Little Help New Setup

[carspa]

Hi Guys After a litle help i have a 110L tank That is half way being converted to a marine tank so far i have

*110L tank With Normal Lighting
*Protein Skimmer for up to 150L
* filter for tanks up to 150L
*Coral sand Or something like that
* and a tank full of salt water that was purchased from a shop ready mixed.

Everything is up and running what am i missing from the tank?

Any help would be great.

Thanks

 

[Donya]

Do you have live rock yet or have you factored it into your budget yet? That is the main aspect of marine filtration. Filters in the freshwater sense don't help much except to provide some extra water movement (although usually not enough; most people aim for 20x turnover) and a place to stash chemical filtration media like carbon and phosphate remover.

What is "normal lighting"? If you are going fish-only then the specific lights won't matter, but if you want a reef then the lighting requirements are much stricter.

 

[carspa]

I'll be picking up live rock this week 10 kilos not much but it's a start.

is there anything in extra that need to go in the filter that's not normally in a fresh water I have used my old filter but scrubbed it clean with plain water and replaced all the filter media.

Basically just standard tubes that come with the tank.

 

[Aquascaper]

Powerheads......big ones

 

[Donya]

is there anything in extra that need to go in the filter that's not normally in a fresh water I have used my old filter but scrubbed it clean with plain water and replaced all the filter media.

Carbon and phosphate remover are the two main things to use in something like that, sometimes with floss placed first in the flow order to prolong the life of the other media.

 

[Xraymark]

Yeah remove the freshwater media.

In my canister I have some live rock, rowaphos to keep phosphates down, activated carbon, filter floss and bionatratex to keep the nitrates down.