Aquafina12
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I have two tanks at home right now.
A 5 gallon planted tiger barb tank. And a 10 gallon planted community tank. Both have been running for a couple of months now and are doing well. Its just resently that i have really started getting interested in marine tanks. I now own a 30 gallon tank that i bought off a friend that came with a heater and aquarium top. It will probably stay empty until im ready to set up a saltwater tank which wont be till at least the spring.
My question is about filtration. I wanted to use about 20 to 30 lbs of live rock and some other forum, but im just not quite sure what to do. like is a protein skimmer compleatly necessary in a tank of this size and what should i invest in if i ever do want to venture into keeping corals which i will most likey want too.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
thanks
A 5 gallon planted tiger barb tank. And a 10 gallon planted community tank. Both have been running for a couple of months now and are doing well. Its just resently that i have really started getting interested in marine tanks. I now own a 30 gallon tank that i bought off a friend that came with a heater and aquarium top. It will probably stay empty until im ready to set up a saltwater tank which wont be till at least the spring.
My question is about filtration. I wanted to use about 20 to 30 lbs of live rock and some other forum, but im just not quite sure what to do. like is a protein skimmer compleatly necessary in a tank of this size and what should i invest in if i ever do want to venture into keeping corals which i will most likey want too.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
thanks
to the salt side of things. 30 gallons is on the dividing liine between using a skimmer and not using one. I would reccomend against a skimmer on a tank that small. I would however reccomend a sump. This will get very very complicated to setup if you've never thought of one, but the value in longterm tank stability and filtration is worth it IMO. you could have a sump with refugium and some filter socks or women's nylons to add stratecically for chemical filtration when necessary. For more than you'll ever want to know about sumps, check out 
