问:我正在设置我的第一个盐水水族馆,我一直听到的一条建议是,在坦克的大小方面,“更大的更大”。我打算使用一个40加仑的育种者,但现在我有了第二个想法。问题是,我的预算有限,生活空间相对较小,所以我不能走得太多。我应该坚持起步,直到我有更多的空间和钱花钱买一个更大的坦克?
-Scott Bylow
答:感谢您的问题,斯科特。不,我认为您不需要推迟水族馆的设置,直到您负担得起并容纳更大的水箱为止。在我们的爱好中,“更大的是更好”是常见的建议,尤其是在初学者建立第一个系统方面。实际上,我在很多时候都分配了这个或类似的建议。但是,在选择第一个坦克时,尺寸并不是唯一的考虑。这个决定确实必须比这更细微。
There’s solid reasoning behind the recommendation to go bigger. Larger tanks offer more stability in terms of water parameters as well as more latitude when it comes to the number, size, and variety of livestock specimens you can add to the system before the bioload is maxed out. Since failure to maintain stable parameters and overstocking are high on the list of reasons novices “fail and bail,” starting out with a greater volume of water can be a hedge in favor of success and greater longevity in the hobby.
话虽如此,除了成本和维护需求之类的其他考虑因素,还可以超过更多的水量的好处。例如,一般来说,储罐越大,您将花在灯光,流通和返回泵,,,,heater,,,,蛋白质撇油器,,,,岩石,,,,基质,等等。更不用说,系统的大小越大,日常维护任务的艰巨和耗时的日常维护任务往往会变得越来越艰巨,并且随着每种部分水的变化,您将燃烧的昂贵合成海盐越代价。
此外,请务必记住,坦克所容纳的水量并不能说明其适合给定水族馆系统的整个故事。坦克的尺寸也起着至关重要的作用。在某些情况下,实际上最好选择具有更合适尺寸的较低体积储罐。
For instance, if I had to choose between your 40-gallon breeder and a standard 55-gallon tank for a reef system, I would probably go with the 40-gallon breeder despite the fact that it holds 15 fewer gallons. The reason being, a 40-gallon breeder, though only 36 inches long versus 48 inches for a 55-gallon, is five inches wider (i.e. front to back) than the 55-gallon, which provides more area for stocking corals.
因为不同的原因相关的预算,我sometimes wish I had selected a tank that’s shorter than my 125-gallon, which measures 72 x 18 x 21 inches. If instead I had gone with, say, a 90-gallon, which measures 48 x 18 x 24, I could have kept pretty much the same variety of livestock but gotten by with just two LED light fixtures to illuminate the tank rather than the three I currently use.
因此,我建议选择合理负担得起的最大坦克,而是有时间和精力来维护正确的,而不是说“更大”,而不是说“越来越大”您打算保留的牲畜。