i am brainstorming for ideas of what to do with my 20 long. im considering a SW tank. iv done a lot of reading and research on the subject and now i want to ask some questions to fine tune my knowledge and, if i go this route, make sure i know exactly what im doing before i jump into it.
to start of with; assuming im going to get between 1 and 1.5 lbs of LR per gallon ~ will a filter be nessesary or can i just put a powerhead on each side of the tank for water movement?
i have a fluval 3 plus underwater filter but id like to avoid having to weekly clean it out if i can... which by the way, would i need to clean it out weekly? i plan to take this whole SW thing slowly, i know im going to be in this hobby for a while so any big plans i have can wait till im better equiped to handle them correctly. that being said my planned setup to start off with to get myself use to SW will be simply live sand, LR (1 - 1.5 lbs per gallon), a good lighting system, filter or powerheads, clean up crew, and a singel oscelarious clown fish. so i might have a low bioload, which is why i ask if i would need to clean the filter weekly.
~ this is just to get me used to SW, eventually i might add another fish, maybe some shrimp, and perhaps even corals. this all will probably take place ove the next year and a half.
to start of with; assuming im going to get between 1 and 1.5 lbs of LR per gallon ~ will a filter be nessesary or can i just put a powerhead on each side of the tank for water movement?
i have a fluval 3 plus underwater filter but id like to avoid having to weekly clean it out if i can... which by the way, would i need to clean it out weekly? i plan to take this whole SW thing slowly, i know im going to be in this hobby for a while so any big plans i have can wait till im better equiped to handle them correctly. that being said my planned setup to start off with to get myself use to SW will be simply live sand, LR (1 - 1.5 lbs per gallon), a good lighting system, filter or powerheads, clean up crew, and a singel oscelarious clown fish. so i might have a low bioload, which is why i ask if i would need to clean the filter weekly.
~ this is just to get me used to SW, eventually i might add another fish, maybe some shrimp, and perhaps even corals. this all will probably take place ove the next year and a half.
