Saltwater vs freshwater?
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I love the challenge and beauty of Saltwater, and the oddballs of Freshwater...so I'm pretty much undecided between the two, as both have their ups and downs.
Fresh water. The constant water testing and monitoring with reef frustrated me very quickly. I'd like to try a local marine tank though, water chemistry is a lot simpler when you can just use natural sea water!
Freshwater had the edge before I setup my drip system. Now it wins by a landslide.
I ran saltwater setups for years and they were great, but took lots of work and water changes aren't cheap.
Both are very cool though
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I ran saltwater setups for years and they were great, but took lots of work and water changes aren't cheap.
Both are very cool though
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Freshwater.. I prefer larger tanks and larger fish.. SW has that option but at a much higher price tag.. and for me I enjoy the fish I keep, so why go a different route compleately? I do however appreciate a nice small reef tank and intend to start-up another at some point in the future for a few lil' critters. hubby is a chemistry geek.. I full intend to utilize his geekynes against him lol. I enjoy the social structures ect. and the interactions of animals vs the care of a "system"
In a perfect world if I had unlimited resources.. I'de have both. for very different reasons.
In a perfect world if I had unlimited resources.. I'de have both. for very different reasons.
I do miss some saltwater fish like angels,triggers and some wrasse species but the water changes is too much like pouring money down the drain.
Well when I was into Salt I enjoyed it very much. When I would go into a fish store I wouldn't even look at the freshwater fish. Now I'm back in Freshwater and enjoy that just as much. When I go into the fish store I don't even look at the saltwater fish..
SW right now for me, but my first reef tank is still maturing so it's still in the honeymoon phase.
I ll stick with fresh. I have done both and the sw tank was just to time consuming and a pain in the butt. It was also expensive. My FW setups are easy, cheap and low maintenance. SW tank really are not that bad if you have the time to upkeep them, I didn't.