saltyfishwater Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Hello NR. I'm new here, after coming across a 2015 TOTM featuring a macro/coral tank. It's very close to what I was envisioning. I previously had a 55 gallon planted freshwater tank with shrimps and snails and rummy nose tetras. The things I loved about freshwater is the diversity of plants and the seen and unseen organisms and tank equipment that work together to drive the aquarium ecology. Flash forward a few years and now I'm looking at setting up a 20 or 30 gallon saltwater tank with two clown fish (Percula) and shrimps. I'm not really interested in corals, and I was at first kinda disappointed by the options for saltwater plants. But after looking at some of the pictures on NR, I'm excited about macro algae! I think I'd like to eventually end up with a 2-clown and a couple shrimp/snail tank with some easy macro algae that can thrive on moderate lighting. I'm currently browsing the forum for affordable lights that might work for rimless tanks. Speaking of rimless tanks, I'm looking at rimless partly for better quality glass for viewing. I'm open to making a small sump in the cabinet, especially for a 30 gallon so I have the option of growing Chaeto and copepods in a sump (ecology!). One of the things that kinda turn me off corals is a lot of the coral tanks I see are so oddly lighted, very blue. I want natural looking lighting that shows off the reds on clowns and shrimp, and maybe macro tank lighting is more compatible with that goal. I'm currently floating in a sea of info on rimless tank brands and lights. Any pointers would be appreciated! Thanks to all for sharing so much info already on this forum. Jason 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 13 minutes ago, saltyfishwater said: Hello NR. I'm new here, after coming across a 2015 TOTM featuring a macro/coral tank. It's very close to what I was envisioning. I previously had a 55 gallon planted freshwater tank with shrimps and snails and rummy nose tetras. The things I loved about freshwater is the diversity of plants and the seen and unseen organisms and tank equipment that work together to drive the aquarium ecology. Flash forward a few years and now I'm looking at setting up a 20 or 30 gallon saltwater tank with two clown fish (Percula) and shrimps. I'm not really interested in corals, and I was at first kinda disappointed by the options for saltwater plants. But after looking at some of the pictures on NR, I'm excited about macro algae! I think I'd like to eventually end up with a 2-clown and a couple shrimp/snail tank with some easy macro algae that can thrive on moderate lighting. I'm currently browsing the forum for affordable lights that might work for rimless tanks. Speaking of rimless tanks, I'm looking at rimless partly for better quality glass for viewing. I'm open to making a small sump in the cabinet, especially for a 30 gallon so I have the option of growing Chaeto and copepods in a sump (ecology!). One of the things that kinda turn me off corals is a lot of the coral tanks I see are so oddly lighted, very blue. I want natural looking lighting that shows off the reds on clowns and shrimp, and maybe macro tank lighting is more compatible with that goal. I'm currently floating in a sea of info on rimless tank brands and lights. Any pointers would be appreciated! Thanks to all for sharing so much info already on this forum. Jason Quote Link to comment
DevilDuck Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/13/2021 at 3:48 PM, saltyfishwater said: Hello NR. I'm new here, after coming across a 2015 TOTM featuring a macro/coral tank. It's very close to what I was envisioning. I previously had a 55 gallon planted freshwater tank with shrimps and snails and rummy nose tetras. The things I loved about freshwater is the diversity of plants and the seen and unseen organisms and tank equipment that work together to drive the aquarium ecology. Flash forward a few years and now I'm looking at setting up a 20 or 30 gallon saltwater tank with two clown fish (Percula) and shrimps. I'm not really interested in corals, and I was at first kinda disappointed by the options for saltwater plants. But after looking at some of the pictures on NR, I'm excited about macro algae! I think I'd like to eventually end up with a 2-clown and a couple shrimp/snail tank with some easy macro algae that can thrive on moderate lighting. I'm currently browsing the forum for affordable lights that might work for rimless tanks. Speaking of rimless tanks, I'm looking at rimless partly for better quality glass for viewing. I'm open to making a small sump in the cabinet, especially for a 30 gallon so I have the option of growing Chaeto and copepods in a sump (ecology!). One of the things that kinda turn me off corals is a lot of the coral tanks I see are so oddly lighted, very blue. I want natural looking lighting that shows off the reds on clowns and shrimp, and maybe macro tank lighting is more compatible with that goal. I'm currently floating in a sea of info on rimless tank brands and lights. Any pointers would be appreciated! Thanks to all for sharing so much info already on this forum. Jason Hi @saltyfishwater and welcome. I like you also recently dove into saltwater from the freshwater planted side. First off there a lot of hype for rimless "low iron glass" in terms of clarity. Truth is once you fill it with water and put in a nice light you will no longer notice the difference between low iron glass and non-low iron glass. With that, I'm a big fan of Waterbox aquariums. They have models with and without a sump. There are some really nice, mostly macro algae tanks on here! I was looking to add some macro to my saltwater tank, but it seems that stock is very low now from most online stores. They are very often out of stock on the macro algae I wanted. I'm not sure if this is due supply line disruptions due to covid or if supply is seasonal. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 On 1/26/2021 at 10:03 AM, DevilDuck said: Hi @saltyfishwater and welcome. I like you also recently dove into saltwater from the freshwater planted side. First off there a lot of hype for rimless "low iron glass" in terms of clarity. Truth is once you fill it with water and put in a nice light you will no longer notice the difference between low iron glass and non-low iron glass. With that, I'm a big fan of Waterbox aquariums. They have models with and without a sump. There are some really nice, mostly macro algae tanks on here! I was looking to add some macro to my saltwater tank, but it seems that stock is very low now from most online stores. They are very often out of stock on the macro algae I wanted. I'm not sure if this is due supply line disruptions due to covid or if supply is seasonal. Beautiful tank! Rummynose are the one FW fish I just love. a large school many years ago and often think about setting up a tank just for them. 1 Quote Link to comment
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