I have been keeping freshwater fish for a couple years. I have 5 tanks running and one at my girlfriends house. I am always on ebay and craigslist looking for good deals and snatching up used stuff. I have a bunch of extra's laying around so I am going to give a swing at my first saltwater tank. Its going to be a 30 gallon. Filtration I have for it is a magnum 350 and a whisper 60. The protein skimmer is some generic Jebo one that I got off ebay cheap and local. Now here are my questions/everyones opinion on what to use:
I have no specific brand of Salt picked out yet. Is there any particular one you guys would suggest?
Substrate? If I go with sand will I be able to siphon it and clean it or will it get sucked right up the siphon.
Lighting? Is a standard fluroscent light strip going to be enough for just fish and a few small pieces of live rock only to start.
Fish? I always liked yellow tangs but after doing some research i found out they get to be about 7 inchs. So I was thinking of this line up - damsel, clown, dwarf angel and a mandarin. Would that be ok to go with that and maybe something for algea/cleaners over time.
Please I open for all suggestions and advice anyone may have. I dont know much about saltwater so if there is anything that is different from freshwater let me know..........
I have no specific brand of Salt picked out yet. Is there any particular one you guys would suggest?
Substrate? If I go with sand will I be able to siphon it and clean it or will it get sucked right up the siphon.
Lighting? Is a standard fluroscent light strip going to be enough for just fish and a few small pieces of live rock only to start.
Fish? I always liked yellow tangs but after doing some research i found out they get to be about 7 inchs. So I was thinking of this line up - damsel, clown, dwarf angel and a mandarin. Would that be ok to go with that and maybe something for algea/cleaners over time.
Please I open for all suggestions and advice anyone may have. I dont know much about saltwater so if there is anything that is different from freshwater let me know..........