Welcome Collin. Why not try it with plants in your current tank first? 
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Hi Collin!
My real nick name is... um... Sasha!ound:
All of a sudden I orgot what I else was going to say.
Welcome!
My real nick name is... um... Sasha!
ound:All of a sudden I orgot what I else was going to say.
Welcome!
Hi, Collin.
I know here are some people with reef tanks, but perhaps they can't see this thread yet. This part of the forum is used mostly for greetings.
As of myself, I have three fresh water tanks, so I really don't know anything about the salt water tanks. I wanted one in the beginning, but after I learned some details, I've decided to go with the fresh water for now.
The complexity of water chemistry and wild life destruction really stopped me from reef tank hobby. I realized how difficult it is to keep all the corals alive and that most of species are coming from endangered ecosystems.
There are many colorful fresh water plants and creatures and nothing is more beautiful to me then well aquascaped healthy tank with lush plants and happy tenants. It is very exciting to see them do well, breeding and thriving in little tanks I am managing to keep in OK conditions.
Needless to say it would be frustrating to see the opposite results.
I can only speak for myself and as I said, I figured if I can’t keep the fresh water tank well, I shouldn’t even think of the reef one.
But this is only my story, this is what happened to me.
I know here are some people with reef tanks, but perhaps they can't see this thread yet. This part of the forum is used mostly for greetings.
As of myself, I have three fresh water tanks, so I really don't know anything about the salt water tanks. I wanted one in the beginning, but after I learned some details, I've decided to go with the fresh water for now.
The complexity of water chemistry and wild life destruction really stopped me from reef tank hobby. I realized how difficult it is to keep all the corals alive and that most of species are coming from endangered ecosystems.
There are many colorful fresh water plants and creatures and nothing is more beautiful to me then well aquascaped healthy tank with lush plants and happy tenants. It is very exciting to see them do well, breeding and thriving in little tanks I am managing to keep in OK conditions.
Needless to say it would be frustrating to see the opposite results.
I can only speak for myself and as I said, I figured if I can’t keep the fresh water tank well, I shouldn’t even think of the reef one.
But this is only my story, this is what happened to me.
Hello Collin... Welcome to APC
This is a site dedicated to freshwater planted tanks. But there is some on here that keep reefs, like myself. A 14G Bio cube is just fine for starting a reef tank. My first reef was a 12G Nano Cube. The corals you keep will depend on the amount of light/wattage in the setup you choose. Starting off with some easy to grow lower light corals is highly recommend. Like: Mushrooms, Xenia, Anthelia, some zoa's.
This is a site dedicated to freshwater planted tanks. But there is some on here that keep reefs, like myself. A 14G Bio cube is just fine for starting a reef tank. My first reef was a 12G Nano Cube. The corals you keep will depend on the amount of light/wattage in the setup you choose. Starting off with some easy to grow lower light corals is highly recommend. Like: Mushrooms, Xenia, Anthelia, some zoa's.
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