Which Tank?

[Xraymark]

Seriously thinking of starting a saltwater tank. Early days so first step is selection of tank and size. Limited by were the tank is to go. In the tv room so I can view the most. Once I have an idea of the tank I can do ernest research into the stock.

I would like fish and coral. The tanks footprint to be no longer than 100cm. So probably a nano reef setup.

I have been eyeballing the Kent Marine reef, the 29 bio cube, nano tl550 or maybe a converted rio 125. As experienced salters which would you use or any others to recommend

Thanks for your time.

 

[kj23502]

I like biocubes. I help take care of one where I volunteer. I pulled everything out of the back and put in an In Tank media basket with purigen and chemi pure elite.

 

[Xraymark]

Thanks for your feedback.  The LFS's have the Kent reef and boyu 550 in stock.  I like the thought of 125 litres for a tank. As part of the package their throwing in testers and cured live rock for the tank.  For the tank, stand and extras costs £460.

Initially I was looking for a 30 litre tropical for £100.  Now I'm selling a kidney. LOL.

 

[MBOU]

I have a Kent BioReef You can look at my journal in the right section

Its a lovely little tank, great for getting into marines and has still got resale value. Comes with a good little protein skimmer and really strong little powerhead so better than the River Reef.

It has quirks! Like the the tank is deep and so is the filter so i kept losing the media and wasnt able to reach it as my arms are short but all i did was tie a bit of cotton around one of the biomedia bags and around the top of the filter so its easy to pull out lol...

And the protein skimmer doesnt have a bubblestop and so chucks loads of micro bubbles into the tank (bad!) but i just put a bit of foam next to the skimmer and that stopped it.

I had lost heart in the tank tbh as i now want one ten times the size but as of today im officially in love with the tank again and have eggs

 

[Xraymark]

Thanks MBOU, will give your journal a read.

 

[lljdma06]

I have a Biocube, but mine's been modded quite a bit (new lights, media rack, flow, etc).

 

[Xraymark]

Most journals I read most people seem to modify everything.

I'm not good at DIY. My wife can testify to that.

 

[kj23502]

haha I'm not good at diy either. I had to google what a sawzall and a chop saw was! Most mods are easy, at least the ones I've done.

I do have a 12g nanocube at home. I have a 150w Metal Halide on it and also have an In Tank media basket in the back. I upgraded the return pump to a maxijet 900 and added a Hydor Flo rotating deflector.

 

[Xraymark]

The size, type of tank I'm interested in is for the TV room. Will noise be an issue with these tanks?

 

[MBOU]

Kant Marine Tank is silent

And the only modding i did was adding Rowaphos to the media and a bit of sponge... if you cant cope with that minimal level of DIY then you probably ought not have marine tank