New to Salt water Fish

[michael]

I am thinking anout setting up a salt water tank. I have a 40g breeder tank. Where could I get all the info that I would need to set this kind of tank up.

[asp60]

There are lots of great forums out there with mounds of information including this one... Do lots of research and ask lots of questions...you will find that that reefers are always more then happy to help out newbies. knowledge  and patience are the keys to success.

There are several different types of setup you could use on your system ... allot really depends on what you plan on keeping in it.

[shannon333]

Call Marinescape or aqua valley or fishtails. Those guys will tell you exactly what to do, what to get and what not to get. It's not as expensive as people make it out to be. You'll get a lot of info out of these guys.

[Feivel]

Yeah for sure. It all depends if you want a reef or fowlr. The difference is the lights really ... and keeping water qualities and parameters at par. It is very interesting and rewarding hobby. To start you should get some test kits, refractometer, some salt, loom at a rodi system( reverse osmosis de ionization, its a water filtration system) some say its not necessary yet it removes dangerous harder metals thatbcould be in the line as well as phosphates and other elements that produce algae in the system. You will need 1- 1.5 lbs of rock and suggest you use a sump. Thats just off the top to start. 10] water changes weekly. Remeber these are all recomendations and npthing concrete. You start with what your budjet allows and as long as you have 30 40$ a week you will have a beaitiful reef in no time. We are here to help and answer any questions you will have.

Whats you fishy experience?   Hopefully i didnt scare you away :-)  but if you shop around you should be able to set up that 40 of yours for under 1000$ .... Depending if you want a reef or fish only. There are some fish that will eat corals and inverts so research wich fish you like and if they will fit the fish list you want. There are tons of options for both side of that o.e :-)
Cherrs and happy reefing

[Dakotamay]

You're off to a great start so far just by researching and asking questions first before you've done anything else. Kudos to you for that.
Most newbies jump in head first and then ask questions when problems have arisen for any number of possible reason. Or that they just don't understand because they didn't research to know what to expect. A newly set up tank saltwater goes through phases as it matures.
Best thing to do is just ask questions and read everything you can get your eyes on.
As was stated above. This is a very enjoyable and rewarding hobby if you take the time to do things right.

Remember this "nothing good happens fast in this hobby" and you'll do well. Patience and doing everything slowly will be very rewarding.

Good luck and welcome to the salty side 

[Darth]

check out this link on one of the sponsers websites
http://www.aquavalley.ca/eshop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=217

[Hookup]

i highly recommend looking at two things.

1) what do you want your end system to look like?
2) what kind of maintenance are you will to do?

for the first one, you can look at various forms, websites, images.google.ca, etc to get ideas of what you like and don't care for.  You cannot keep it all, so you're best to determine a direction early on... be it a single fish, or coral that is the "center piece" or "must have", it can all start from there.

for the second one, just be realistic.  The more manual labour you can put in, the lower the costs of the setup... the less time you can spend maintaining  the system, the more you'll have to automate.

[Feivel]

+1 there are also members shutting down systems selling 800$ worth of corals for 250$ .... Doesnt happen all the time but keep your eyes open. (hint theres one now) lol but yeah take it easy dont rush into things and read up ..... Alot ..... Ask questions to clarify what your unsure of. And you will be fine.