what is required to set up a marine tank

[bigmanadil]

i have been a tropical fish hobbyist for past 15 years, now after looking marine aquarium i am been tempted t set up a marine aquarium

what is required to start a marine aquarium
i have access to sea and can bring fresh sea water from mid sea.
i have a 150 litres tank empty now
i also have many dead coral collected from sea

so for tank water filteration what should i do? i am in pondicherry near chennai in india

what kind of species will survive in aquarium for a starter and what feed should i use

i am interested in having jelly fishes or sea horses with some star fishes and sea urchin

what kind of base should i use in a marine tank as i use very small pebbles for my tropical tanks

what would be the cost of maintainence every month for this marine tank

 

[scalesandfins]

lights, protien skimmer, sump, power heads, aragonite sand, dry reef rock. is pretty much the bare minimum
i wouldnt use rocks or sand from the ocean near you. i would start off with dry rock and sand and use the sea water and that should seed it pretty well

 

[cichlid_king]

lights, protien skimmer, sump, power heads, aragonite sand, dry reef rock. is pretty much the bare minimum
i wouldnt use rocks or sand from the ocean near you. i would start off with dry rock and sand and use the sea water and that should seed it pretty well

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