Question by J Bone: How to set up a salt water aquarium?
I have a 55gal aquarium I want to set up for salt water. I'm doing a fish only tank for now and I need some tips. I've had freshwater fish but never any saltwater. Please tell me anything and everything I need to know. Also, please tell me some cool fish that are bright colored,active, and won't outgrow my tank. Please help! Thanks.

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Answer by Jordan
Pour 54 gallons into the aquarium (fresh water), then pour three entire bags of salt into the tank, directly followed by one bag of flour and one bag of sugar immediately after, it is important that you don't wait too long to do this otherwise they will not mix correctly and your fish will spontaneously combust. Make sure the weather outside is exactly 59 degrees Celsius otherwise you will get the same effect as the flour/ sugar

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Question by Spencer M: How hard is it to maintain a salt water aquarium?
I was thinkin about making a small, 10 gallon aquarium into a salt water one. Ive never had a salt water tank before, just fresh water. What would i need to do to clean it, what supplies would i need, and how hard is it to keep?

The thing is i had 2 aquatic turtles, i know turtles are not very similar to salt water fish, but anyway it was extremely hard to clean their tank, im just wondering if its at all that hard.
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Answer by Kim
You have to be able to keep the ammonia at 0 the nitrites and 0 and the nitrates under 10 PPM for salt water. THere's also only a handful of species you can even put in a 10 gallon and if this is your first salt water tank you NEED a larger tank. Larget tanks = easier to maintain.

You need
1. Protien skimmer
2. FIlter (take out any bio media that creates high nitrates)
3. substrate
4. 10 pounds of live rock
5. power heads
6. heater
7. chiller (if you can't keep it 78-76)
8. Lights if you want coral
9. MARINE salt
10. RO water
11. water conditioner
12. LIQUID test kit (dip tests are horribly inaccurate and you have to be constantly checking the levels especially in such a small tank)
13. fish and fish food

FOWLR tanks are anywhere from 30-50 dollars a gallon and REEF tanks are 40-70 dollars a gallon (usually the higher end of that). and with only a couple species you can put in there... why bother with such a small tank?

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Question by septemberbabie: what do you need to start a salt water aquarium?
I want to start my first salt water aquarium but don't know what i need to do so. I plan on getting a 30+ gallon tank. Can i buy the aquarium stuff and the fish at the same time or at separate times. What exactly do i need to put in the aquarium any advice would help greatly. I know i need live sand, live rocks, and corals but do i need anything else and where can i buy the cheapest things i have a petco and petsmart around me just to let you know.

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Answer by Peetr Peetr
go to a real fish store please. petco/petsmart don't carry anything worth buying and the advice will suck. Please go somewhere else at least for advice and to buy the live rock and specialized lighting.
Buy a book by Julian Sprung or do a bunch of research into Nano reefs.

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