Okay, stupid question!

[icefreeze57]

Hey all!

New fish keepers!

(I have a 2.5G goldfish tank, yes I know its way way way way too small but thats what I have now. and a 40G semi-aggressive tank which is my 1st real project!)

So I'm obviously addicted and wanted to know what is a nano-reef!

They seem so cool!

I go to college, so my little brother takes care of my fish for the most part (I havn't parted with my 40G yet so we'll see how that goes) but I deff. would be interested in setting-up one of these awesome things in my 2.5G tank! (Again, I gotta make a move with these gfs, they really are going to struggle in the 2.5G)

So I saw someone here has a really awesome 2.5, and even saw a 5G, so why can't I do the same?!?


Anyway...

Again, what is a nano-reef? Is it just coral, or is there fish/animals in there too? What do I need to set up one? And how would I set one up?

thanks all!

[Cliff]

It can be many different things, based on what like and what can live in a 2.5 gallon tank

I would suggest starting by getting a goof book about SW set-ups and reading the stickies in the SW section here on the forum

I would not suggest such a small tank for your first SW set-up. With any Marine tank, bigger is much better (and much easier)

[DougStanley]

+1 to cliff bigger is better especially for a beginner and more stable.

[icefreeze57]

okay thats fine... but can someone extend my knowledge of nano-reefs, they still seem kind of awesome lol

[smaug]

nano means small,reef means it is a tank with corals. Quite simply a small coral tank.I suggest much research.

[Lady Hobbs]

I would suggest rather than venturing off into a nano tank, to first find something proper for the goldfish. Taking care of what you already have just makes more sense to me rather than investing in another tank.

[Hpimichael02]

when jumping to salt please tank in account evrything is alive and can kill everything if the research is not dont to a full extent, im still very new to salt but havent lost one thing yet, thanks to the advice from people here and reading for about a month on SW set ups