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im sad to say the 1ft cube tank is only 6gallon! haha.. oh ya.. whats the difference between live sand and those cheapo brandless coral sand in LFS?

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thanks raydiative for your reply.. will see how my parents react to me starting a marine tank.. if they give green light, i'll proceed with the setup.

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thanks, will get a wave maker then..

ok.. so the equipments will be as followed :

1ft cube tank with IOS filter filled with media.

fan to keep tank at 27 - 29C

live sand - How many KG needed?

live rock - How many KG needed? where to find? i got no car since im student..

lighting will be 15watt FL(new tube)

coral i intend to keep only zoas and mushrooms. any other easy to maintain coral like the 2?

fish - maybe clownfish and shrimps, undecided yet.. can keep hermit crabs?

wavemaker - how many l/hr is recommanded?

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oh.. i was thinking since this jebo skimmer has a flow rate of 900l/hr i thought that it might provide enough flowrate for the corals since i also have a 400l/hr pump running?

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those are expensive skimmer.. haha.. was thinking if the jebo should be cheap and would be a good replacement for the wave maker.. does it skims well? i cant find any reviews on this product.

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so its relatively doable?

any idea if this is a good replacement for wavemaker?

My link

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thanks binosage for your reply, your tank is really nice! a pity that IOS area is small, i bought a dymax PH400 pump today.. 400l/hr.. same flowrate as boyu, only 5W usage while the boyu is 11watt.. is there a 800l/hr pump that is just as small as the dymax and boyu one? too big cant fit in..

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thanks bro, just a student here with budget... therefore need to do lots of research.. you see i joined this forum nov 07 and had been occasionally reading about marine tanks.. this few day chance upon a few nano marine tanks and the itchy comes again..

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thanks raydiative for those links.

oh.. now i know.. haven't really confirm that i will be starting a marine tank.. still deciding..

anyway, above that tank is my 422 aro tank.. you guys think i can drip water into this tank directly from that aro tank to replace evaporated water from fan? my aro tank's water quality is very good.. bioload low too.

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Ohh! I see... another defector....

Do not skim on pumps and WM.

hi goondoo, saw your tank in AQ, very nice indeed.. whats defector?

hmm.. if thats the case, will get a small nano wavemaker then.. how long would cycling take?

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You must be Evolutionz from AQ. How's your shrimp tank? and welcome to SGreefClub

ye bro.. thanks, im not keeping any shrimps now.. keeping arowana instead.

definitely possible....u probably would do better with a additional wavemaker and take note of the evaporation rate if u use a fan....they will give yr salinity levels a big headache.....a pair of clownfish pretty controversial in such a small tank but with gd maintainence and weekly water change it's likely possible....but the way is the light PL lighting.....?

and ya welcome the sgreef....!

hope u will enjoy the wonders of the great ocean...

issit a must to add another wavemaker? first its ulgy and then it builds up heat.. was hoping 400L/hr pump will be enough.. if clownfish is not recommanded, do you have any nice fish in mind? thanks.

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hi guys, im wondering if i can start a nano marine tank with a 30 (W) x 34 (L) x 37 (H) tank.. its a boyu all-in-one tank.. meaning it does have an IOS filter behind. i have never been in marine before but has been playing freshwater for years.. i do not have any space for any bigger tank and this is the biggest i can get.. filter flow rate is 400l/hr. temp of tank maintained at 28C with fan..

i wonder if i can keep some sexy shrimp, a pair of small clownfish, some zoas and mushroom? can the tank survive well without protein skimmer but have weekly WC?

thanks.