Tropical or Freshwater Fish in an Aquarium in a 60L BiOrb Tank?

Question

Is it personal taste ? Colours,tank size etc or is one type more easier to maintain.

Answer 1

Tropical fish can include freshwater and saltwater.

Your choices are Marine, tropical freshwater, coldwater freshwater, or brackish.

If you haven't kept fish before then you should start with freshwater. Tropical gives you the widest variety of fish to choose from.

If you haven't bought the BiOrb yet I strongly urge you to reconsider getting a normal shape tank - the old fashioned rectangular design is the best use of space, providing more room for fish, more surface area for oxygen exchange, and a clearer view then the warped one a round tank gives you. If you already have the BiOrb, or stubbornly want to buy one anyway, then it will work out well enough, you'll just be much more restricted in the fish you can keep.

Bigger tanks are easier to maintain - they can go longer between water changes and offer more water stability then smaller. Plus there is obviously more room for fish - considering the room they have to live in the wild, responsible fish keepers want to offer as much as possible in the home too. I don't recommend anything less then 75 litres or so once you're doing it - the price and floor space difference between this and nano tanks is negligible.

Answer 2

if i had a bioorb, i'd sell it on ebay and buy a real tank. hehe.

tropical and freshwater are the same thing, the tropical/coldwater refers to the temperature of the tank, the freshwater/saltwater/brackish refers to the amount of salt in the water, basically.

but 60l bowl shaped tank isn't really adequate for a lot of "coldwater" fish (most, other than goldfish (which grow too large for a 60l) are sub-tropical and not strictly coldwater). and if you don't have a heated biorb, the fluctuating temperatures of an unregulated tank would be the death of many other more sensitive fish.
(not to mention the crappy filtration in a bioorb and the fact you can only stock mid-swimming fish as the bottom and top of the tanks are too narrow and small for fish that occupy those areas, and fish "disappear" and die in the weird substrate of biorbs)

i keep tropicals, there's more variety available in the stores, and the only real difference is a heater. the other general maintenance is the same.

Answer 3

I personally wouldnt buy a biorb tank, the rectangle ones are much better. If you havent kept fish before i would do a bit of research. I started of with tropical and have now got marine. Dont over load your tank with fish when you first set up, give it time to mature, over loading can do more harm than good.

Answer 4

identity bypass with encyclopedia yet thats probs because of the fact ive had a fish tank on account that i replaced into 8 or 9 and im 15 now and that i understand each thing you want for tanks soo if your experienced identity bypass with encyclopedia yet whilst your a begginer the freshwater for dummies.

Answer 5

personally i'd recommend tropical as you can buy more fish and they are generally more colourful and easier to maintain.
as a genral rule with coldwater it is 1gallon of water to each inch of fish whereas tropical is 2-3 inchs per gallon.

Answer 6

Listen to Ghapy and cat on this one regarding bio orbs. "Tropical" is used to designate warmer water temperatures (76-82) as opposed to "temperate" (75 and below). The term as it's used in fishkeeping has no relationship to salt concentration.

Answer 7

Neither its not natural for any fish to swim around in circles you can get some lovely small aquariums which are much better for your fish

Answer 8

well the question do you want low matinee fish (cold water) or high maintain (tropical fish) from there you can go forward but in my own option is cold water fish have more personality.