I was wondering how hard it would be to maintain a small marine aquarium, like 10 gallons, maybe 20 at the most. I don't have much more room for fish but am up to the new challenge of marine fish because I don't have space for the challenge of breeding or any of that. Also though, I'm a student and don't have an incredible amount of time to watch my tank aside from daily check-ins and weekly maintenance. Are there any suggestions about starting one up, what equipment would I need, etc. Or should I just hold off to get a larger tank first?

This is a good list of what you would need hun

http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10043

From what i have found is with a marine tank your better off with mor ewater, for a lesser experienced marine keeper a small tank often ends in dissaster as its too unstable...

Kev

I agree with having a smaller Marine Aquarium.... They are much harder to keep for the reason there is not much margin for error.....Being a salty and have learned the hard way in some cases i would suggest a bigger tank... 55 to 70 is usually the perfect tank for the begginer in the marine hobby.... give you a lot mor room for error and easier to get it back on track if anything happens... There is always that possiability that any system will have a problem.... its very important to stay on top of a marine aqauarium as for testing the parm's and watching your live stock (corals, inverts ect ect) thay usually will be the first indicator of a potential problem in your system, Also is important you are running the right equipmnet for your size system.... it don't pay to simp on purchasing your equipment because it will make you work harder to keep your system from having issues..... Patients is the key to success for ethical fish keeping...

Good luck on your salty endevor!!!!


RAZ