Interested in getting back into this

[jamest0o0]

Hey everyone, i'm not exactly new to all this, but it's been yearssss. Recently had some money saved up and my own place so was thinking of getting back into the hobby. I have an apartment so I would go with something small that would be easier to move in the future. I was just looking for some possible suggestions. $ isn't too much of a concern, but i'd like to make it as maintenance free as possible. I'm not jumping into anything immediately just planning and trying to get ideas. I wanted to do something unique and interesting with a smaller tank for my living room. I always liked the idea of species tanks like seahorses, cephs, etc, but i also don't want to get carried away with something that'll take up too much time each day. I'm patient and have experience in the hobby, though it's been awhile. I wouldn't do anything that i don't think i could handle because the animal's life is definitely most important to me. I wouldn't do anything that i can't give optimal conditions to.

Sorry if i'm a bit vague just trying to see what's new in the hobby, what you guys think would make a cool/unique display for an apartment that won't be too much of an issue to move in the future. Just can't be huge, would prefer something smaller.

 

[mzeme565]

I have a 110 dsa and love it. just big enough that its not high maintance

 

[jamest0o0]

Lol 110 would be awesome, but a little too big for an apartment. Was thinking under half that. 40ish at most! Preferably smaller though

 

[kmbyrnes]

There are lots of 40B Reefers here. Hope they will share there opinions with you.

 

[jamest0o0]

Honestly i've always loved cuttlefish and octo's. I know they require prisitine water conditions, but is there care anything much more than you'd do for a reef? I know i'd have to do some research, was just wondering about an opinion/overview on keeping them. I read a TON about them back in the day, but they were kind of hard to get and not many peopke were keeping them at the time. Has anything changed? I used to keep a nano reef and a fowlr 55g. Also i don't want this to come off the wrong way, i'd never kill anything I have, but since cephs don't live very long naturally it'd make the commitment shorter and allow me to change my tank to something else down the road.

 

[jamest0o0]

Bump:spin2:

 

[Sk8r]

Equipment has changed in the last decade. Lights are LED, among others; skimmers are better; filtration has given way to live rock, quarantine has become more important because there are some nasties loose that may reach your tank. A reef-ready 55 would be a good specialty tank and it can make a good lps or sps reef in an apartment, given appropriate lighting. These days, lps grows fast. SPS is still bleeding edge.

 

[jamest0o0]

thanks for the input sk8r, i remember you from 8 years ago when I was on here, glad to see you're still around helping out. When you say sps is bleeding edge do you mean it's still difficult?

 

[ClownFishGuy6]

I would get a 40 gallon tank with some corals some nice fish and some live rock.