1 st time salt water

crazyfishchic · 05-11-2006, 12:28 AM

o.k I am wanting to get a salt water fish,that would be happy in a 55 gallon tank.and I will want something that is easy to a lil hard to breed.I currently have a brackish tank so i use to checking levels.Any good advice?Ty ,Heather

madman3000 · 05-11-2006, 01:49 AM

Well I have learned from my LFS that even though you do not need a protien skimmer, equipment is still very expensive and so are fish. I just am saying that it is expensive to keep a salt water tank unfortunatlly not very familiar with fish because I am a nano reef kind of guy. Personally I would choose to keep tangs along with inverts and mushrooms but you might rather a fish only tank, I don't know.

**TheOldSalt** · 05-11-2006, 02:38 PM

Well, if this is your first time with saltwater, then the difficulty in breeding probably won't be an issue for you. You'll see what I mean.

Dottybacks & Basslets would fit the bill quite nicely, though, as would Cardinalfish and smaller species of Clownfish.

The best advice I can give you is to read a bunch of books before you get started, such as:

The Conscientious Marine Aquarist by Robert Fenner
The New Marine Aquarium by Mike Paletta
Invertebrates by Anthony Calfo & Bob Fenner
Clownfishes by Joyce Wilkerson
Beginner to Breeder by Martin Moe
Breeding the Orchid Dottyback by Martin Moe

The first three will teach you all you need to know about setting up & running a tank and keeping the fish, and the next three will teach you how to breed them.

05-11-2006, 12:28 AM	#1
crazyfishchic Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 30 Posts: 9 User Feedback: (0)	1 st time salt water o.k I am wanting to get a salt water fish,that would be happy in a 55 gallon tank.and I will want something that is easy to a lil hard to breed.I currently have a brackish tank so i use to checking levels.Any good advice?Ty ,Heather __________________ 1- 55 gallon,3-30 gallons,1-10 gallon and growing !

05-11-2006, 01:49 AM	#2
madman3000 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 52 User Feedback: (0)	Well I have learned from my LFS that even though you do not need a protien skimmer, equipment is still very expensive and so are fish. I just am saying that it is expensive to keep a salt water tank unfortunatlly not very familiar with fish because I am a nano reef kind of guy. Personally I would choose to keep tangs along with inverts and mushrooms but you might rather a fish only tank, I don't know. __________________ I'm back: my old profile was madmatrixz3000 Tanks 30 gal fresh My Pride and Joy YoYo Loach 1 Female Blue Guarmi 6 Cichlids (4male 2female 1dead) 10 gal fresh 2 6in Albino Catfish 10 gal salt 1 maybe 2 Red mushroom 1 maybe 2 Verigated Green Coral 1 one-eyed clownfish (ouch) Dyme plant 1 Almost Dead Candy-Cane Coral

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TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,083 User Feedback: (5)	Well, if this is your first time with saltwater, then the difficulty in breeding probably won't be an issue for you. You'll see what I mean. Dottybacks & Basslets would fit the bill quite nicely, though, as would Cardinalfish and smaller species of Clownfish. The best advice I can give you is to read a bunch of books before you get started, such as: The Conscientious Marine Aquarist by Robert Fenner The New Marine Aquarium by Mike Paletta Invertebrates by Anthony Calfo & Bob Fenner Clownfishes by Joyce Wilkerson Beginner to Breeder by Martin Moe Breeding the Orchid Dottyback by Martin Moe The first three will teach you all you need to know about setting up & running a tank and keeping the fish, and the next three will teach you how to breed them.

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