As some of you might know, I have a 55G setup fresh water in my basement at the moment. Ive just had a birthday and thought that I need to buy myself a present
Anyways, I have always wanted to try my hand at tropical marine and did a lot of reading into nano tanks, and eventually got to the "Red Sea Max" nano tank. This to me makes the most sense due to its size (bigger than the smaller nanos so a better biotope). By the looks of it, it has everything needed for a small reef setup of corals, ananomes and a few inverts and fish.
Heres a few questions that hopefully some of you can help with:
1.) If I were to buy this Red Sea Max kit, would I need to buy any other equipment to get setup?
2.)I notice that the cabinet has space for a chiller... what is a chiller and what function does it have in marine setups? is this to keep the water at a constant due to the heat generated by the lighting and pumps? would I need one?
3.)Any mods that I should do to the tank before setting it up to make it function better? such as replace pumps with stronger ones, or use different lighting / protein skimmer (I see loads of people do mods with smaller nanos to make them work properly.)
4.)What are the water change requirements for a small setup like this..? weelky / daily / fortnightly etc...? how much water would I be replacing each change as I would probably buy a large container and store it for changes.
Anyways, I have always wanted to try my hand at tropical marine and did a lot of reading into nano tanks, and eventually got to the "Red Sea Max" nano tank. This to me makes the most sense due to its size (bigger than the smaller nanos so a better biotope). By the looks of it, it has everything needed for a small reef setup of corals, ananomes and a few inverts and fish.
Heres a few questions that hopefully some of you can help with:
1.) If I were to buy this Red Sea Max kit, would I need to buy any other equipment to get setup?
2.)I notice that the cabinet has space for a chiller... what is a chiller and what function does it have in marine setups? is this to keep the water at a constant due to the heat generated by the lighting and pumps? would I need one?
3.)Any mods that I should do to the tank before setting it up to make it function better? such as replace pumps with stronger ones, or use different lighting / protein skimmer (I see loads of people do mods with smaller nanos to make them work properly.)
4.)What are the water change requirements for a small setup like this..? weelky / daily / fortnightly etc...? how much water would I be replacing each change as I would probably buy a large container and store it for changes.