• Marine aquarium 54L????

  • Christopher

I would like to set up a marine aquarium. I have an empty 54L aquarium (complete SERA set). Can I use it? Or will it be CRUELTY TO ANIMALS!!! If yes, what fish can I keep? How many? And what else do I need? Thank you in advance!!

James5103

You can add a small pump. A skimmer is not necessary; a couple of small stones will do. Plant a clownfish with a shrimp, and for corals, soft ones will be suitable (various mushrooms, discosomas, zoanthids, and a small branch of finger leather coral). It is highly recommended to introduce caulerpa algae, as it will absorb phosphates from the water. For the clownfish, you can get a carpet anemone, which is quite an undemanding creature. The light will be the standard one that is currently in the lid.

Meghan

And as I had the bland, so I will have, if only one, but BELOVED. (Everything on my website).

Gene1948

It seems that the ghost of the "super expensive and complex marine aquarium" is still wandering through the vastness of the CIS.

Katherine

Thank you for the advice! What about salt and water changes? In my 54L tank, the water parameters were always fluctuating, but in the 112L tank, they are stable! And what do they generally feed marine fish?

Sheila1322

It's harmful to read all this... And looking at the photos is even worse... I myself "want the sea"... to the point of aching in the solar plexus. A question has arisen along the way. What will be the total cost of a small jar (up to 60 liters)? What is the minimum (as a cheap option) and the optimal option? I don't even dare to consider the maximum for myself. It's better to learn from simple things. If it's not too much trouble, please let me know, those who are in the know. Thank you in advance.

Rebecca

What super expensive things are we talking about? So when you buy an arowana 8-10 cm for 75-90 gr, that's not expensive, but a clownfish for 10-12$ is WOW. Yes, I agree, to start you need to have at least some understanding that water is not just the wet spots on your pants that appeared from nowhere, but also a solution of all possible salts, but there's nothing scary about it. The main part of my water is fresh, the sea is just for the soul. I tried it and it worked out. And I don't regret it.

Sara

In a small volume, water is added every day in the summer; it is necessary to measure how much water evaporates experimentally. If the salinity fluctuates during evaporation, then it should be added every day; if not significantly, then it can be done every 2-3 days.

Courtney4094

The critical temperature in the sea is 28 degrees; it's better to maintain stability at 26. In the summer, my daytime temperature was 28, and at night it dropped to 25 almost all the time, and everything was fine, no one died.

Gary6376

Right now, at 26°C, I'm evaporating 400-600 ml of water every day. It will likely be similar in the sea, and with cooler cooling in the summer, even more. The question is: what kind of water should I add? Osmosis, distilled, settled boiled, or settled tap water? Buying osmosis water for such a volume of the aquarium seems too expensive. Distilled water can be stocked up at the pharmacy, or I could make a distiller myself... from a moonshine still, for example. How critical is it to add settled tap water?

Joshua9847

Critical. Tap water promotes the growth of algae due to the presence of iron compounds, phosphates, nitrates, etc.

Sara4035

Well, I haven't measured the iron (she claims that I lack it in my freshwater aquarium), but there are no phosphates/nitrates in my tap water. Maybe in spring, after the heavy melting of the snow, it will show up, but for now, it's at "zero." By the way, what kind of water did you use in your "sea"? I'm thinking of buying 70-80-100 liters of distilled water at the pharmacy to start... 55 for the aquarium + 15 for the filter + unforeseen expenses + topping up... Even if I add 10-15 liters a month, it won't be expensive, but I want a simpler option, and I'm just too lazy to run to the pharmacy every month.

Erica752

I pour distillate or resin. I carry 20 liters. I plan to buy something for the house to make this process easier. I change it every two weeks (or more often depending on the circumstances). I want to buy a more accurate test for nitrates from 0 to 10 and for phosphates from 0-0.5(1), with very fine increments. Then I will provide more precise results. The Aquasystem and JBL tests give results with very large increments in this case, although as tests in general, they are great.

Stephen5857

Do not pour tap water, as it will quickly cause algae to grow throughout the aquarium. For such volumes, it is not difficult to buy 5 liters of distilled water from the pharmacy once a month.

Debra6575

Hello everyone, yes, install a household filter with three chambers: fiber, coal, resin. I've been using it for two years and everything is good, just the resin needs to be restored from time to time with a salt solution. The cost is about 500-600 grams once and for all, and then you can also add an osmosis system of 300 grams if anyone wants. For now, the resin is enough for me.

April3499

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