2006-07-02 04:48:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
if you have the time do saltwater. After a while you learn your tank and you don't have to do all the test all the time. After a while they run themselves. Do alot of research on the saltwater reef. After a year with the right system tank set-up they will maintain there own little bio-tope. Live rock and sand is amazing. The fish are prettier and if you go with the gusto corals are the bomb.
Now freshwater is a bit less maintenance but it has just as many problems as salt. Do water changes and keep the gravel clean and you got it. They are so much more boring though.
2006-07-02 06:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by dogdude1969 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well Salt water is harder to deal with. Not as many fish allowed in tank and the fish themselves are more expensive. However, If you are willing to keep a close eye on all the levels in the tank (Salinity, ph, etc.), pay more for the fish and realize that you cant put as many fish in the same space as a fresh water tank, it can be very rewarding. The colors are viabrant, and go across the spectrem. The species of fish are almost limitless, not to mention all the other types of animal you can put in there.
If this is your first tank I would go with fresh water for the experience. Then maybe in a year or so I'd go with Saltwater.
2006-07-02 11:59:51 · answer #2 · answered by pcouc0 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt water aquariums require more maintenance, they're mainly for tropical fish, and you always have to regulate the temperatures, salt levels, filters, etc. Fresh water aquariums, on the other hand, are low maintenance, they're more suited for goldfish. You don't really have to have a filter (although you have to change the water every week or so) and there's no need for regulating temperatures. So, fresh water aquariums are more convenient to have and they're A LOT less expensive too.
2006-07-02 11:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if this is your first tank i would not recommend salt water. i would only recommend salt water to some one who was very experienced and had alot of sucess with fresh water tanks. salt water fish are VERY expensive and hard to come by.fresh water fish can range from very cheap to quite pricy but they are much easier to come by. if you really want to go salt water, patience patience patience. get a frsh water tank for a year, even two, so you get the experience. then you can decide if you have the time, money, and even the interest to go salt. you have to be very passionate about fish to be able to handle the demands of a saltwater tank. good luck and enjoy your fish!
2006-07-02 19:21:00 · answer #4 · answered by 1 Hott Mami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt water aquarium.....it is more expensive and requires a lot of time but the fish is prettier to look at.
2006-07-02 11:53:13 · answer #5 · answered by Bekky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt water aquariums have generally more colorful fish, but freshwater aquarium fish are much less sensitive, and the water is more easy to mantain.
2006-07-02 11:53:04 · answer #6 · answered by DAVID C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well freshwater fish are best but if u can handle all the complicated things that goes with saltwater fish then u should enjoy they are wonderful. Freshwater does not have all the other things a saltwater fish need. So try fresh they can be delightful too.
2006-07-02 18:58:10 · answer #7 · answered by Sonja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fresh salt water you have 2 much time in takeing care make sure salt is right
2006-07-02 11:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by Harold T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
VERY VERY vague. In terms of aethetics, a reef tank is hard to match. But a nice planted tank http://www.aquariumdesigngroup.com/detected.php?page=&pass= , is great as well. For a beginner, neither are great, though a planted tank can be acheived. A reef tank requires tons of money. Metal halides, wet dry filters, protein skimmers, as well as a huge tank to start with, and electricity, and expense of organisms, add up to thousands.
A planted tank too is expensive. For a nice high tech one, specalty substrates, good lighting, fertilizers can also add up to high amounts. For me a good old planted tank is great, I can stock high, sell plant cuttings, and not worry about a $100 fish dying
For the fish, a freshwater tank is good until you get what a tank needs. Fish are cheaper and hardier, and can be stocked in higher densities.
2006-07-02 15:52:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Figure out what type of water the fish you plan on buying are being kept in, that way they will be used to the type of water you are giving. Keep in mind when buying fish that different breeds will kill eachother and that not all fish can handle cerain types of water. Good luck with all your fish!!!
2006-07-02 11:55:21 · answer #10 · answered by Melinda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋