That sea urchin looks great, one of my favorites. So, what's your opinion on the time and work involved for maintenance of a saltwater tank? I've had numerous freshwater tanks but have never been able to pull the trigger on saltwater.
The sea urchin I caught at the beach! I got four of them, I glad they didn't eat my soft coral!
I use to breed African Ciclids, and salt water is a lot more involved! If you get everything right off the bat when you first start it's a lot easier! I still need a Chiller, MH lighting and 50 more pounds of live rock. I like saltwater better and the comment when people first see it is cool
A FOWLR(Fish Only With Live Rock is easier than a Reef Tank
Stuff you'll need:
1.Great LFS=local fish store that specialize in salt!
2.Tank Better than 55 gallon
3. light kit that will produce 4watts bare min to 8 watts best results a gallon
4. Wet/Dry filter (Sump style)
5. Chiller
6. UV Sterilizer
7. 1 pound of live rock per Gallon.
8. Live Sand, do not use crush coral as a substrate! that's a big No No!
9. skimmer
10. RO/DI water purifier.
11. Salt Mix/Reef crytals
12. Odds and ends.
Read, Read, and Read.
Here's a good web site:
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/
I broke 101 rules already, I just can't help myself! The purrest get mad at me
LOL's
I'll see if I can post some old pic's of my fresh water set up!