kiwipete Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 I have followed these forums for some time now, but only the tropical fresh water side. Since the Christchurch earthquake in February where I lost my entire 200L fresh water set-up, I am now thinking of starting a fresh with a marine set-up. I will slowly gather all required equipment over the next 4 or so months before I do any more, have mid year holidays to get out of the way first. I think I will stick with the similar size tank and custom build a cabinet to suit. This all depends where my wife will allow me to place it too. I have just read the entire 'beginners guide' at the start of this forum and found it so informative. Oh and I will also start a build thread as I go too. No doubt there will be millions of questions fired at you all as I start and get this project under way. Q1~Is the surface area of the marine tank as important as the likes of a tropical fresh water tank? I am asking this as I am unsure of the total size area I will have to build and place the set-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 it is as important as a marine tank will have high oxygen needs and live rock produces nitrogen gas which will need to be dissapated however a good skimmer and circulation pumps will help out a lot with oxygen exchange so its not too much of a consideration as long long as its stocked accordingly to the surface area. perhaps a more important consideration is depth for light penetration i.e a tall tank may look good but will need higher powered lighting to reach near the bottom with useful PAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Good to see you are merely changing direction and not giving up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwipete Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 it is as important as a marine tank will have high oxygen needs and live rock produces nitrogen gas which will need to be dissapated however a good skimmer and circulation pumps will help out a lot with oxygen exchange so its not too much of a consideration as long long as its stocked accordingly to the surface area. perhaps a more important consideration is depth for light penetration i.e a tall tank may look good but will need higher powered lighting to reach near the bottom with useful PAR Thanks Spoon, I was thinking of going back to an octagonal tank, but this is now out of the question. Maybe a corner tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwipete Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Good to see you are merely changing direction and not giving up For sure Caryl, I just need to wait till later in the year before I commit, mid year holiday in Raro to get out of the way. Could I smuggle some fish/coral back. 8) PS I must say I was rather depressed with it all when I saw the devastation. Everything that is salvageable will be given away when I get it all sorted. Time to start afresh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 good on you i am still just cycling a marine tank but its very exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwipete Posted May 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Was chatting to the fella in Organisms today and he suggested I might like to think about a "Red Sea Max 130D" tank set-up as a first marine tank. I looked it up on the "Net" and it seems like a quite nice and compact system, no need to custom build anything for a beginner. What is/are your opinions on this tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 quite a few people like them http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=24066&hilit=conch+rsm this is a good thread though its 74 pages long there are a few mods detailed in here also that can make them better but in saying that i know of people that run them stock standard also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwipete Posted May 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks "Spoon". I have some reading to do. :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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