Not very big at all. Use the 1" per 2 (or 4) gallon rule. So, maybe about 16 gallons or so. But, I wouldn't recommend you go for much smaller than a 3ft*1.5*1 tank... thats a decent size for a starting marine tank.

I'm sure you know... the bigger the tank, the more stable the water quality is. So when you are talking about marines, which come for the mahoosize ocean, and recieve NO fluctuation.. you want stable water water qaulity.

Haha, thats ok! lol...

Is that a general statement... or a statement aimed at me from past experience? I hope the former

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Ye thanks

What could i keep in a 24gal Nano tank? Clowns? whats the minumum for a pair of common clowns?

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Thats k Stil though: ???

But, anyway.. yeh, pair of clowns would go nicely in that size tank. Nano's, however, have a smaller water volume, and as I said: smaller = harder. I would say go for a 3fter if you can.

And as for 'what can go in' as a general q... sooooo many things. Alsorts. Smaller fish, all the corals and inverts.. just in smaller amounts. Not many fish can go in it though, specially with inverts in (sessile ones I mean, corals and the like).

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genral statment lol, dont think i have had a convo on here with you before

I dont think i would be able to afford a big tank. I think if i did get a tank, i would be looking at a 24gal Nano or there abouts.

Would 5kg of live rock be too much for a 24gal nano?

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A couple of clowns (Ocelaris sp?), maybe a Goby, some corals, snails, maybe a cleaner shrimp. An Emerald crab if you are feeling brave.

5kg of rock doesn't sound like much. IIRC the rule of thumb is somehting like 1kg (or maybe 1lb) per gallon.

yes the ocellaris sp.

think i am coming to an end of questions

How much money should i excpect to pay for a 24gal Tank, evrything needed, and pair of clowns, also then i would get anemones, corals (whats the diffrence between corals, and anemones, anemones are classed as marine ivertabrates, whereas corals are just corals??)
You can keep anemones, and corals together yes?

Thanks alot guys?

Expect some more questions, i have probably some more to ask.

Your great help.

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Ah ok... lol. Gdgd.

Normally, you can have up to about 2lbs per gallon. So, about 48lbs max, which is 20kg... so yes, 5kg is fine! The more you have, the more bacteria you add, and the more stable the tank is (and more food there is, and quicker it cycles), BUT, the more you reduce the water volume.

Agreed! Sounds good to me.

My emerald crab died in a heat wave he was AWESOME though:

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Money wise.. I am not sure, tbh. Get everything second hand and things, is what i did, makes it cheaper

You can keep anemones and corals together, but with caution. But, like I said, I wouldn't recommend you get an anemone at all... hard and finicky to keep in most circumtances.

Anemones and corals are animals, and are both marine invertebrates... they are in different families and things though.

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I think the problem with anemones is that todays school of thought is to leave em to it.
Back in the late sixties and early seventies (before my time even) they were being kept successfully under nothing more than banks of household bulbs.
The difference was they were being gross fed once or twice a week on a piece of prawn or fish .
Too many shops don`t even mention gross feeding and would have you believe they can live off their zoo algea alone.

G

I just got 24kgs of rock in a 30 gallon tank and I still think there is room for a little more and in my LFS they have a 3 foot tank, about 25 gallon ish with 40kgs of rock in! at £10/kilo thats more than the cost of the tank!

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