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Saltwater starter2007-11-24 23:40:12

Hello, I am going to start a saltwater tank soon. I am going to do a reef tank. Can you tell me what you need to start it. Also what price is a good price for coral? What size tank I should get? What kind of fish are good for reef tanks? And what supplies will I need?

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I would recommend buying as large a tank as you can afford to buy and fill. I recommend this for two reasons. Frist, a larger tank is easier to deal with and will be less sensitive to slight changes in water chemistry than a smaller tank, and two, you will want a larger tank no matter what size you get. If you buy as big as you can and still fill it, then you at least know what your limit is.

A good place to start is your local fish store (LFS). You will pay a higher proce than if you buy your setup online, but shopping lcoal has two advantages: you can see what you are buying, and you then have someone you can talk to if you have a problem. As a former fish guy, I hated it when someone would start a question with "I bought this online and I was hoping you could help me with it." That being said, get all your dry goods (food, medication, etc.) online or wherever you can get it cheap. No point in paying higher prioces for something like that.

Get your fish local because you can look at them. If the store quarantines their fish before they sell them than buy from that store. I also recommend having at least a ten gallon tank that you can set up in a hurry as both a quarantine tank and a hospital tank so you can reduce the medications you are using and use a wider variety of medications (copper sulfate is great for ich, but it will kill all your corals) as well as not having to treat fish that dont need treatment.