The Best Size Saltwater Aquarium For Beginners

The best size saltwater tank for a beginner is between 15 and 80 gallons. I know the old adage, "get the biggest tank you can afford," but I think that's just bad advice. After going through why I think that, we get into the nitty gritty.

The best 15 gallon, 40 gallon, and 80 gallon tank. Who they are for, and which one you should get.

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[RogueAquariums]

Good advice Matthew for beginners venturing into the hobby. You’re very correct with larger tanks, it takes time, money and a lot of patience. 😊

[danieljensen]

Multi-decades in freshwater, but I just started saltwater 6 months ago with a 26g Red Sea Max Nano Peninsula. I agree with everything you said. Plus, if I decide I want to go larger, I'll keep the Red Sea as a quarantine tank. There have been many advances to the technology, and I believe that with a good modern heater and temperature controller, as you suggest in other videos, and with a reliable ATO, a modern small-ish tank can be as stable as a larger one was 15-20 years ago when "bigger is better" was actually good advice.

[guccisgooch]

Never had a saltwater tank. But I’ve been keeping reptiles and freshwater fish for majority of my life. I’ve always dreamed of having a saltwater aquarium but it always seemed so overwhelming and out reach. After years of research, I finally just got a 39 gal, rimless lagoon tank. I’m planning on DIY’ing my own filtration, and setting it up to eventually house my dream fish, a mandarin dragonet. I can’t tell you how much your videos have helped, and definitely wanted to thank you. I’m taking it slow, but I’m slowly accumulating more and more gear, and hopefully should have it up and running in a couple of months!

[ethanpegrum]

Got my first tank set up thanks to you Mathew, I've gone for a 25gal all in one and I'm really in love with it! Thanks for all your help

[statesm]

I started with Fluval evo and I highly recommend it. With a few upgrades it does really well. Teaches you a lot within that first year.

[Dylamos]

40 gallon's I feel like is the sweet spot to start the hobby and then you can move on to doing smaller tanks like your Helloreef tank or larger ones like 150 if you feel you're up to the maintenance.

[Mark]

Hey Matthew what size screws did you use to hang your adaptive board on IM door ?

[Trav]

I’m glad you started at 15 gallons I love my 12 gallon but it is extremely touchy.

[tonyroma]

My first was a 10 gallon reef and I had no problems

[geekdomo]

0:20 My take on the argument is that as soon as you have a small tank worked out and everything is thriving you will almost always want to upgrade. I went from a 13.5 to a 40 to a 65 to now a 150 Lagoon. I really wish I had started with the 150. Ill probably head up to a 250 before too long and I am not even done setting up the 150 yet ;)

[mathewjarvis]

My question for beginners is how much water are you comfortable changing every week?