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02-21-2004, 11:49 PM | #1 |
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Salt water fish tank owners.
It is possible to make a good salt water tank from fresh water, and then adding something like Kent Marine Salt Mix? Or is it that simple?
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02-21-2004, 11:59 PM | #2 |
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fitration and lighting requirements are usually WAY different.. but it depends on exactly what you are wanting to do. If you are just wanting to put a couple finding nemo looking clownfish in there, then yeah, you probably could.
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02-22-2004, 12:00 AM | #3 |
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yeah, I just want 3 or 4 colorful little fish.
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02-22-2004, 12:24 AM | #4 |
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Hey Matt, Tong's on Warner/Magnolia sells filtered Catalina Sea water for $.35 a gallon. Its cheaper than getting/making RO water and salt mix. I prefer it.
You then just need to get some bacteria cultured. Here's an interesting read on fishless cycling. http://www.tomgriffin.com/aquamag/cycle2.html |
02-22-2004, 12:26 AM | #5 |
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Yeah, I was thinking that also, but I didn't know it was that cheap. Cool.
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I'm too tired to help you. But it's NOT easy if you want a good system. Well it IS easy if you do the research, which is NOT easy. I'm NOT hungry. I mean I am. |
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02-22-2004, 01:04 AM | #7 |
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Fresh water it is! I'm not THAT into it anyhow.
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02-22-2004, 01:09 AM | #8 |
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Yeah, freshwater is fun.
Except when your roommate thinks he can make a Guinness castle in your tank. |
02-22-2004, 01:10 AM | #9 |
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Fresh sucks man. The fish are all dumb and not colorful. JK, but I find fresh just sooo boring.
Hehe, I have mad puffers! But seriously, salt is not that hard if you're doing fish only. All you need is a decent mechanical filter and a skimmer if you keep meat eaters. Here's a good link to edumacate you. http://www.thereefweb.com/starting_a...right%20start. |
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I'm going to have to agree. If you're not willing to do the research than it's not for you. I had a beautiful 55 gallon saltwater tank. Anemone, clowns, corals, etc... I sold it before I moved.
But FYI, you can start a saltwater tank with a freshwater tank but the filtration is normally different. If you have bio balls, however, it would be a good start. It isn't totally necessary but for optimal lighting for the tank (to show off all the pretty colors) you're also going to want to get some higher wattage lights too. Those can be very expensive - most times more expensive than the tank and stand. I got a set of the JBJ Formosa Deluxes with 4x65w power compacts. -Jason Edit: lights. Sorry for the confusion. Last edited by avatarr; 02-22-2004 at 01:24 AM. |
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You don't need a wet/dry and pc's for a simple fish only tank.
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02-22-2004, 01:21 AM | #12 |
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Pic of my tank a couple years ago. Taken with a crappy camera so it's chopped together but you get the idea.
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I just got a wild hair up my ass because I bought a $27 tank from walmart.
I'll stick to goldfish. |
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I'm a big fan of the micro-reefs. They are amazing. One clown, some mushroom coral, a small PC light and a skimmer. Simply amazing to see.
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MY friend is totally into that, I should give him a call.
He has this book from Japan, on micro-reefs. Some of the setups in that book are simply amazing. |
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WETDRY POWER w/ BIOWHEELS Most el cheapo fresh water kits are mechanical, ie power filter kits, not wet/dry. I don't know anyone who runs a wet/dry system with a fresh water tank. |
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I was wondering what those were. My friend has a HUGE filter with a bunch of those.
I have one of those mini/10 filters. |
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You can setup a salt setup in that 10 gal tank easily. Get yourself a more powerful biowheel, such as a Emporer 280. Change your bulbs to actinic white bulbs. Use a rocky substrate and top it off with finer gravel and crushed shell which will give you a good buffer. Follow the fishless cycling. Then add your fish. Buy a saltwater test kit, a salinity tester, and some saltwater essentials additive. Enjoy. http://saltaquarium.about.com/ |
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I don't wanna get into a fish war but the effectiveness of wet/dry systems is highly debatable. |
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Live rock is good, but when all you've got is 10-20 gallons, thats precious water volume thats needed as a buffer.
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