ok my wife has been bugging me to get a marine tank for ages,i was always a bit scared to get one as i thought they would be really hard work and i knew no one with one(i know i could ask on here but sometimes it can take an hour or so to get a reply).now one of my wifes mates has told me he has one and will help me with anything i need to know.ive looked at the nano's but i would prefer something larger,i have seen a juwel trigon 190 for sale on an auction site,at a fairly good price,would the tank be big enough??? or is it better to start small untill i get into the swing of it??? any help would be great
Trigon 190 is a good starting tank, better than a nano IMO as it's a larger water volume. Have a look through the old threads as this is what FD started with and has returned to a similar size corner tank
My first marine was the Vision 180, managable nice size to start with
You still have the tank and space for it so thats a saving straight away
Tank1: 125L Tropical. 1 male betta, 4 scissortail rasboras, 3 neon tetras, 4 glowlight danios, 1 candy stripe loach, 1 female bristlenose, 6 amano shrimp.Tank 2: 65L Nano reef. 6kg live rock, 96w T5 lighting, 3 x turbo snails, 5 x red-legged hermits, 1 x peppermint shrimp, 1 small pistol shrimp (hitch-hiker), two percula clowns, 1 neon goby, 1 sun coral, 1 clove coral & 1 tree coral
Buy the biggest you can afford and have space for as once you get the bug you will want to upgrade,trust me it will happen lol
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does that mean you'll stick with the trigon or go bigger? You need to do plenty of sums to decide what your outcome will be, so much to consider in accordance to setting up and running costs between small, decent or large lol
Try and set yourself a setting up budget and running costs , not easy but a rough guide. This will also help us help you
Yeah, as mentioned, have a figure in your head that your comfortable with.Getting a small tank can be good for first starts, but quickly people can outgrow them wanting a bigger set-up, more/bigger fish which really ends up costing you money. Getting a big tank can also make upkeep more expensive and maintenance could also prove more problematic if it's not your favourite pastime.I have a Fluval corner tank (Venezia) which is a lovely tank, just the like the Trigon 190 (which I also had).It is quite restrictive in what you can put in, forget about a Yellow Tang or a Regal Tang in there as it would outgrow it even if you bought it small. I did have a YT in my Trigon but I did upgrade, but when I downgraded again I never took this across.FD
i'll have a look around,going to do some maths and see how big i can go without taking up my living room lol