smokn351

Go for it. but yeah takes alot more to set up and maintain marine over freshwater, but say that round here and you almost get shot lol, and god forbid dont say its more advanced either :lol:

In general, keeping saltwater fish is more expensive and more difficult than keeping freshwater fish. However, once established they do seem to be less demanding and water quality tends to stay better in tanks using live rock. Live plants perform similar (albeit to a lower degree) functions in water filtration in a freshwater aquarium. If you've been keeping freshwater tanks for some time now successfully the switch to saltwater should not be all that difficult. If you have the desire, the fortitude to do the necessary research before acquiring animals and aquarium equipment and the money necessary to run a saltwater aquarium, then by all means go for it! Once you get started you'll be wondering why it took you so long to get into the saltwater side of the hobby.

Hehe how much money you got... Ok.. forget everything you know about freshwater... marine is so much more advanced... ideally you want to drill the tank and put in an overflow so your taking the crap off the top of the water, protein/fats etc The more costly parts would be: Protein skimmer, auto top-up system, powerheads/wavemakers? for water movement, sump, Lighting ie: metal halide/T5 tubes? and lots of other small bits n pieces that all add up! you can buy quality German stuff that wont fall over and perform superbly and quietly Or you can go chinese which youll eventually throw in the bin and end up buying the german stuff anyway

I get my salt from these guys. $100(courier included)Crystal Sea Marinemix 600L, cant find cheaper than that. http://aquariumfx.shopnz.biz/catalog/in ... eb1b6c281c

Sounds fine, Give it ago, you wouldnt want to go any smaller than 60L though. And be prepared to get used to opening your wallet cause this hobby aint cheap! Once you go marine youll never go back! :bounce: