Salt vs Fresh

[irishfan]

Steve gets a little fired up about this huh?

for FW I siphon out 5 gallon buckets and fill them in my bathtub one at a time. For SW I did the exact same thing, except added the right amount of salt and mixed it in each bucket in my bathrub. My 55 SW had no corals, but no, sorry was not lame lame lame.
Have you kept SW ever?
Tough to debate it when you havent, and then your reasoning is because you need a 150 gallon tank. Some of us dont have the money to buy a tank that big in general, regardless or whats going in or the like me just do not have the space.

Never had a skimmer, RO unit or the need for any lighting. It did not cost me much more at all and I had a bunch of fish that were really cool. My LFS had great SW fish, ones you cannot find easily at all now for reasonable prices. PPl here spend 100 plus on fish all the time, FH's, so many of these cichlids from rapps or whoever. Your whole thing is based upon your opinion on what SW tank you would need to be happy. This is based on my opinion and oh ya actually having a SW tank up and running for yearss.

 

[SteveR]

Understand what you're saying, I really do but honestly, I'm not fired up, it's interesting to hear, but I just don't see how its easy or cheap to have the kinda set up I'd want if I was doing it is all...

I still might try it one day, but I wouldn't want to do it without a skimmer, RO unit, corals and live rock, which then adds lighting costs etc.

 

[irishfan]

Yeah I gotcha kind of all or nothing. You should try a smaller one first tho with no rocks, see what its like. I really want to get back into SW soon.

 

[mgk]

Lighting goes out for a few days or the bulbs blow on your tank when your on holiday you could come back to everything dead in your tank, at least if this happened in FW it's cheaper in general!

actually ive lost power in my saltwater reef tank, that relied on live rock for biological filtration. The fish were fine after 10 days with no power.
it was a 90 gallon tank

 

[TheCanuck]

See what you've just said is complex. I don't know many folk willing to whip out a 50 gallon bucket in their living room and then mess around mixing salt and then pump it into the tank - don't down a pump for a start etc. 50 Gallon bucket, do they even make buckets that big!? I python, it's easier. FW is easier for me and less hassle.

LoL , well we have met a line here. The line between passion for a hobby and laziness. I cant go any futher. (50 gallon trash bins , 5$ at home depo)

 

[SteveR]

LoL , well we have met a line here. The line between passion for a hobby and laziness. I cant go any futher. (50 gallon trash bins , 5$ at home depo)

Don't get me wrong here, I think your tank is gorgeous! However for me at this point in time, and the setup I'd want if I was doing it, is too expensive. But one day I will try it I am sure of it...

 

[TheCanuck]

Don't get me wrong here, I think your tank is gorgeous! However for me at this point in time, and the setup I'd want if I was doing it, is too expensive. But one day I will try it I am sure of it...

I understand your thought process. Mine is just a bit different. If you had just a little tank and began growing corals that didnt need extra light and just minimal feeding you could sell them. Frag them and make cash over craigslist or at the lfs. Eventually it would pay for your new lights , and expand your corals. Then it would pay for your tank filters ro unit etc. Then you would have a money making coral reef ... by the time you decide to dump all your cash on one.

 

[SteveR]

I understand your thought process. Mine is just a bit different. If you had just a little tank and began growing corals that didnt need extra light and just minimal feeding you could sell them. Frag them and make cash over craigslist or at the lfs. Eventually it would pay for your new lights , and expand your corals. Then it would pay for your tank filters ro unit etc. Then you would have a money making coral reef ... by the time you decide to dump all your cash on one.

Good point, I may do that one day. At the moment could be changing jobs closer to home so I'm holding off just now and sticking with my current tank. But thanks for the advice, your right in that sense. PS nice moray, love it!

 

[TheCanuck]

Good point, I may do that one day. At the moment could be changing jobs closer to home so I'm holding off just now and sticking with my current tank. But thanks for the advice, your right in that sense. PS nice moray, love it!

Thanks and good luck with your future SW fish keeping. Nothings ever to hard to tackle in the fish world. It all can be done , and its always easier than one thinks.