Salt water newbie lots of questions

frontman21 · 02/06/2006, 12:09 AM

I am looking at purchasing a 75 gallon oceanic bowfront with built in overflows. whould this be a good beginer tank? I want a basic setup with live rock stacked in the back and I would like to have a mildly agressive / non agressive tank. I am not really worried about how long the tank takes to set up as I already have a 200gal tanks with many freshwater breeder tanks. This tank will be set up slow because I would like to do it right the first time although I am sure that this is near impossible.

If I could get some stockin suggestions and let me see pictures of your setup and what you would recomend as far as the sump, pump, skimmer, lighting, etc.... basicaly I would like to know what I will need to purchase and where is the best places to buy.

Thanks in advance,
Brian

bertoni · 02/06/2006, 12:53 AM

To Reef Central

It should be a fine size. Do you want to have corals? An anemone? Or just fish with live rock.

This thread should get you started:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=239848

This thread has more pointers:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=166836

mg426 · 02/06/2006, 01:45 AM

Read, Read. Read and then Read some more.When you are sick of reading read some more. Whatever you do decide on go slow.

02/06/2006, 12:09 AM	#1
frontman21 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Corona Ca Posts: 85	Salt water newbie lots of questions I am looking at purchasing a 75 gallon oceanic bowfront with built in overflows. whould this be a good beginer tank? I want a basic setup with live rock stacked in the back and I would like to have a mildly agressive / non agressive tank. I am not really worried about how long the tank takes to set up as I already have a 200gal tanks with many freshwater breeder tanks. This tank will be set up slow because I would like to do it right the first time although I am sure that this is near impossible. If I could get some stockin suggestions and let me see pictures of your setup and what you would recomend as far as the sump, pump, skimmer, lighting, etc.... basicaly I would like to know what I will need to purchase and where is the best places to buy. Thanks in advance, Brian

02/06/2006, 12:53 AM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	*To Reef Central* It should be a fine size. Do you want to have corals? An anemone? Or just fish with live rock. This thread should get you started: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=239848 This thread has more pointers: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...hreadid=166836 __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

02/06/2006, 01:45 AM	#3
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Read, Read. Read and then Read some more.When you are sick of reading read some more. Whatever you do decide on go slow. __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt