Recent content by fishfanatic1985

I've decided to settle for a mini reef for right now since for the moment budget is a tad limited, what is the recomendation for tank size to filter size ratio? I have a 10, 20, and a 30 gallon tank. I've been told that filter size should be only 5 gallons over filter size with a good power...

the chromis look like a good fish and i did some reading on them, now are the zebras considered damsels or are they something different? and also with some small fish in a 40 gallon tank what would some good starter corals be, and would you recomend starfish? if so which would be easiest (i...

I think i worded things kinf of wrong, sorry i have a tendancy to do that. I was not planning on just going out and buying all these fish at once it was just something i wanted to work up to, I understand that the moorish idol is a difficult fish to keep but my ultimate goal is the moorish idol...

what size tank is recomended to start off a reef tank? one fish that i realy want that i didn't mention was a moorish idol fish (some may know this as a sailfin). I've decided on getting the protien skimmer and i've been looking at about a 40 gallon tank. does that seem too small?

well I wanted to keep a reef tank with some non to semi aggressive fish (I love the look of triggers but i think it may be too dangerous to start off with). I was thinking of mushroom coral, possibly a sponge or two, a colorful anemone, clowns, tangs, surgeons, a chocolate chip starfish, a...

well i've been keeping freshwater tanks for quite some time and feel that i am ready to move up to my goal which is a saltwater tank. I've heard many things on what to get, some say start off small while others say start off with nothing less than a 60 gallon. some say that a protien skimmer...