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I'm soooo jealous of all of you that have saltwater tanks! I'd really like to set one up some day...maybe? I just have little freshwater tanks 
20 gallon: 2 pristella tetras, 2 flame tetras, 1 painted platy and fry, 6 ghost shrimp, 2 female bettas (Athena, and Alectrona) 6 gallon (Fluval Edge): breeding tank, 1 cherry barb5 gallon (Fluval Chi): 1 double-tail male betta (Sephora) 2 gallon: 1 red male vieltale betta (Balboa) 2 gallon (Fluval Spec): 1 male halfmoon betta(Shawano)30 gallon: 2 fantail goldfish, 1 pleco Future Tank (far away future...): 75 or 100 gallon planted tank with 6-8 discus (undecided types of them), a school of red phantom tetras, some loaches, a pair of rams, and a school of rummy nose tetras
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| Once you have a good handle on freshwater tanks, it's really not that big a leap to a saltwater one, just more expensive LOL
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I think (IN MY OWN OPINION) that once the marine tank has been set up it is easier to maintain than a fresh water tank. And yes it costs a fair bit more than fresh.
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| Just remember Daisymay, just like freshwater aquariums there are sooo many facets to saltwater. some things may be more expensive but you don't have to start out by spending thousands of dollars to become a successful aquarium keeper. I think most of the basics are the same wether you are doing freshwater or salt such as routine maintenance and such. Bri
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leobayr (8/26/2011)
I think (IN MY OWN OPINION) that once the marine tank has been set up it is easier to maintain than a fresh water tank. And yes it costs a fair bit more than fresh. I know your a huge fan of saltwater, but no way is it easier than a freshwater unless you compare a hard to keep freshwater and a super easy to maintain salt. The adding salt to water before water changes as opposed to not doing that to freshwater precludes that. i REALLY wish I could just hook my Python Clean-and-Fill to the sink and refill the salt tank directly like I can my cichlid tank. That said, saltwater is not as hard as most people who have never tried it think. Just takes a little more patience or planning.
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I like saltwater tanks alot also. I wish to have a saltwater tank up and running one day my self. Just right now I'm having to much fun with all my planted aquariums.
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LOL. I didn't think anyone would respond to this random post  Well thanks everyone!
20 gallon: 2 pristella tetras, 2 flame tetras, 1 painted platy and fry, 6 ghost shrimp, 2 female bettas (Athena, and Alectrona) 6 gallon (Fluval Edge): breeding tank, 1 cherry barb5 gallon (Fluval Chi): 1 double-tail male betta (Sephora) 2 gallon: 1 red male vieltale betta (Balboa) 2 gallon (Fluval Spec): 1 male halfmoon betta(Shawano)30 gallon: 2 fantail goldfish, 1 pleco Future Tank (far away future...): 75 or 100 gallon planted tank with 6-8 discus (undecided types of them), a school of red phantom tetras, some loaches, a pair of rams, and a school of rummy nose tetras
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Aw! Don't call your tanks "just freshwater". 
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90 gallon community with Honduran Red Points and Rosy Tetras
30 gallon with breeding pair of Gold Angels
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7.9 gallon Red Cherry Shrimp only
30 gallon with breeding pair of Honduran Red Points
Various grow-out tanks
A few other small tanks with a bit of this and that
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| When you all say saltwater is more expensive, how much more expensive are you talking about? I've always been scared away from saltwater because I hear it's expensive, but I've never really done the research on how much it has to be. Are you talking about reef tanks or salt in general? I can't see a fish-only being too expensive...
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| An "expensive" freshwater fish is a "cheap" saltwater one. If spending over 20 dollars for a "cheap" fish sounds too much, that's what we mean. You can set up a salt tank, fish-only, with not too much more expense than a freshwater one depending on how you set it up. The fish is generally what people refer to when they say it's more. 40 dollars is not that unusual for a good saltwater fish.
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