Looking to start!!!!!!!!

Ok, so I am looking to start my first salt tank. I plan on doing a 20gal with a pair of clowns and anenome on a piece of coral. I have the tank and the hang on back filter. What all else do I need other than the sand, fish, anenome, and water?????

wouldnt it be a anenome on a piece of live rock?

anyways you should get some live rock

protein skimmer salt t-5 lights live rock live sand that should be about it and a ro/di if you want good water.

Good Luck. Take your time setting it up.

COOL THANKS EVERYBODY. WHERE CAN I FIND A PROTIEN SKIMMER FOR A DECENT PRICE?

marine depot has sum decent prices i would go with a reef octupus skimmer i have a new marineland protein skimmer and i kick myself in the @$$ for not getting me a reef octupus there supposed to be good. lood luck on your adventure.

keep us posted on ur progress!

how soon u thinkin bout startin?

all i can say about a marine tank do research research research it pays off in the end

10k 50/50 bulbs (PC's or T5)
If you do a 10-15% water change a week, you want need a protein skimmer.
hydrometer
test kit (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, high PH, Calcium)
small powerhead (nano koralia)
salt mix
if your getting an anemone, found some water from a set up that's been running for a while. Other wise it may die off after a few weeks.
15 .lbs of live rock is plenty for just clowns.
10 .lbs of live sand will cover the bottom perfectly, because clowns don't dig.
4-5 snails
2-3 crabs
1 of the following shrimp (cleaner or camel or peppermint)
chemicals (iodine, liquid calcium, reef buffer, new tank stability and strontium&molybdenum)

Seems like a lot but you'll need these things.

Probably recommend getting an algae scraper if you dont have one, it will get out of hand when getting started, or at least all the tanks i have seen do, but i think nitty hit everything you "need".

nitty wrote:

10k 50/50 bulbs (PC's or T5)
If you do a 10-15% water change a week, you want need a protein skimmer.
hydrometer
test kit (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, high PH, Calcium)
small powerhead (nano koralia)
salt mix
if your getting an anemone, found some water from a set up that's been running for a while. Other wise it may die off after a few weeks.
15 .lbs of live rock is plenty for just clowns.
10 .lbs of live sand will cover the bottom perfectly, because clowns don't dig.
4-5 snails
2-3 crabs
1 of the following shrimp (cleaner or camel or peppermint)
chemicals (iodine, liquid calcium, reef buffer, new tank stability and strontium&molybdenum)

Seems like a lot but you'll need these things.

How much of these things could you take off if all you were to do is a fish only tank? That is sand, live rock, and fish only.

fubusux wrote:

nitty wrote:

10k 50/50 bulbs (PC's or T5)
If you do a 10-15% water change a week, you want need a protein skimmer.
hydrometer
test kit (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, high PH, Calcium)
small powerhead (nano koralia)
salt mix
if your getting an anemone, found some water from a set up that's been running for a while. Other wise it may die off after a few weeks.
15 .lbs of live rock is plenty for just clowns.
10 .lbs of live sand will cover the bottom perfectly, because clowns don't dig.
4-5 snails
2-3 crabs
1 of the following shrimp (cleaner or camel or peppermint)
chemicals (iodine, liquid calcium, reef buffer, new tank stability and strontium&molybdenum)

Seems like a lot but you'll need these things.

How much of these things could you take off if all you were to do is a fish only tank? That is sand, live rock, and fish only.

You can do without the lights and inverts for fish only. Everything else are the bare minimum. You can get everything here for around $100. I wouldn't recommend starting without them.