want to start a saltwater tank!!

Reefing Madness

I hear ya.

prodrumernate

what would be the difficulty on starting a SW tank with a 10 gallon?thats something i need to know before i do attempt it

RSully

Pro,

Not neccesarily difficult but it limits you very much on what you can keep. Smaller size equals less fish or possibly only one fish depending on what you want. I started with a 20 and set-up a 10 as a QT tank for future additons. It turns out with my initial fish being a yellow tail damsel that my qt is pretty useless since there's really nothing fish wise I can put in my 20g with a damsel in there without risking some serious turf wars and possibly death of fish. So I've relegated myself to working with soft corals for now until my wife has said I pas the test and can get into something say in the 75g corner tank size.

A 10g isn't that tough but just restricting. ALso remember that at that size, when things start to go wrong, they go wrong very fast because of the size. In a larger tank you may catch small spikes in your water parameters earlier and be able to fix them easier than in the smaller tank size. I'm a newbie so I hope I havent confused you.

Reefing Madness

Not tough, its just that your not going to get much in there.

prodrumernate

all we are wanting is a couple clowns...since they are small and"easy" to take care of, of the SW species..its something id like to go with.plus i like them anyways..once i have established enough knowledge on SW tanks.and have the room.ill eventually get a much much larger tank.a 10g is just a start.id hate to spend a lot of money on a large tank.then have all these problems and loose all my fish.i dont want to loose any fish no matter the cost or kind.but atleast with a couple clowns they would be i guess more hardy and easier to take care of.i also have a coral.its dead though.came with some stuff i bought a while back.its very small.size of a softball.plus for me i think it would be neat having a small SW tank.normally they are large.so something different to see something small ;) and thank you for the help

prodrumernate

ah i understand..i was thinking like cycling would make it hard...something along those lines..but its just a starter tank.something my dad and i can do,we work a lot.especially with the holidays.even for me i only get the 24th and 25th off.go rite back to work the 26.

Reefing Madness

Suggested tank size for a Clown is 20g. one possilby in a 10g, not 2.
Clownfish for Sale: Clownfish Species for the Home Aquarium

prodrumernate

thank you :) that will help me decide on the size of tank now