Love the site, glad I found it. 
Well my question is this: as awesome and gorgeous as the giant tanks are (I have a 75) I'm looking to make one that is the total opposite of this. I'm looking to make a tank that'll fit on my desk at work. I do have a pretty big desk: I could easily fit a 5-10g tank on it, but for aesthetic reasons I'm interested in going even smaller.
I've been looking into the 3/4g (yes, that's less than one gallon:-D) tank that's made my Red Sea, I believe it's called "candy vase" or something like that. It's made as a freshwater beta bowl, but it's so mechanically simple it looks as if the pump would easily be changed into a marine tank. Just pull out the sponge-like filter and replace it with live rock or something. My guess is that since it's so small it would require very frequent water changes. Anyone have any luck with this?
The other issue would be what to put in there. Although I would love to have a small jellyfish in there, I just don't think that'll happen :-/ It'll be impossible to keep it away from the intake. So I was thinking of a single tiny shrimp, crab, or horseshoe crab (I know they get big, so how fast do they grow?)
Anybody out there attempted turning one of these into a marine tank? Any ideas?
P.S. Forgot to mention the light: I'm sure the el cheapo flourescent bulb will need changing depending on what creature I put in there.
Thanks!
*Rey
Well my question is this: as awesome and gorgeous as the giant tanks are (I have a 75) I'm looking to make one that is the total opposite of this. I'm looking to make a tank that'll fit on my desk at work. I do have a pretty big desk: I could easily fit a 5-10g tank on it, but for aesthetic reasons I'm interested in going even smaller.
I've been looking into the 3/4g (yes, that's less than one gallon:-D) tank that's made my Red Sea, I believe it's called "candy vase" or something like that. It's made as a freshwater beta bowl, but it's so mechanically simple it looks as if the pump would easily be changed into a marine tank. Just pull out the sponge-like filter and replace it with live rock or something. My guess is that since it's so small it would require very frequent water changes. Anyone have any luck with this?
The other issue would be what to put in there. Although I would love to have a small jellyfish in there, I just don't think that'll happen :-/ It'll be impossible to keep it away from the intake. So I was thinking of a single tiny shrimp, crab, or horseshoe crab (I know they get big, so how fast do they grow?)
Anybody out there attempted turning one of these into a marine tank? Any ideas?
P.S. Forgot to mention the light: I'm sure the el cheapo flourescent bulb will need changing depending on what creature I put in there.
Thanks!
*Rey