Marine Versus Tropical

[fishygreek]

Hi All,

I am new to this forum so HI.

I am setting up a new fish tank soon, the measurements are 240cm (W) * 80cm (H) * 60cm (D).
I am torn between a tropical setup, which i already have on a smaller scale or to pay some extra on the marine setup.

If i do choose marine, how much more would it cost maybe in approx percentage?

Fishy Greek

 

[5teady_2012]

Hi, welcome to the forum,

if i was you, i would post this same thread in the marin section, thye will help you more over there as they know exactly what you need to know

 

[puppyjess123]

Freshwaters easier and i prefer smaller fish but hey do what you wanna do!

 

[fishygreek]

I would love to go marine, but im a bit bothered about the expense and the fact they are a bit more advanced than FW tanks.

Hi Steady

I just read another thread on this site, and marine seems to be alot more expensive, my new tank will be very big and we will need alot of rock, and that could end up a bit dear.

With about 1000 litres of water is there anything i have to consider ?

FG

 

[Corleone]

I agree with 5teady, not many of the marine keepers stray into the newbie sections of the forum regularly.

Anyway, if you go fish only or fish only with live rock, the setup isn't that much more - a bit of added equipment and the cost of salt, plus the fact that livestock is more expensive. The real costs start to stack up when you need massive lighting and rows of powerheads for corals.

What kind of tropical setup do you have? If the costs do look too high, you could try African cichlids, oddballs, even a brackish tank, or even just different tropicals, which would be substantially different without going whole hog on marine.

 

[fishygreek]

I agree with 5teady, not many of the marine keepers stray into the newbie sections of the forum regularly.

Anyway, if you go fish only or fish only with live rock, the setup isn't that much more - a bit of added equipment and the cost of salt, plus the fact that livestock is more expensive. The real costs start to stack up when you need massive lighting and rows of powerheads for corals.

What kind of tropical setup do you have? If the costs do look too high, you could try African cichlids, oddballs, even a brackish tank, or even just different tropicals, which would be substantially different without going whole hog on marine.

Hi All,

Doing a little reading, maybe im not ready for the cost and the learning of a marine set up.

I like the tropical, so i might aswell stick with it.

With approx 1000 litres what sort of pump & heater should i consider?

The back, bottom & (if possible top because of lighting) will be insulated..

FG

 

[BigC]

From an oldie who's recently crossed over to the dark side.
Basically if you've got lodsa wonga to waste then go for marine, believe me its expensive and you need to be ahead of the game and clued in to everything thats going on in and around your aquarium. One thing goes wrong and an expensive catastrophe awaits not for the faint hearted. IMHO
Tropical freshwater is much more forgiving and you can tailor you budget a lot easier.
Regards
BigC

 

[CFC]

For freshwater you usually want roughly one watt per litre for heating (presuming you live in England) but since you are insulating the tank you might get away with less heat, and around 4 or 5 times the tank volume per hour being turned over by the filtration, so you would be looking at 2 or 3 x300w heaters and at least two large canister filters with a flow rate of 2000lph each which means you would be looking at the big boys of the filter world like the Eheim Pro 3 series or the Fluval FX5. Another option would be a large sump with wet/dry filtration where you can get away with less of a flow rate (down to only 3x volume per hour) but if you are new to fish keeping as a whole then a sump probably isnt the easiest way to go.

 

[fishygreek]

I am definately going to go for a tropical tank..

for 1000+ Litres tank what should Filter & Heater & Pump should i consider?