When starting out in the hobby there are basically 3 considerations, the amount of time you have to dedicate to your system, amount of space available for your system and lastly budget. With regards to budget beware as there are plenty hidden costs that lurk.
IMO the best investment you can make in this hobby is knowledge, this will ultimatly determine your success or failure, success is not determined by the amount of money you spend on your system.
One of the most frequently asked questions on forums is: How do we start a marine tank? Here are a few of the answers please read through this if you are new to the hobby and just getting started. The below article is abit dated but still has some very useful information.
''Welcome to the wonderful world of saltwater system set-up and operation where we contrive to control all things to keep our livestock alive and happy; but mostly just modulate everything. We've got more components and gew-gaws then "Carter has liver pills", with many more than a few ideas on how they can or should be put together.'' Quoted from wetwebmedia
The entire article can be found here.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marineSetUp.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/AqBizSubWebIndex/marsetupho.htm
IMO the best investment you can make in this hobby is knowledge, this will ultimatly determine your success or failure, success is not determined by the amount of money you spend on your system.
One of the most frequently asked questions on forums is: How do we start a marine tank? Here are a few of the answers please read through this if you are new to the hobby and just getting started. The below article is abit dated but still has some very useful information.
''Welcome to the wonderful world of saltwater system set-up and operation where we contrive to control all things to keep our livestock alive and happy; but mostly just modulate everything. We've got more components and gew-gaws then "Carter has liver pills", with many more than a few ideas on how they can or should be put together.'' Quoted from wetwebmedia
The entire article can be found here.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marineSetUp.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/AqBizSubWebIndex/marsetupho.htm
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