hi ive got tropical tank. now thinking of getting marine just after any info that can get as no1 round here knows much.?

how hard to maintain?

are fish very hardy?

rough price to set up?

cost of maintaining?

can u breed them?easy?hard? realy realy hard? haha

thanks

hey,

read this till your eyes fall out... Then read it again!! :lol:

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/basic-marine-starter-guide-vt23675.html

Cheers,

George

1.not very

2.yes,if you look after them

3.around $1000 per foot.can be done cheaper.

4.between 50-200 per month.approx

5.yes,really hard.

all my opinion,im sure others will disagree.

go for it.you wont regret it.but your wallet might. :lol:

how hard to maintain?

not hard to maintain just different, you'll need to test your tank more often than a freshwater tank to ensure your pH, alkalinity, magnesium and calcium levels are correct, you'll also need to dose for alkalinity, mag and calcium if you want to keep corals. If you keeping fish only then you don't need to worry about this stuff and just do water changes. the cost of maintenance is more than with a freshwater tank, you need to either buy your salt and make up your water, or collect it from the beach, you;ll need to buy your additives, most likely buy an ro/di unit for your water top offs, lights will cost more if you're wanting to keep corals, again if its only fish then its no more expensive than a FW tank.

are fish very hardy?

thats a tricky question, personally in the short time i've had marine i've had less problems with my SW fish than my FW fish but just ike a FW tank it depends on maintenance, health of your fish stock when you buy them, feeding etc. Fish are a lot more expensive than FW fish, around $80 - $120 for your standard fish (more for the really pretty ones, cheaper for the bog standard chromis etc)

rough price to set up?

if you can buy secondhand, it will save you a lot of $in the setup costs, of course the actual cost depends on what you want to put in it, how big you want the tank etc. Your important and costly parts of equipment are your skimmer, lights (if keeping corals), powerheads, tank

cost of maintaining?

Im guessing i spend around $20 a week on maintenance at a rough guess

can u breed them?easy?hard? realy realy hard? haha

thanks

really really hard, not like FW

Did you go to Deco City Pets in Napier?

like your answers swampy. to the point

1.not very

2.yes,if you look after them

3.around $1000 per foot.can be done cheaper.

4.between 50-200 per month.approx

5.yes,really hard.

all my opinion,im sure others will disagree.

go for it.you wont regret it.but your wallet might. :lol:

I agree.

Pretty much right, but $1000 per foot is really a fish only price. It will be more if you intend a reef tank.

My RSM, which I'll call a 2 foot, has cost me about $3500 per foot... so far... :-?

yep, I was going to put up a $ figure, but tend to get bashed for scaring people off on this forum when doing that, i.e. telling the truth!!

Just calculated our upgrade from 3ft to 5ft

is at over 5K not including livestock so approx 1k per foot I would say is very close to spot on .

Gonna stop keeping recipts now too scary

Our tanks cost probably $60 p/w including power and the fact we buy our top water at the mo,

Well worth it though

cheers every 1, julie will tri deco pets, jolliolli thts all awesome help some 1 told me big the easier to maintain for marine.ive got 250l tank at mo for fw. getting bigger 1 soon

the advantage of a bigger tank si that things like fluctuations in your levels will have less of an effect over a bigger volume. everyone always says go as big as you can afford

and dont skimp on any of the parts you buy, because you'll just end up buying the better one after a while anyway!

Patience is definatly the key

yea i need to find out all different parts ?(things) i need compared to fw tank cause every 1 round here tells me different things. with my fw i never need to put nething in levels always good change water once fornight at most n just vacum stones once week never lost any fish or had problems (touch wood)haha so never really looked into al things you can get

and dont skimp on any of the parts you buy, because you'll just end up buying the better one after a while anyway!

Patience is definatly the key

Main equipment you need

Tank

Skimmer

Powerheads for circulation

Heater

Optional - Sump (if you're running a sump, you'll need a return pump, plus a sump is nice to stick all your other gear in it ie skimmer, heater, return pump)

But is a tank "equipment"? :lol: :lol: :lol:

sure!

Ha Ha you are correct of course Jolliolli .

I was just thinking about this thread and having a bit of a giggle http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/will-t ... tml#315261 :lol:

ahhh yes i remember it welll

hey just wanted 2 say thanku to every1 for all there help its been awesome just trin to think of more questions. ha