First saltwater tank

[Myka]

The size of tank you should start with is greatly influenced by your budget. Once we know a budget, and what kind of tank you want to keep then we can suggest a size that will suit that.

So here's a few questions to help:

What do you want to spend for initial startup?
How big is the space that you want to put the tank?
Do you want to keep corals?
If so, what kind? Softies? LPS? SPS? (do a Google search if you need to)
What kind of fish do you want to keep?

[Jay180reef]

Bigger is better, but read up on the forums and grab a few reef books as well.

[jonnytens]

Originally Posted by Myka

The size of tank you should start with is greatly influenced by your budget. Once we know a budget, and what kind of tank you want to keep then we can suggest a size that will suit that.

So here's a few questions to help:

What do you want to spend for initial startup?
How big is the space that you want to put the tank?
Do you want to keep corals?
If so, what kind? Softies? LPS? SPS? (do a Google search if you need to)
What kind of fish do you want to keep?

My budget is around 450 bucks. I want a tank that will look really asthetically pleasing, corals rock etc

[phillybean]

You'll want to start a cube then.

I'd go with a 24 Gallon Aquapod with a 150Watt HQI Metal Halide. Should be able to find one for $350 - $400 bucks or so.

There are more "hidden costs" in keeping a reef than there are in having a cell phone.

Test Kits, Salt, Refractometer, Additives, RODI Unit, heaters, powerheads etc etc etc.

When I first decided to set up my 75 gallon, I budgeted for $1500. I bought everything as cheap as I could and now, including live stock I'm at around $3500, which is quite good for my set up...if my wife asks, I'm under 1500 though...

[Doug]

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