Hello!
So I have decided i'm going to give salt water a shot! I picked up a 12g Nano cube that needed some help from a member here a while ago thinking I would start up a salt water tank but that didn't pan out. Long story short it became a freshwater tank which housed 1 African Cichlid and I recently gave that fish away because I felt bad for it. Now were here.
I have been doing a lot, maybe too much reading on how to start this tank and now I don't know what info was good or bad ha! My goal for this tank is a couple fish, coral and a clean up crew. Before I can get to that I have some cleaning up of the tank to do to make it presentable. In the mean time I want to start ordering things I need to get this started.
- I have a LFS that I can purchase water, sand and rock from. Would that be the right way to do this or any other suggestions?
- What filter media do you suggest using in the rear area of the nano cube? It has 3 chambers
- Is a skimmer necessary? What are more options if I don't use one?
- What is the minimum amount of sand I should be using?
- Ideally I want to put this tank in my garage until I can find or build a stand to place it in the living room, will it be that much more difficult to maintain this in the garage?
- I plan on running it rimless with an open top, any budget friendly light fixtures you can suggest?
- How many fish do you suggest I can safely stock in this size tank?
Thanks for your help! I will post progress pictures as I go.
So I have decided i'm going to give salt water a shot! I picked up a 12g Nano cube that needed some help from a member here a while ago thinking I would start up a salt water tank but that didn't pan out. Long story short it became a freshwater tank which housed 1 African Cichlid and I recently gave that fish away because I felt bad for it. Now were here.
I have been doing a lot, maybe too much reading on how to start this tank and now I don't know what info was good or bad ha! My goal for this tank is a couple fish, coral and a clean up crew. Before I can get to that I have some cleaning up of the tank to do to make it presentable. In the mean time I want to start ordering things I need to get this started.
- I have a LFS that I can purchase water, sand and rock from. Would that be the right way to do this or any other suggestions?
- What filter media do you suggest using in the rear area of the nano cube? It has 3 chambers
- Is a skimmer necessary? What are more options if I don't use one?
- What is the minimum amount of sand I should be using?
- Ideally I want to put this tank in my garage until I can find or build a stand to place it in the living room, will it be that much more difficult to maintain this in the garage?
- I plan on running it rimless with an open top, any budget friendly light fixtures you can suggest?
- How many fish do you suggest I can safely stock in this size tank?
Thanks for your help! I will post progress pictures as I go.