New to marine, rules on setting up?

[Jarradh]

I haven't yet set up anything saltwater, and have a 28g tropical and a 14 cold water, I wanted to get into marine and obviously its a lot more work and care than freshwater.

 

I have a spare 19 litre tank and was wondering if Id be able to start a nano reef? I've seen 15 litre tanks advertised as marine before but have no idea what the process is yet and am currently doing research.

 

After live and and rocks are in would clownfish be able to live in a well filtered 19L or is it really not ideal, also would like a simplified list of what is needed for startup ie RO and what it is/does

 

Links would be appreciated and even more so personalised responses!

[717Tank]

Research is key, start now, and in 6 months starting filling your tank with ro/di saltwater. There are articles all over this website addressing everything you have questions on. The only thing you need are either ro/di or distilled water, a good salt mix, and live rock and or live sand, however, a lot of reefers run sump, refugiums, skimmers, bio pellets, dossers, auto top offs, and lots of other mechanical and natural filtrations. Another thing you need to look into is whether you want fish only or if you want corals. This will depend on type of salt mix you need and the type of lighting you will need. If you really want to start a reef tank, set a startup date months from now a do your research and put your system together one item a time. And then when you put water in, don't rush stocking it, make sure your nitrogen cycle is finished and then introduce cleanup crew, coral, and fish slowly. Good luck and welcome to NR

[hey]

Don't get in too big of a hurry is the main thing, do some reading and start a very basic marine tank as your nano reef introduction. You will be amazed at how little work they require when you keep it simple.

 

Clowns honestly do best in 60 liters+ Mine are crazy aggressive in a 180l tank still. Plus they are a high bioload for their size fish, always eatin and poopin lots.