I'm currently in the process of building a 1000 gallon plywood tank/pond for my freshwater fish. I plan on converting my 125 gallon over to a saltwater reef/fish tank. I am running a fluval fx5 currently. I need suggestions and idea for what I could do. I don't really want to spend more money on filtration and would like to stick with just the fx5 for it. I have never done saltwater so tips are appreciated and ideas on how to set up the tank and live rock that works with certain fish sea annenomias and stuff. Thanks been so focused on freshwater I never really ever looked into salt.
Salt Water Project New to Saltwater Need Advice
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Sounds like you are looking to set up a reef tank. They use a totally different type of filtration.
Nitrates need to be kept supper low. So protine skimmers are used to pull out organics before they break down.
Nitrates need to be kept supper low. So protine skimmers are used to pull out organics before they break down.
You should look into a FOWLR (fish only with live rock) its a start and cheaper than a reef tank as corals can really drain your wallet. If you did a FOWLR you could use the stuff you have currently. Personally, I'd through some sand in there and around 90lbs of liverock and just get some fish to start out. Word of advice, buy the bulk of your LR dry(or dead if you will) its alot cheaper and with only a few lbs of actual cured LR you could have all the dry LR full of life in a few months under the right conditions.
aclockworkorange;5043021; said:If you don't want to spend lots and lots of money stay far far away from SW.
Haha as if I'm not dishing out enough for freshwater and I wana take on salt to I know exactly what your saying haha but I kind of want to give it a go for the experience cause I've never tried it.