Well my local fish shop has couple marine tanks, and evrytime i go in i want one more and more. My birthday in June and may ask for money towards one, i would probably make the tank at home, could i do this with 4mm or 6mm toughened glass? and aquarium sealant?
The tank would be taller than its lenght, maybe 20"x15"x24-30" (LxDxH).
I would just keep few soft corals, live rocks, and clown, tang, goby, angle? i will look at the above fish once i have a few replys.
What would i need for this tank?
Scimmer
Filter
White Lights?
etc etc

Also does the tank have to run for 1week-1month before adding fish? and corals? or can corals be added once set up.

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you will be better off having it wider rather than higher as you will need more light to reach the bottom of the tanks and it will be more difficult for you to physically reach too.

There are tank making companies around, I would prefer to go down that route as you know it will hold that water.

also are you going to use a sump? you will also need an actinic bulb. oh and a heater lol

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what are the pros and cons of a sump?

only kept tropical and colwater fish as you may know

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you dont really NEED an actinic bulb, sumps are good, pros are things like more water, more circulation etc cons are things like money, space

sumps are good, but i go with a refugium over a sump if i had to choose between them, you could have both

tall tanks are annoying to work with,

boss aquariums are a good aquarium maker.

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I have two marine tanks and you might be best to buy one already made if you are looking at one that size. I have a 2 foot cube tank and it is rounded glass seamless corners at the front, came with a sump, and a 150w halide lamp, return pump and cabinet for £475. I bought a v400 skimmer for mine and have three sections in my sump, the middle ones being a sandbed with some live rock rubble and some chaetomorph algae to help with filtration. I also have live rock in the main tank.

You will struggle to have a tang in a tank that size really, minimum size for a tang is really 4-5 ft tank. Angel fish are a pain in the bum for nipping at your corals...so usually...its either corals or angel fish! I won't risk having one with my corals. Clowns, gobies, blennies, cardinals, dartfish and some wrasse are nice easy fish to start with. Soft corals like mushrooms, leathers and zoanthids are good starter corals too.

This is a picture of my tanks about 5/6 months in (the smaller one is slightly older) you gotta take things really slowly with marine, so it looks a bit fuller now, but it gives you an idea.





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What is the name of the wrasse's in the bottom left? I saw one in a display tank the other day and they are on my wishlist, my nano is only full of water at the moment

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far too small for any tang also angels unless one of the dwarf species, that wrasse looks like a dragon, though the pics too blured to be certain

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It is a leopard wrasse. They are notoriously hard to keep alive though, not really a beginner fish sadly!

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You will need 10mm glass for a tank that deep you will find it no dearer to buy one than make one.

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Its macropharyngodon bipartitus (sp).

As above.

Yeh, I bought two for my marine tank (can I just note, your marine tank stocking: fish a shrimps, is identical to mine was! lol) and they were brilliant fish. Fed brilliantly, on anything meaty of course, and got nice and big and healthy. Never missed a feed, and were very bold. I guess I was lucky... I had live rock, but it wasn't full of copropods (again: spelling?

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