Advice on setting up a 10 gallon tank

[G13]

Bare bottom or LS.....? I like the look of LS, since my 45 gallon has 60lbs of it. I'll definetly have about 15-20 lbs of LR so cleaning the bottom glass with a magnet cleaner ain't going to happen. So, would it just be a build up of purple corraline or algae? I guess maintenance would be easier since I'd be able to see the fish waste and be able to syphon it out.

How about filtration on a 10 galon tank? I use a penguin 330 and a aqua C Remora HOB in my 45 gallon.

 

[MBasile]

i think some live sand would really help to balance the tank out and help keep it stable......just my $.02

im a die hard DSB'er though

i had a 10 gallon with just some pc's in a west facing window and that did pretty well with about 2 inches of sand. i had mangroves popin out too. i have to say the mangroves growing to the window was pretty sweet

 

[Brooklyn8]

I just started my 10gallon, and I like the look of LS as well. Especially if you get inverts that use the sand, its pretty cool I think. I am going to get this fuge for my 10 gallon:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...tegory=3212&ssPageName=STORE:PROMOBOX:NEWLIST

Its probably overkill for a 10g but why not eh?

 

[Racenrich]

G13,
heres a shot of my 15g i had up and running for 2yrs....just came down actually.

Same foot print as a 10g, just 6in talller......give you an idea at least!
cheers,
Rich K.

 

[G13]

I'm a fan of a DSB myself, I think it looks a lot better but I was thinking since it's a small tank what would be better/easier to handle nitrate and PO4.

I was thinking about a fuge instead of a power filter but maybe I'll go with an aqua clear filter and just make it a small fuge.

 

[Rod Buehler]

for handling nitrates, you wont find much better than a DSB. And if the grain size is small enough, and there is enough flow and a good skimmer, p04 wont be an issue either.