would like to get a salt water fish tank is there much work involved thanks?

Answer 1

Actually the real work-load involved with a saltwater tank can be very low,as far as the maintenance is concerned.
How ever the work to be done before you acquire the tank and the fish can be formidable.This involves careful and thorough research,lots of reading, several books,and a whole new level of understanding about fish keeping. Doing this research will save tons of time and money in the long run.
Also, once up and running, the work-load can be lightened with money,some of the more expensive equipment can reduce the time spent tinkering around with the tank. What sort of equipment will become clear as you do the research. There are lots of decisions to be made,and having a complete understanding of the working of a Marine aquarium is the best basis for making them.
A word of advice,don't take advice from people who have something to sell,the big pet stores contain sales persons,not fish keepers.
Read first,get an understanding of what you need,why you need it, and how you will use whatever it is you finally decide upon. Become an expert before you buy anything,and your experience will be a good one. Hope you don't find this discouraging,and best of luck. ----PeeTee

Answer 2

I have a 110 gallon saltwater set up for about 20 years and it's not that hard to keep up. once you set the tank up, do the water change of 25% every 5 to 6 weeks. clean the glass to keep it from getting to much algae build up on the glass, and change the light bulb 2 times a year. don't feed the fish to much once in the morning once at supper time. bye a timer for the light to turn on and off when you are home and up to watch the fish. you don't wont the light on all day.get some kind of filter system a canister or over the back or a bio filter system and clean the filter system 3to4 times a year depends on the tank size and how many fish you get. when you do the water change make sure that you check the saltwater level it should be the same or close to the same, the water temp also. it will give the fish to much of a shock and stress the fish out if there's a big change. I keep my water temp at about 75 degrees and the salt level at1.021 to 1.024 remember don't bye to much fish for the tank or it will take more work you will have to clean it more often. i feed my fish flake food in the morning and frozen food in the evening like krill, brine shrimp, blood worms, squid,give them a variety.

Answer 3

And of course I dissagree with the previous answers when it comes to equipment costs. A 30 gallon salt tank is no more expensive than a fresh other than salt and hydrometer costs. In a 30 gallon stocked properly, you do not need a protein skimmer at all.

Weekly water changes and cleanings are a must however. As with fresh water. the type of fish, rock or corals will determine how much work will be involved with the tank. the more delicate items the little more work. A fish/invert tank requires about 20 minutes once a week and water testing every few days while new.

Once the tank is established, The cleaning time will be cut in half.

I have both salt and fresh and prefer the salt (maintenance and work wise) than the fresh.

Salt fish do not produce the same type of waste that fresh water fish do, so there is no vacing out fish poo from the bottom of the tank. Also, if you add a seasquirt, they clean the tank for you since they actually eat pollutions like nitrates and fish protein wastes.

Good luck with your new salt tank!

Answer 4

I second the answer above mine. It takes us about 20 minutes every couple weeks to maintain our 55gallon salt tank. The actual issue is in the initial setup. It can run you about $700-800 to set up a 55 gallon salt tank properly the first time. This includes the tank, stand, filter, protein skimmer, u/v sterilizer (optional), gravel (we use live sand), live rock and starter fish (normally damsels). If you take it slow, let the tank cycle according to recommendations and don't add fish too quickly, put too many in or feed too much it really isn't all that tough. We do monthly water changes and test our water once a week and the only other chore is occasionally scraping algae off the glass and changing filter pads. Once every 6-8 months we replace our lighting as it wears over time and that's really about it!
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Answer 5

i've got been given a 14 gallon salt tank whilst i began. they say placed the sand in and get the water and salt waiting up. run the clear out for an afternoon. then put in stay rock. wait a million-2 weeks and placed a million or 2 damsel fish in. wait a million-2 greater weeks. then you definately ought to be waiting. Oh! additionally, do no longer save your lights furnishings on for greater effective than 8 hours an afternoon MAX! i went to college and got here domicile after artwork (14hrs later) and that i ended up having a extensive algae situation and as quickly as the fish all died, i desperate to attend to restart it up back. yet once you keep the lights furnishings on 8 hrs or much less an afternoon, you ought to no longer have that situation! solid success and characteristic exciting!