Newbie intro thread

[jcdeng]

Hi all, my name is Richard and I have been keeping fresh water fish for 10 years and recently wanted to venture into the saltwater hobby after looking at many successful nano systems on youtube.

I am going the nano route because thats all that the "boss" can tolerate as my 5th tank in the apartment, (which I got an ok for after much pleading and an expansive gift lol). as of now I am leaning toward the Innovative Marine 16g with the spin nozzle. any upgrades I should add to the unit? like a small protein skimmer that will fit into the back column?

As for water I don't know if I want an RO/DI unit (gonna get more complaints), I am thinking about buying bottles of premixed saltwater from LFS? is that an good idea?

Thats it for now, and thanks for any input. I will keep on reading.

 

[OGGISPORTS]

Welcome

 

[roc5288]

Welcome to MR. Get rid of a couple tanks then you could go bigger lol. There are some people here that use premix water,They can answer that better than me. If you want to go with a rodi and not spend to much on it, go to purewaterclub .com
Used it when i first got into the hobby.

 

[jcdeng]

thanks for that info, checking them out as of now.

 

[jcdeng]

I grow attached to my African cichlids and I don't want to get rid of them, and I think a smaller tank is better since I am still learning about everything. when permitted later down the road I want to get the Cadlights 100g.

 

[thirty6]

Bunch of nice nano sized tanks in marketplace, good luck

 

[skene]

The IM tank looks interesting. Since it's a fairly new product I don't think many can give you much insight on it. But I would definitely say maybe you want to cut down on a few tanks.. I'm not much of one to talk, as I used to have 1 SA cichlid tank, 1 discus tank, 2 saltwater tanks at one time. Now I just have my SA tank and my SW tank.