat main stuff i need and dont want to spend alot of money,only the stuff i need.so give me some good ideas and i got a cheap importer in equipment u can check the store items out on www. 

ok, afeter you have done your research do you want to do a FOWLR or a FO tank?

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Basically the bare minimum would be a protein skimmer, heater, an accurate hydrometer or refractometer, and some powerheads or pumps to keep the tank water circulated. A sump would be a very good idea, especially since your tank doesn't have a lot of water volume. I'd spring for that and the abovementioned items at the very least. Don't skimp with your equipment, or you'll be sorry down the road.

So (making assumptions here), you want a pair of small clownfish and "something else"? Just make sure that whatever the "else" is, it will be able to stand fluctuations in water parameters. Again, a twenty gallon tank won't hold a lot of water after you put the rock in.

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And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

Don't take this the wrong way Danny, but I think you really need to step back and read a few more books before you start this. It is a VERY intense thing to start up. I am in the process of starting up a FOWLR tank and it is not something you can jsut jump into. If you do you will ahve a lotof problems because you did not take the time to learn what you truly needed to know before startign this. I promise if you read more you will staart to understand what I am talkign abotu and hopefully you will slow down some so you don't have a disaster like most people have when they don't take the time to learn first.


Christina