what would u rather prefer having? fresh/salt water aquarium.
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ive heard rumors that you dont even need a filter if you use lots of live rock and some of those small water circulator, hydor koralia i think. supposedly the live rock is the filter and all you need to do is stock extremely slowly and do water changes with RO every week.
a skimmer is used as well.
i would like to know if this is true so please correct me as it is all whispers.
a skimmer is used as well.
i would like to know if this is true so please correct me as it is all whispers.
to be honest with you, i barely do anything and use more time maintaining my FW setups. Depends on your stocking levels.Knowdafish;3465416; said:
yes, you can, you need much more liverock compared to reg setups to do so though.cichlid2006;3465434; said:
cichlid2006;3465434; said:
yes! my set-up is a 56 tall that consists of a skimmer (coralife's super skimmer 125) and three koralia 3, and a lot of live rock (about 80lbs in my tank). the key is getting quality rock and stocking slowly with patience. i've never had nitrite, or ammonia and nitrates stay below 5 usually close to 0.
as i stated previously saltwater really isn't hard at all the biggest problem i've come across is salt creep (pretty minor imo)
I have to have both and do. Yeah, SW is more expensive to start up and maintain buy well worth it. As for up keep, you get out of it what you put into it. I love having the variety of multiple systems.
I have both. The only issue I've with marine system vs fresh keeping is making the saltwater is a bit of a pain in the a$s and you have less options decoration wise (can't just go collect random rocks and driftwood or buy cheap plants).
It is impossible for me to say either way.
I run fw, brackish and sw. Really I do not find the maintenance more on sw than fw except for the mixing of sw to replace when I do changes.
Though if I had to pay full retail for my fish keeping I would have to say fw due to cost contraints. Though I have been buying up much used stuff in the past 2 years so cost is not really an issue. I recently picked up a 90g full on reef that the dude spent easily 4 grand on and I got it for $500.
For reward and shock and awe value I say sw for the win,but, in reality I love any type of fish tank and they all have their own unique qualities.
I run fw, brackish and sw. Really I do not find the maintenance more on sw than fw except for the mixing of sw to replace when I do changes.
Though if I had to pay full retail for my fish keeping I would have to say fw due to cost contraints. Though I have been buying up much used stuff in the past 2 years so cost is not really an issue. I recently picked up a 90g full on reef that the dude spent easily 4 grand on and I got it for $500.
For reward and shock and awe value I say sw for the win,but, in reality I love any type of fish tank and they all have their own unique qualities.
I gotta say FW too. The biggest reason is that you can do more with the decor in a FW tank you can a SW. Although I have seen some very nice SW set ups,they all look the same to me. Reef tanks look very cool,and I plan on having one someday,but in all honesty,they all look like the same tank,just different sizes,with a few different fish. I have 8 FW tanks set up now,all planted,and not one looks a bit like another one.
Plus there aren't any SW cichlids.
Plus there aren't any SW cichlids.
