Marine Fish.... anyone keep them??
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As above getting bored with my tropical tank and having seen a friends Marine Tank it looks soooo much nicer, more colourful etc! He tells me they are no more difficult once the tank is set up, and if not easier to look after than tropical...
Does anyone have any experience with these? I have most of the gear to get me started already, just need the live rock, salt and sand!!
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Does anyone have any experience with these? I have most of the gear to get me started already, just need the live rock, salt and sand!!
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Cheers for the link mate
. I've seen a few really useful sites with advice etc but would rather get a hands on 'normal' persons opinion... I'm not a fish geek by any means but would like to be able to look after them myself!
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I looked at getting Marines, but apparently they are REALLY hard to look after, i.e little things like if your temp changes too much either way (say when the weathers hot, it will kill them, when cleaning them out the water temp has to be kept exactly the same whilst changing it....
Not sure how true all that actually is, its what i was told by a fish store when i went looking, and in all fairness they would have got more money out of me if i bought marines!!!!
I think it all depends how much time you have, if you have the time to look after them etc, then they are WELL worth it![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Reading that back its a pritty pointless post but im gonna post it since i typed it out
Not sure how true all that actually is, its what i was told by a fish store when i went looking, and in all fairness they would have got more money out of me if i bought marines!!!!
I think it all depends how much time you have, if you have the time to look after them etc, then they are WELL worth it
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Reading that back its a pritty pointless post but im gonna post it since i typed it out
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I have 2 filters, the correct filtration media, tank, heater, correct lighting. Its only a 30" tank so no need to protein filters really.....
Kim - some people say its hard others dont! Tropical are nice but they are so boring (colour wise). I have mainly red tailed sharks and are very active but not active enough for my liking!!!!!
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Kim - some people say its hard others dont! Tropical are nice but they are so boring (colour wise). I have mainly red tailed sharks and are very active but not active enough for my liking!!!!!
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A 'dead' tank is easy to maintaine, the only real difference is you have to maintain a salt level too, which isn't rocket science.. A 'live' tank, as in a reef tank (anaenomies etc., not just fish) is more complex..
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I think it depends on how much patience you have with all the different things you have to keep at a certain level....supose its only like keeping the PH on the tropical tanks at a constant level??
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Must admit tropicals aren't great colour wise....why not just get a small marine tank, and try your luck lol
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Must admit tropicals aren't great colour wise....why not just get a small marine tank, and try your luck lol
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Originally Posted by RSCossieKim
I think it depends on how much patience you have with all the different things you have to keep at a certain level....supose its only like keeping the PH on the tropical tanks at a constant level??
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Must admit tropicals aren't great colour wise....why not just get a small marine tank, and try your luck lol![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
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Must admit tropicals aren't great colour wise....why not just get a small marine tank, and try your luck lol
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Originally Posted by RSCossieKim
I looked at getting Marines, but apparently they are REALLY hard to look after, i.e little things like if your temp changes too much either way (say when the weathers hot, it will kill them, when cleaning them out the water temp has to be kept exactly the same whilst changing it....
Not sure how true all that actually is, its what i was told by a fish store when i went looking, and in all fairness they would have got more money out of me if i bought marines!!!!
I think it all depends how much time you have, if you have the time to look after them etc, then they are WELL worth it![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Reading that back its a pritty pointless post but im gonna post it since i typed it out![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
Not sure how true all that actually is, its what i was told by a fish store when i went looking, and in all fairness they would have got more money out of me if i bought marines!!!!
I think it all depends how much time you have, if you have the time to look after them etc, then they are WELL worth it
![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Reading that back its a pritty pointless post but im gonna post it since i typed it out
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