"How to guide" Salt Water Fish Tanks?
I want to know a little bit about slatwater fish tanks. What is a good size tank to start out with. What are the best kind of salt water fish to start out with. Basicaly I want to know the ins and outs of the hobby.
I have owned alot of tropical fish
Congrads and welcome to saltwater!
Don’t let anyone tell you how hard it is basically it is no different, really it is easier than fresh.
A few books I would suggest are the reef keepers hand guide (bible)
Saltwater fish for dummies
as well as
http://www.ehow.com/how_5796_set-saltwater-aquarium.html
Saltwaterfish.com
The minimum I would suggest is 30 gallon. Great beginner tank however you will soon find you want a larger tank.
Damsels, and clowns along with gobies are the best starter fish.
there is a lot of infoove will guide you thru everything you need. Use Saltwaterfish.com to enter your "I wanna tank" and it will help you with the fish and set up.
Good luck
Ok, first off, make sure you do you home work on this one. Everyone has their opinions on how to start up a marine tank. I would STRONGLY suggest to go to the following web page for this. Most people I know went there and had 0% problems with their first salt water tank. They have some nice fish too for cheap.
Good luck with your new hobby!
http://www.saltwaterfish.com
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 amhave you kept other fish before?
well i got my first tank age 13 and im 15 now and absolutely hate them i dont want anything to do with them, they take up to much time, too much money and effort.
but believe me i was warned when i started to not go into it, but no i went into it. i know you wont belive me you will think how absurd is this guy being? i want fish. yes i did and for one year i was on top of them.
but its impossible to keep water quality at a constant, nitrate is impossible, i have a 250 liter tank. and every month spend aroun £300 on them, or about $600.
there is soo much and it WILL take up so much time, unless you plan to have one small tank. read up alot of books, not just one like 3 or 4 different ons, then still think do i want to go into this hobby, visit your local aquatic centre and ask them about it. you need to speak to people not us online folk. and once a fish gets ill then there basically dead.
any exiting fish are good to start with, i have a porcupine puffer fish, the one that puff up with spikes, and hes lovely. lion fish have venomous spines yet never hurt you, unless cornered, there beautiful and can be fed by hand. clown fish are easy.
i would suggest a fish with character, the pufferfish has character it actually follows you around and spits water at you, it has a character.
any triggerfish have attitudes as well.
go for fish that actually do something not just swim, e.g the tangs and angel fish are very pretty, but just swim around.
be warned you dont earn anything from them, like a £500 tank and another £500 on setting up costs and still fish always get boring after a while, in the beggining there so interesting.
read books
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:20 amReferences :
Congrads and welcome to saltwater!
Don’t let anyone tell you how hard it is basically it is no different, really it is easier than fresh.
A few books I would suggest are the reef keepers hand guide (bible)
Saltwater fish for dummies
as well as
http://www.ehow.com/how_5796_set-saltwater-aquarium.html
Saltwaterfish.com
The minimum I would suggest is 30 gallon. Great beginner tank however you will soon find you want a larger tank.
Damsels, and clowns along with gobies are the best starter fish.
there is a lot of infoove will guide you thru everything you need. Use Saltwaterfish.com to enter your "I wanna tank" and it will help you with the fish and set up.
Good luck
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:10 amReferences :