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Roy wrote:
If you are on a restricted budget with little previous experience in fish keeping, marine tanks are not to be recommended. The technical setup is more complicated and expensive than fresh water, fish losses are likely to be higher. Nothing different than freshwater except for checking salinity...All other tests still need to be done like Nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia and PH......... The biggest difference is the absence of plants in sal****er tanks to aid in filtering and keep the setup stable (I know about algae, but that does not change my statement). In addition the filter setup is more complicated (protein skimmer). In addition, most salt water fishes are caught from the wild, often by using cyanide, which can destroy entire reef communities. Many fresh water fishes, especially the typical beginner fishes like neons or guppies, are bred in captivity. I don;t know where you come from but better than 70 or 75 percent of the fish sold in the shops here and at other places I frequent are all tank rasied and bred.......not taken from the wild. The few that are does not mean they use cyanide to catch them.... There are only about 20 species of sal****er fish that have been raised successfully in captivity, and even of these the vast majority is wild caught for financial reasons. And if you re-read my statement you will find that I never said _all_ sal****er fishes were cyanide caught. In fact that procedure is illegal, but still common practice. As Bert Brecht once wrote: First comes the food, then comes the morale. Why would he get more joy out of a freshwater than a sal****er. Because his fishes are more likely to survive longer. In addition, costs are considerably lower (I should know, as I have kept both). perhaps you were hindered, but its not hard unless your a real idiot......... Your tone is inappropriate here. BTW, could you please quote correctly, so the quotes and your answeres are distinguished. It makes things much simpler for all concerned. |
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