New To Fish Keeping

[Stevedunn]

I am just about to buy a new tank, 5 or 6 ft but not sure if i should go for Tropical or Salt water Marine? 

 

[attibones]

Go tropical! Freshwater tropical tanks are the best. With a five or six foot tank, you'd have plenty of options for a gorgeous stocking, plus you'd have plenty of room to plant your tank. 
 
Only jellyfish and certain rays would make me go to the salty side. 

 

[sawickib]

What about mono rays atti? Haha and clowns, eels, and puffers would switch me over.
 
Its more a matter of how much money you would like to spend, if you want to spend 2 to 3 times as much then go marine 

if you want a cheaper but still very cool tank go tropical!

 

[madmonkey04]

Tropical as you have a wider range and you can put my fish in the tank and tropical is a lot more cheaper fish wise and food.

 

[Wills]

For me it depends on budgets - I set up a 20 gallon marine tank once and the set up costs were way in excess of what it cost me to set  up my 135 gallon 6 foot freshwater tank. I think I must have spent £150 on the second hand tank and stand, £90 on a new pump, £80 on more live rock, £50 on the clean up crew - at that point I sold up and stuck with freshwater
 
Wills

 

[squidneh]

I've always wanted to set up a 'mock' salt water tank. As in decorate it with fake corals, etc, and fill with colorful fish and eels.  Of course this wouldn't be anywhere near as beautiful as a real salt water set up, just something I would do if I had a spare tank laying around.
 
Personally I love planted freshwater tanks.  You can look up aquascaping on youtube, you can get some brilliant ideas from there.