?marine Tank....tropical Tank....?
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there isnt a big difference, most marine tanks fall into the category of tropical. Tropical means a fish tank that the temperatures are kept in tropical conditions (78-85). Tropical can be fresh or marine.
Marine tanks are saltwater tanks
Marine tanks are saltwater tanks
yup tropical = freshwater. and marine = salt water. tropical are VERY easy to keep though as the water doesnt need checking for salt levels etc etc they can live in quite dirty water for quite a while. but if you look at the amazon its not hard to see why
Ian H
Fish Herder
ignore that statement, thats like saying you dont have to clean a rabbit out for a couple of months
but yeag marine fish are salt water with things like clown fish, tangs ect (like the finding nemo fish) and tropical are freshwater fish that are kept in warm water. the marine fish are ALOT more vibrant and colourful and you can have corals ect in there too. But generally they take more work.
If your thinking of getting any kind of fish make sure you look up how to do a fishless cycle
tropical doesnt technically mean freshwater, its just more commonly found to be incorrectly assumed to be freshwater. Tropical shows what part of the world something is from, well self explanatory, tropical fish come from tropical regions, both fresh and saltwater. And please dont ever say freshwater fish are more hardy and/or can live in dirtier conditions, look at the amazon, may be muddy, black (from tannins which is good for them) but that doesnt nessicarily make it "dirty". Freshwater fish actually should be getting more water changes and bigger water changes. The best number is 50% weekly for freshwater fish.
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Aphotic Phoenix
Fish Addict
For the purpose of this forum "tropical" is warm freshwater.
I don't agree with that statement. There are some amazingly colorful freshwater fish in both the Cichlid and Killifish families....for example:
Marine tanks do on average cost a lot more in comparison to freshwater tanks. Of course it does heavily depend on what you are trying to do, how good you are with do-it-yourself projects, and how lucky you are with shopping around. For example, a heavily planted freshwater tank could in theory cost more than a FO marine tank...but in comparison to a reef tank the reef tank is gonna cost more by far.
Personally I think marine and freshwater tanks each posses different appealing aspects.
I don't agree with that statement. There are some amazingly colorful freshwater fish in both the Cichlid and Killifish families....for example:
Marine tanks do on average cost a lot more in comparison to freshwater tanks. Of course it does heavily depend on what you are trying to do, how good you are with do-it-yourself projects, and how lucky you are with shopping around. For example, a heavily planted freshwater tank could in theory cost more than a FO marine tank...but in comparison to a reef tank the reef tank is gonna cost more by far.
Personally I think marine and freshwater tanks each posses different appealing aspects.
Lynden
a "fish hater"
Though I never got into marine "for the colours", I would have to say that the majority of reef fish are a great deal more colourful than most freshies.
I find marine way more interesting than freshwater (though their are some pretty fricken sweet freshwater "oddballs"). For one, it seems to me that marine fish are "more evolved" than freshwater... the majority seem more intelligent than freshies, and there are so many examples of symbiosis. Indeed the reef is a "pinnacle of evolution" (as are the tropical rainforests), combining ornamentally suitable life forms of nearly all phyla (with freshwater you're basically stuck with just fish and a few snails, shrimp and clams) with organisms that are akin to those present in the Cambrian period. The reefs are matched only by the tropical rainforests in diversity, complexity and spectacularity.
I also find marine aquaria easier to keep than freshwater (mostly because the dirt seems to pile up so much faster), and in my opinion corals are so much easier to grow than plants. Really the only downsides as I see it are the expense and the fact that cyanobacteria grows so much easier in saltwater...
I find marine way more interesting than freshwater (though their are some pretty fricken sweet freshwater "oddballs"). For one, it seems to me that marine fish are "more evolved" than freshwater... the majority seem more intelligent than freshies, and there are so many examples of symbiosis. Indeed the reef is a "pinnacle of evolution" (as are the tropical rainforests), combining ornamentally suitable life forms of nearly all phyla (with freshwater you're basically stuck with just fish and a few snails, shrimp and clams) with organisms that are akin to those present in the Cambrian period. The reefs are matched only by the tropical rainforests in diversity, complexity and spectacularity.
I also find marine aquaria easier to keep than freshwater (mostly because the dirt seems to pile up so much faster), and in my opinion corals are so much easier to grow than plants. Really the only downsides as I see it are the expense and the fact that cyanobacteria grows so much easier in saltwater...
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