Hi All

Thought i'd post some marine/reef stuff you will need if you want to start.

REEF TANK= Tank containing Liverock, Corals, Inverts and fish

FOWLR= Fish only with liverock (Usually contians fish that are unsuitable for reefs, Triggers, Angels ect)

FO= Fish only (Same as FOWLR but no liverock, Uses normal filtration methods ie External fiters ect (Not reconmended in marine aquaria)

Stuff you will need
A good book (New Marine Aquarium by Michael S. Paletta and The Conscientious Marine Aquarist by Robert M. Fenner are good books)

Tank (The bigger the better)
Liverock (1kg for every 2 gallons of water)

Protien skimmer

Lights (Depending on what you are keeping, Either T8, T5 or Metal halides)

Reverse osmosis unit to purify water

Hydrometer or preferably refractometer for measuring salt levels

Powerheads for water movement (Minimum of 20x tank volume per hour)

Test kits for Ph, Nitrite, Ammonia, Nitrate, Phosphate, KH and also Calcium.

Salt

Heaters, Themometers.

But the most important thing is Research, research and more research

You will also need to re oxygenate the water after it has been through the ro and also re mineralise it

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Register

Hi do you know any insurance companys to insure koi fish ?

With regards to maidenhead, be very weary, try them out a few times before you listen to them, do some of your oen research on something you are interested in then test them a bit....

Alot of the guys at my local place are useless and dont have a clue, are more about getting you to leave with fish,

But there is one guy down there that does know what he is talking about, and will admit when he is not sure of something, he does his research, and listens to what you have to say also.

I found the best thing to do is like I said above test them, when you find a member of staff that seems to know what they are talking about and will admit when they dont know, stick with them.

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Jonny.



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