Saltwater Tank Sizes

I've heard that the smaller you go with a saltwater tank the harder it is to keep the parameters from fluctuating, what would be the minimum size tank you could keep fish in without too much trouble?

 

I would say a 20 gallon would be the lowest size you could go with saltwater. A 10 would be a lot harder if you were thinking of that size.

 

I have a 13 gallon spare but if that's going to be too difficult to manage,

 

I would buy 20 gallons if your looking into a nano tank. Maybe you could use the 13 for a hatchery for food or a dwarf puffer tank?

 

dwarf puffers sound cool, I'll look into that thank you!

 

Agreed to all of the above, my marine tank is over 20 gallon display + sump and I have 3 dwarf puffers (fresh water) in a 17g tank and a 120 gallon community tropical tank, all of which seem easy (still time consuming though) to care for, I would say the puffers and clowns have the biggest personalities of them all. (Be aware also of the increase in cost of a salt over fresh setup)

 

10-gallon is absolutely minimum, but the ideal size in my opinion is 29-gallon and above. These fish tanks are very easy to maintaince.

 

I saw a 52 litre fluval EVO recently at a lfs, way to small???

 

Personally I think a 75+ litre tank would open up more stocking options and less fluctuating perameters making things more likely to thrive and therefore more enjoyment from the tank.

 

The hardest thing to keep from fluctuating is salinity. Daily top offs is a must. Also it is harder to dose with medications, supplements, or anything else because they doses are usually larger than your aquarium. So far with a 20 gallon I've kept parameters pretty stable with not to much effort.

 

Can you guys recommend me any tanks that would be the perfect size?

 

I have the fluval fresh f60, took some converting but they make a salt version but it's expensive, it depends if you want to go salt specific tank or fresh with extra equipment, which country are you buying in?

 

australia

 

Ooh great place but have no idea on availability, there tends to be a cheap 94 litre ready to go tank in most of my local fish shops but it does look a bit cheap, you could buy any tank you like the look of and convert it, you can go as far as you want, I added a sump after drilling the tank and making a weir, others run a small tank with no skimmer and just rely upon water changes. I have an inline heater, skimmer, hydro filter, filter sock, dc return pump, auto top off and powerhead controller so the display tank is as clutter free as possible. My display is 85 litres and I have about 15-20 litres in the sump. Seems easy to maintain, fish corals and inverts all seem happy, have soft and hard corals and levels are still great.

 

I think I would rather get something that is all drilled and such already as I don't know how good I would be with that haha, if I post some I find here could you tell me if they're any good?