How much harder are saltwater fish tanks to keep up than fresh water tanks?
How much harder are saltwater fish tanks to keep up than fresh water tanks?
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A lot harder, you have to constantly check the ph and you have to buy salt water from the pet store when you clean the tank out Which has to be done on a regular basis. . . . The saltwater fish are prettier, but they are therefore more expensive. . .
saltwater tanks require a lot of maintenance when first set up (and a lot of money) however after the initial input they are Relatively cheap and easy to care fori have a 40 gallon tank that i want to use as example (pix on my pulse page) tank with stand around $ 300light (special for marine use) $ $ 200filter/heaterskimmer 300live rock / live sand $ 100fish/inverts/corals $ 300cleaning supplies / chemicals / test kits / marine salt $ 200after this cost it runs about $ 50 to maintain each monthif you are truly interested in setting up one of your own then i suggest that you check out a web site calledfishlore. com (beginners guide) to learn the proper way to set one upafter that a site called liveaquaria. com will be of use to choose fish
a lot more harder you got to check their water, go buy saltwater, everything
They are not hard at all They can be less forgiving at times. Regular water changes are more important in a marine tank and letting the water evaporate can cause salinity issues. Other than that, a well established tank does a nice job of Maintaining itself. The most difficult thing about Maintainance on my tank is that I only use RO water and do not have my own RO unit so I have to go out every weekend to wal-mart to fill up jugs of water (22gallons). It’s the same routine every weekend (sometimes I skip a water change though). Pour 10 gallons of water into my mixing container Which has a heater and power head. Add 5th 5 cups of marine salt. Let it mix for a while. Once the water is mixed (salinity first 026 and temp 80 degrees) I siphon four gallons from my 36 gallon tank and pump 4 gallons of new water in. I also have 3 other small tanks that I do small water changes on. I actually had a harder time with fresh water when I was vacumming the gravel every week. Some of it takes a bit getting use to but once you do it all a few times and look for the easiest way to do it then it really is simple. The down side to a marine tank is that it can cost a lot of money. At the same time, to impressive fresh water tank can cost a big chunk also. You can get a lot of stuff for a marine tank but most people would be surprised at how little I actually use. The only suppliment I use is’ purple-up “and I very seldom test for anything. I never test for PH. sometimes I want to test nitrate and calcium. I do not use a skimmer or filter either. I really think most people buy way more than they need for a marine tank just because someone else said they needed it.
they are not “harder”. idk where that myth came from. they just need more equipment.
Have you tried a planted fresh water?
Definitely more “technical” as pH and salt levels, Which you can pretty much ignore Thurs become critical in freshwater, and marine fish tend to be more sensitive to water conditions. Means you have less margin for error. It’s therefore more expensive to set up AND maintain. Now it’s not impossible, just you MUST pay attention to details, like the nitrogen cycle and water testing as many things that you can “get away with” keeping hardy freshwater fish can kill marine ones. Ian
A million times harder. We can not even keep alive in our salties fishery where we have 3.000 gallon tanks for them.
I can do a water change on three fresh water tanks (drain and fill) in the time it takes to mix and measure everything to do the water change on a salt water tank. There are steps to make it easier, but it is still a bit harder than a fresh water system Sure, if using natural filtration, maintenance can be much easier on salt water (less water changes overall) but the water changes are harder. You can set up a separate reservoir for premixed saltwater for water changes to take away some of the hardship, but need space for such a system If mixing in buckets, consider a water change 2-3 times harder than a water change on a freshwater system (have to drain into buckets, haul away, mix new water in buckets, dump in the tank where a freshwater tank you can just drain and fill with a hose in your sink) Saltwater therefore costs a lot more: more power consumption, more test kits, cost of salt, etc.