people with 10 gallons have had good luck with bio wheels but in canister filters after time will make your nitrates go through the roof.....


with setting up a saltwater tank PATIENCE is the toughest thing to deal with....

I would put a single piece of live rock in the tank with a bio wheel also some pc lights or t5s for about 6 hours a day and then let it sit for about a month.....


you will get your first algea bloom then I would get a small clean up crew then 2 months later Is when I would add fish and coral....

depending on fish you get you can get them a lot earlier but for me better results come with waiting till your first big algea problem is taken care of....


also if money might be a issue personally I would do a fish only with live rock tank.... no need to worry about expensive lights... and then you could do a eel and some trigger fish once you get a bigger tank...

if you love chiclid tanks these type of fish are so much cooler....