I have just ordered my first marine tank. It's a 6ft x 2ft x 2ft 10mm pilkington glass float with a large corner overflow. It's going to be on a brick base with 30mm mdf board on top. Question: How much live rock to I need? What skimmer etc.,. realizing that I do live in Britain and a budget is not a problem Any information greatfully received as my old boyfriend used to keep fish only but I didn't pick up much information from him.
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New Tank Set Up
- Thread starter Carol Reef
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Cheerio, Carol, and welcome to RDO!
Over on this side of the pond people are generally using a deep sand bed (DSB) as well as live rock. 4-6" of fine, sugar-grained sand ought to do it. Aragonite or silica is fine, many prefer the white aragonite that you can order from Caribsea, or others.
The general rule of thumb, which isn't a rule at all, is 1lb. live rock per gallon of water. Plus or minus, but that should give you an idea.
As for skimmers, check out the Myreef, Lifereef, or maybe one of the big Aqua-C skimmers. Those are three of the best, I'm sure others will have more ideas. I have a Lifereef now, and LOVE it.
All of these can be ordered online, and I would think they'd ship to the Isles.
Are you keeping a reef tank, or a marine fish only? If you want corals, of course you'll have to get some good quality lighting.
To get started, I HIGHLY recommend John Tullock's Natural Reef Aquarium. It's the bible for any beginning reefer.
Hope that helps, and good luck!
t
Over on this side of the pond people are generally using a deep sand bed (DSB) as well as live rock. 4-6" of fine, sugar-grained sand ought to do it. Aragonite or silica is fine, many prefer the white aragonite that you can order from Caribsea, or others.
The general rule of thumb, which isn't a rule at all, is 1lb. live rock per gallon of water. Plus or minus, but that should give you an idea.
As for skimmers, check out the Myreef, Lifereef, or maybe one of the big Aqua-C skimmers. Those are three of the best, I'm sure others will have more ideas. I have a Lifereef now, and LOVE it.
All of these can be ordered online, and I would think they'd ship to the Isles.
Are you keeping a reef tank, or a marine fish only? If you want corals, of course you'll have to get some good quality lighting.
To get started, I HIGHLY recommend John Tullock's Natural Reef Aquarium. It's the bible for any beginning reefer.
Hope that helps, and good luck!
t
carol i'm nr newport south wales, 29 inchs nearly all the quality skimmers which are readily avalable would fit under there! personally i like turboflotors the shorty would be nice under there £350 animal house also all the t/f range ozone friendly, you gonna run ozone?
It's a 6ft x 2ft x 2ft
Same dimensions as my tank. I've only done the plumbing so far, but you may want to check my tank out and see if you get any good ideas. URL is in my signature.
No I did not build it. I went the easy way and just bought it. A LFS by me sells them (www.ReefPacific.com). They are made by "Moore." They have a website but I'm at the office and can't remember what it is.
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