Fresh or Salt?

[Ricko]

Both are Awesome... I like fresh a lil more cause its cheaper...

LOL fresh def cheaper!!!
Over $10,000 with the salt, had a hard time goin over $500 with the fresh. Dammit, what a sucker i am!!!

 

[alcohologist]

if there was a LR equivalent in FW, i think that'd make a HUGE diff.
i hate waterchanges/vacuuming/etc
and then there's still fish colour/personality/shape/etc

 

[Ricko]

if there was a LR equivalent in FW, i think that'd make a HUGE diff.
i hate waterchanges/vacuuming/etc
and then there's still fish colour/personality/shape/etc

True, plants also do wonders for a fresh tank, but most people tend to WAY overstock a fresh tank due to the ease of doing a water change.

 

[andyjs]

I have yet to try salt, but I definitely plan to. Within the next year or two, I'd like to get a biocube and do a small reef tank. Between my own overall aquarium knowledge and a few people I know that do almost exclusively salt, mainly corals, I think I can make the jump

 

[Ricko]

I have yet to try salt, but I definitely plan to. Within the next year or two, I'd like to get a biocube and do a small reef tank. Between my own overall aquarium knowledge and a few people I know that do almost exclusively salt, mainly corals, I think I can make the jump

And you will love it!! I havnt had a fresh since (not that i dont like them). Every little thing that comes with a salt tank makes me want more (hope the missus doesnt read this,along with V8's, motorbikes, guitar, poor girl would have a heart attack!!!)

 

[andyjs]

And you will love it!! I havnt had a fresh since (not that i dont like them). Every little thing that comes with a salt tank makes me want more (hope the missus doesnt read this,along with V8's, motorbikes, guitar, poor girl would have a heart attack!!!)

I don't think I'll ever be able to give up fresh (I'm working on a degree right now with plans to have a career with freshwater fish), but I'm sure I'll like salt too. And I know what you mean, between fish (and other animals), guitars, and college, I'm pretty much broke all the time

 

[Ricko]

I don't think I'll ever be able to give up fresh (I'm working on a degree right now with plans to have a career with freshwater fish), but I'm sure I'll like salt too. And I know what you mean, between fish (and other animals), guitars, and college, I'm pretty much broke all the time

LMAO!!! Lucky you doin a small salt setup then, i'm already over 10,000 with my 190gal!!!

hangon, maybe i should sell!!!

 

[brad2525]

I have to say that fresh is easier and cheaper for the most part. If you have a reef tank you really need more equipment than fresh. My lighting on my 20g reef alone cost as much as a 20-30g complete fresh water setup. My 100g still belongs to the freshies though.

 

[EconPhd]

I voted salt, I though maybe both because of how difficult it is to keep schools in saltwater, but this is monsterfishkeepers.com and I am sure someone has a school of Morish Idols somewhere, which I sure beets the 500+ neno tetra school a friend of mine used to have. At the end of the day salt is brighter and I am not sure more work, it is more money but if you got the bug you will find a way to spend as much money as your wife will allow. I am sure the guy with the 50,000 FW tank would have built a 2000 gallon amazing reef or a 10,000 shark/tang tank if he swung that way.

 

[FSM]

ever seen a toby puffer?

are you going to elaborate?