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RE: Converting From Freshwater to Saltwater

clownfishkid — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:13:52 GMT

Welcome to the world of saltwater. It seems that you are well prepared for the saltwaer endevor. All you really need is a good protine skimmer and you'll be set. Neptunes plummer is right, with the bio wheel, live sand, live rock, and a protine skimmer you could very well leave out the canaster filter. I would actually suggest replacing the canaster filter with a phos-ban reactor. This will help control the alge growth in your tank. The clownfish sound good, however as far as the anenamy goes they are definatly not a begginer specimine. Let your tank mature before you try to keep more difficult types of corals. I would like to hear what lighting your putting on your tank.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy your saltwater exsperience.

RE: Converting From Freshwater to Saltwater

Nep2Ns PlumR — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:30:32 GMT

Happy to hear that we have another convert. I've kept both (mostly SW) and personally like saltwater better. :)

You state:

I want to start out easy with just an anemone and a few clown fish.

There's a contradiction here. Anemone fish, easy. Anemones NOT. I would suggest starting with the clownfish and some liverock/sand. Maybe after some time spent learning the basic maintenance and upkeep trying some of the easier inverts. Muchrooms or zooanthids are pretty cool and are relatively easy to keep. Anemone on a scale of 1-10 (easy-dificult) are for the most part at least a 9.

Your equipment looks pretty good but if you have the powerheads, a good skimmer and liverock/sand, you won't need the canister filter. You could use it for activated carbon or phosphate resin but other than that, I'd leave it out. What kind of lighting do you plan on using?

Looks like you've got a pretty good start. Welcome to the saltwater addiction!!!! :)

Converting From Freshwater to Saltwater

Butch2693 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:43:42 GMT

I have a 20 gallon tank that I want to convert into a saltwater tank. I want to start out easy with just an anemone and a few clown fish. I just want to run down a list of things that I have gathered and see if anyone has any opinions.

These are the things that I have/going to get:

Titanium Heater, Canister Filter, Powerheads x2, Light Timer, Protein Skimmer, Bio-Wheel, Live Rock and Live Sand.

If there is any suggestions please post them, it is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time