| If you're thinking of getting into the fish keeping | | | | ensure that the most favourable living conditions are |
| hobby, the first question that will probably crop up is | | | | maintained for your plants and fish. |
| whether you should get a salt or fresh water tank. | | | | Even experts in salt water tank keeping attest to |
| Many people have the misconception that both types | | | | the intricacies involved in maintaining them. The cost |
| of tanks are just similar and it doesn't really matter | | | | to do so is a lot more expensive than fresh water |
| which you choose. There is actually a lot of | | | | tanks. The fish themselves can be quite costly to |
| difference between the two in terms of cost, | | | | purchase, although you do get a reward of very |
| upkeep and the knowledge needed for their | | | | beautiful and exotic colors that fresh water fish don't |
| successful maintenance. | | | | normally give you. Each salt water fish can cost |
| Salt water tanks are a lot more attractive than its | | | | anywhere between $50 to $100! And unless you are |
| fresh water counterpart, but they can be very | | | | quite confident about your skills in raising them, it |
| expensive and hard to maintain. Tropical salt water | | | | would be quite a risk to invest so much in something |
| fish come in very beautiful colors and so do the | | | | you haven't mastered yet. |
| corals and rocks you can grow in your fish tank. The | | | | The most sensible thing to do if you haven't had any |
| downside of these tanks is that they demand a lot | | | | experience in fish tank keeping is to start with the |
| of time and work. Constant cleaning and maintenance | | | | fresh water varieties. They are quite affordable and |
| of the tank environment is highly needed to duplicate | | | | very easy to maintain. Start with the smaller tanks |
| the conditions in which these creatures thrive at sea. | | | | and move on to bigger ones as you progress. And |
| You might need to change water in a salt water tank | | | | when you have developed the necessary skills to |
| weekly, which you normally don't need to with a | | | | raise and even breed some fish, you might be ready |
| fresh water aquarium. You also need to do constant | | | | to give salt water fish keeping a try. |
| check on salt and chemical levels in the tank to | | | | |