saltwater aquariums

[Smokey McPot]

Does anyone here have one? let me know if you do. I wanna talk about em

Smokey McPot Reviewed by Smokey McPot on 08-07-2005. saltwater aquariums Does anyone here have one? let me know if you do. I wanna talk about em Rating: 5

[Krippysmoker]

Sorry man just freshwater......they said the saltwater took a ton of work! lol good luck with your though

[Guinevere]

Negative...........
Take a look on the net for forums having to do with saltwater aquatics. I'm 100% positive you'll find one in a sec. and you can get all your info there.
Good luck, man.

[Krippysmoker]

This pinhead is really getting on my nerves....all I meant was that I did not have a saltwater tank. I did freshwater because it was about 1/4 the work of a saltwater tank. I will however admit that a saltwater tank has beautiful fishs available....freshwater is just so so... Anyway good luck with your tank

[Fengzi]

I had a 75g saltwater tank for about 5 years. It started out as just fish but after a while I couldn't resist and went full blown reef. I had a brown tang, a pair of mated percula clowns,flame angel, cleaner shrimp, crabs, and tons of hard & soft corals. It was my pride and joy and I absolutely loved the thing. It took a lot of work though and shortly after my daughter was born I decided I simply didn't have the time to deal with it anymore. It broke my heart but I had to sell it off. When my daughter's a bit older I might start up a new tank but that's a while off.

There's also the money issue with a saltwater tank. Especially if you want to go reef. Just the lights I had on my tank, similar to pot grow lights, cost over $500.00. When I eventually start up another tank I'm figuring start up costs of around $2k and that's not including fish or anything.

Do you already have a tank Smokey or are you looking to start one. If you do have one I'd love to see some pics.

[unmeg]

Well Smokey,I do not have a saltwater tank,but iI did manage a fish department for few years.I was in charge of roughly 60 saltwater tanks.If you ask me it just as e-z to run a saltwatewr as freshwater.The only real diferrance is cost,dont get me wrong there is a lil more effort to get a saltwter tank up and running(cycled).Once its cycled it is genraly the same as freshwater.Right now I have a 35gal African cichlid tank,cant afford the reef like I want.
p.s.
I started a thread a while ago show us your tanks & no one would post any pics of thier tanks so if you do have one please post pic

[kablam]

I have a reef aquarium. They are a super bitch to set up but like umeg said, once cycled and running they are less work. Still more than a fresh water IMO, but not as bad as ppl make them. I think About.com has a good section on saltwater set-ups if you can filter through all the BS and advertising.

[Smokey McPot]

Im looking to start one. My cousin has one and i love it. He said he spends 10-30 minutes on it each day. His friend gave him a fish that had a disease and he didnt know it so when he put it in his tank it killed like $500 worth of fish and coral. The only reason why i may not get one is only because its soooo expensive. Oh ya and there are aquarium message boards just like this one. Fengzi, tell me a little bit more about your tank and the stuff you had to do on a daily basis to keep the fish healthy. Thanks

[Smokey McPot]

Oh ya if i get a tank it will prob be like a 90 gallon and i want to put a huge reef in it with exotic reef safe fish.

[unmeg]

Hope you have some cash cause it is expesive,I am talking a couple G's