saltwater tank near a south facing window?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Aquariums near windows that get sunlight shining through will end up with algae problems almost guaranteed. You'd have to add a phosban reactor and keep your nutrients in check. The corals might love it, but you'd have to keep a very good clean up crew to keep the algae in check. Mexican turbos, Tiger cowries, etc.

Anthony

[taemo]

thank you for the replies.

yes, still new on this hobby but from what i've been reading, there's higher algae problem when sunlight and lots of nutrients are present.
will definitely be purchasing some cleaners, how many mexican turbos, tiger cowries would I need for a small 24G tank?

[shrimp]

Also consider the heat in the summer from the window will heat up your tanks water.

[imisky]

I am shutting this tank down due to lack of time but considering that this tank was right beside a south west facing window. I had great success with it. In fact not much algae, coraline and all. Heat wasnt much of an issue but it wasnt right beside the windows. Heres a photo of how far it was.

[gtreef]

Heat may be an issue, so you might need a chiller or air conditioning if you already have that.