Hi all
I just wanted to get people's opinions and views on the old freshwater Vs saltwater debate.
I currently have 8 aquariums and 2 ponds, one of which is a 5000L round pond housing a few Japanese koi.
1 of the 8 Aquariums is a 4ft by 2ft marine tank.
As much as I love the marine tank and especially the fish in it, I do believe that that are a long term setup that you can't tinker with top often unfortunately (best when left alone), but at the same time they require a certain amount of maintenance to keep running well. Mine is pretty low tech, with the most advanced gadget being a auto top off.
I rarely do water changes on the tank, and I do keep the auto top off topped up to keep salinity right when water evaporates.
Because Im a pretty lazy fish keeper at times, anything more than soft corals seem to struggle. Probably because I'm not keeping up with the water changes.
A massive negative I find is that very little in terms of growth, happens fast in the marine tank, and I'm sure if it was my only aquarium, that would all change when I spent more time on helping it thrive more.
And that's what I love about freshwater tanks is that they are always changing at a relatively fast pace, especially when they are planted. Fish are also much more reasonably priced, and setting up or changing a tank setup is so relatively easy in a freshwater aquarium. There's so many different ways to aquascape a freshwater tank and endless things or fish you can add to make the tank more interesting.
I have huge respect to those to can grow SPS corals in their reef tanks though, but I can imagine they don't have a load of other tanks they have to give their attention, money and time on.
Just my thoughts, what's your thoughts and opinions on this?
Thanks!
Aaron