There are some self contained aquariums that are quite cheap, have built in LED lights, and a built in filter with a powerhead pushing water around the tank at about 10x the volume per hour. I have started back into the hobby with a small nano setup using one of these.
So, that seems a bare minimum for a few fish and some easy to keep corals. I only have a sinularia leather and some green star polyps in there with the fish at the moment, and they seem happy, expanding and extending polyps. The leather cycles between closed and expanded about once a day. The GSP come out when the lights come on in the morning, and close at night. There's just enough flow to slightly disturb/wave the polyps.
I'd also like to experiment with some frags of duncans and acans, maybe some mushrooms, to see how they will like it. Just wondering how you think this will go. Should I add a small powerhead to double the flow around the tank?
So, that seems a bare minimum for a few fish and some easy to keep corals. I only have a sinularia leather and some green star polyps in there with the fish at the moment, and they seem happy, expanding and extending polyps. The leather cycles between closed and expanded about once a day. The GSP come out when the lights come on in the morning, and close at night. There's just enough flow to slightly disturb/wave the polyps.
I'd also like to experiment with some frags of duncans and acans, maybe some mushrooms, to see how they will like it. Just wondering how you think this will go. Should I add a small powerhead to double the flow around the tank?