• Marine Literacy

  • Christopher3770

Dear colleagues! Yesterday at the market, I saw two clowns and some other exotic fish, and looking at them, I immediately understood—this is the sea! They amazed me to the core, and it became clear that my next aquarium will be a marine one! I know it's not an easy or cheap endeavor, but such is life these days... In this situation, I'm reaching out to all marine aquarium owners: please share your experience with a beginner! I'm planning for a 300-liter aquarium with a height of 50 cm. As I understand, "freshwater lighting" isn't suitable, so the Polish hood is out of the question—what then? What is the minimum set of equipment needed? And what is the recommended one? If possible, with brands and price ranges. Maintenance also differs from freshwater—what does it typically cost you? I’d be grateful for any information.

Christopher1774

Depending on the population, both a freshwater canister (the main thing is a ceramic pump rod) and light will work for the sea. Aquarium lamps of 10,000 Kelvin are suitable even for undemanding invertebrates. In general, one can manage with a slight increase in the cost of the salt itself. The only recommendation I wouldn't advise ignoring is a reverse osmosis system for water preparation. Come to my office and take a look at my creation. A 400-liter fish aquarium.

Kevin3579

Thank you, Volodya, for the invitation! I will call you on your mobile tomorrow.

Jonathon8514

Visit my website. I have described in detail what is needed for a marine aquarium and download the book by Denkin "Marine Aquarium" from the forum.

Stacy6866

Nick Deikin's book is certainly good! But the more you delve into the marine aquarium, the more you realize that everything in the world is relative, and many of the questions raised in the book can be debated.

Andrew419

Regarding clowns in the market, unfortunately, you can't show everything in the sea, although what I do show is also not an easy task!

Bonnie

I believe that Denkin's work is quite sufficient to start understanding what a marine aquarium is, especially since there is almost no information available on the sea (I mean in Russian). Moreover, you need to start somewhere. More or less modern information can be found here, but Denkin is essential as a foundation for it.

Nicole7268

I completely agree with you! Before getting into marine aquariums, it is essential to at least have a superficial understanding of the processes occurring in a marine aquarium and the set of problems one will face. Deikin's book will help with this.

Patrick4439

By the way, the sea is a very expensive and quite challenging hobby, maybe it's better to create a pseudo-sea aquarium with marine decorations and cichlids - they are, by the way, no less colorful. Only a knowledgeable person can distinguish the sea from a pseudo-sea in such an aquarium. I will soon post an article about the pseudo-sea on the website with photos.

Mary

To summarize briefly, I estimated the approximate costs for a marine aquarium: - to set up a 300-400 liter marine aquarium, you need about 1000 dead raccoons (aquarium + equipment + inhabitants). - monthly maintenance will cost 50 currency units. The numbers are steep, however... Considering that the marine inhabitants will not breed, there will be no return on investment. Is everyone in agreement?

Hannah

view from the side: it will probably be difficult with fish, the return is probably 0. But "living stones" don't just appear out of nowhere, invertebrates??? - they must reproduce, right? (I have only swum in the sea and seen aquariums - don't judge too harshly)

Gabrielle5053

I am planning to spend the entire next summer in Crimea - if Russia doesn't reclaim it, of course - and accordingly set up an aquarium with fresh seawater and Crimean fish and shrimp. About 200 liters. But for now, it's just at the level of "I want."

Christine864

I currently have a 180-liter marine aquarium with 2 euphyllias, 1 sea urchin, and 2 colonies of disco anemones. The lighting consists of 3 Philips Aquarays, 1 Marin Glo, and 1 Power Glo. I am now gluing a 450-liter aquarium and starting to scrape the metal halide light fixture. Of course, if you calculate all this in currency, you could travel the world, but beauty requires sacrifices.