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[Deshawn00]

My wife just bought my first ever saltwater tank from world wide corals! I’m excited to now be apart of the saltwater community! The tank is a 20 gallon long innovative marine AIO. I’ll take any tips or advice as far as corals and fish recommendations!

 

[Fish Fan]

That's a great tank to get started with!

If you're brand new to saltwater I like to suggest the following guide and video series, but let us know if you have questions

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-supreme-guide-to-setting-up-a-saltwater-reef-aquarium.138750/



Good luck!

 

[Saltyreef]

Welcome. Great first tank!
Word of advice for a beginner, try to source well established liverock. I recommend tampabaysaltwater.com for that. Also if you can find natural seawater instead of mixing your own, this is a great way to jump into the hobby without over complicating things.
If you cant find natural seawater, reef crystals salt is the easiest one to find.
Buy and use a tropic marin high precision floating hydrometer and you'll be mixing like a pro in no time.
You want to use 0ppm RODI water to top off the tank and mix salt water.

 

[Evil1]

 

[Deshawn00]

Welcome. Great first tank!
Word of advice for a beginner, try to source well established liverock. I recommend tampabaysaltwater.com for that. Also if you can find natural seawater instead of mixing your own, this is a great way to jump into the hobby without over complicating things.
If you cant find natural seawater, reef crystals salt is the easiest one to find.
Buy and use a tropic marin high precision floating hydrometer and you'll be mixing like a pro in no time.
You want to use 0ppm RODI water to top off the tank and mix salt water.

Thank you! For now I was thinking of just going to WWC and using their Salt and RODI water until I get the salt you recommended. I stay in winter park so the beach is an hour away lol.

 

[Deshawn00]

That's a great tank to get started with!

If you're brand new to saltwater I like to suggest the following guide and video series, but let us know if you have questions

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-supreme-guide-to-setting-up-a-saltwater-reef-aquarium.138750/



Good luck!

Whoa thank you! I’m trying to see how many fish I can get away with adding. So many people have different opinions online

 

[Uncle99]

My wife just bought my first ever saltwater tank from world wide corals! I’m excited to now be apart of the saltwater community! The tank is a 20 gallon long innovative marine AIO. I’ll take any tips or advice as far as corals and fish recommendations!

IM makes a great tank!

 

[Fish Fan]

Whoa thank you! I’m trying to see how many fish I can get away with adding. So many people have different opinions online

20 gallon tank where the display area is a bit smaller than 20 gallons because of the built-in filtration in back, and I think you're looking at about 3 to 5 fish max, depending exactly what your thinking for fish. There's not as many small fish for smaller tanks in saltwater like there is in freshwater.

That's a very popular tank as is their 15 gallon and 25 gallon AIO's. I would check here for some other member's threads to get a better idea of what people are stocking in this tank, both fish and inverts:
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/all-in-one-aquariums-aio.388/

 

[Deshawn00]

Whoa thank you! I’m trying to see how many fish I can get away with adding. So many people have different opinions online

20 gallon tank where the display area is a bit smaller than 20 gallons because of the built-in filtration in back, and I think you're looking at about 3 to 5 fish max, depending exactly what your thinking for fish. There's not as many small fish for smaller tanks in saltwater like there is in freshwater.

That's a very popular tank as is their 15 gallon and 25 gallon AIO's. I would check here for some other member's threads to get a better idea of what people are stocking in this tank, both fish and inverts:
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/all-in-one-aquariums-aio.388/

Five would actually be perfect. I just wanted a clown pair, goby and shrimp pair, one fire fish, and maybe a royal gramma.

 

[Saltyreef]

Whoa thank you! I’m trying to see how many fish I can get away with adding. So many people have different opinions online

I have 2 clowns, 2 wrasse, a starry blenny and a goby/shrimp pair. Its quite crowded but everyone kind of does their own thing. The way i have my rockwork setup it seems like it makes the tank feel bigger to them. Lots of places to hide but lots of swimming room.

 

[Deshawn00]

Whoa thank you! I’m trying to see how many fish I can get away with adding. So many people have different opinions online

I have 2 clowns, 2 wrasse, a starry blenny and a goby/shrimp pair. Its quite crowded but everyone kind of does their own thing. The way i have my rockwork setup it seems like it makes the tank feel bigger to them. Lots of places to hide but lots of swimming room.

That’s cool! If you don’t mind I’d love to see how you have your rock set up

 

[Fish Fan]

Five would actually be perfect. I just wanted a clown pair, goby and shrimp pair, one fire fish, and maybe a royal gramma.

I think that's a pretty solid plan for fish for your tank

 

[Saltyreef]

That’s cool! If you don’t mind I’d love to see how you have your rock set up

Its 2 bonded structures sitting on the glass on flat pedestal rocks then filled in with crushed coral and then special grade sand on top. Running a RUGF tube around the exterior though i wish i added more tubes.

Ignore all the dead coral. I added some dead discs and bone structures that were in an established tank for the micro fauna lol.

 

[Deshawn00]

That’s cool! If you don’t mind I’d love to see how you have your rock set up

Its 2 bonded structures sitting on the glass on flat pedestal rocks then filled in with crushed coral and then special grade sand on top. Running a RUGF tube around the exterior though i wish i added more tubes.

Ignore all the dead coral. I added some dead discs and bone structures that were in an established tank for the micro fauna lol.

Thank you! Learned a lot