| You may be new to fish keeping or you may be | | | | $40 to $100 for one fish. Unless you are |
| a veteran fish expert, either way, many people | | | | confident in your tanks water quality and your |
| still have questions about whether they should get | | | | own skills at fish keeping it is hard to gamble on |
| a salt water tank or a fresh water tank. Many | | | | buying a fish for that much money only to risk it |
| people also have misconceptions about upkeep for | | | | dying not soon after. |
| their fish tank. Make sure you read this article if | | | | Fresh water tanks are much easier to maintain |
| you are trying to decide between a salt water | | | | than salt water tanks but also need frequent |
| tank or a fresh water tank. | | | | maintenance and water quality testing. If you are |
| Salt water tanks are very beautiful thanks to the | | | | properly maintaining your fish tank, the inside of |
| colorful tropical fish that you can stock in it as well | | | | your tank should be a living, breathing ecosystem. |
| as some of the live, organic plants that can thrive | | | | A fresh water tank will need water changes but |
| only in salt water. The downside of salt water | | | | won’t be as negatively affected if you miss a |
| tanks is that they require a lot more maintenance, | | | | week or are out of town. I would recommend |
| cleaning and work to keep up. You can get by | | | | starting with a fresh water tank if you are new |
| with skipping your weekly water change on your | | | | to fish keeping so you can see exactly how much |
| fresh water tank but not so on your salt water | | | | work it is to keep a healthy fish tank. If you think |
| tank. You will need to constantly be checking and | | | | you are ready to move up than by all means |
| accessing the salt and chemical levels in your salt | | | | experiment with a salt water tank. I would |
| water tank to make sure that the environment is | | | | recommend one of the smaller, affordable 10 to |
| livable for your fish. For even the master fish | | | | 15 gallon salt water fish tank kits which come with |
| keepers a salt water tank can be a handful. | | | | all the materials and chemicals you need to start |
| Besides the slightly more expensive tanks and | | | | up your salt water tank and not a large fish tank |
| chemicals themselves, salt water fish can be quite | | | | until you have proven your skills. Above all, have |
| spendy. Some of the more beautiful and tropical | | | | fun and happy fish keeping. |
| salt water fish like blue tangs can cost upwards of | | | | |