rob john
New Member
Hi all!
I’m new to the hobby and still researching. I’m envisioning a 40g tank with a sump and lightly stocked.
I used to have as a teen a 48 L and a 120 L tanks for fresh water. I have some clue on what a fresh water tank maintenance is. Not much about salt water though.
The 40G is to have enough inertia not to overthink water quality (more than necessary).
I’d also want the tank to be somewhat geographically aligned (ie clownfish, anemone, coral and invertebrates to come from the same original bio dome.)
Another think that’s on the requirement list is “should come from aquaculture or more generally not being collected from wild ecosystems”, that including sand and rocks.
Lastly, back in these pre-internet days there were great books about these types of hobbies with diagrams, species descriptions, etc.
Is there anything today that’s relatively up to date with the current knowledge, techniques and hardware that I could read? Ideally it should give a good base on hardscaping, flow, filtration, and basic critter list? Internet can supplement all of this but it’s nice to have something where you can go back and forth between two sections, take the time to study a page, …
I may not even set up anything but let me know your thoughts:)
I’m new to the hobby and still researching. I’m envisioning a 40g tank with a sump and lightly stocked.
I used to have as a teen a 48 L and a 120 L tanks for fresh water. I have some clue on what a fresh water tank maintenance is. Not much about salt water though.
The 40G is to have enough inertia not to overthink water quality (more than necessary).
I’d also want the tank to be somewhat geographically aligned (ie clownfish, anemone, coral and invertebrates to come from the same original bio dome.)
Another think that’s on the requirement list is “should come from aquaculture or more generally not being collected from wild ecosystems”, that including sand and rocks.
Lastly, back in these pre-internet days there were great books about these types of hobbies with diagrams, species descriptions, etc.
Is there anything today that’s relatively up to date with the current knowledge, techniques and hardware that I could read? Ideally it should give a good base on hardscaping, flow, filtration, and basic critter list? Internet can supplement all of this but it’s nice to have something where you can go back and forth between two sections, take the time to study a page, …
I may not even set up anything but let me know your thoughts:)
