i have a question

so i have a 55gal tank and im undecided on as to convert to a saltwater, currently it isnt anything but i have a 20gal fresh tank and i thought about putting those fish in the 55gal. any ideas lol?

I would say make the 55 gallon a Saltwater and sell the 20gallon ...Get a 55 gallon or bigger and put some Africans in it.

Where are you from? What fish are in your 20?

so what should i do with my freshwater fish i already have in my 20gal

what do you have in it?

waller tx. i have a tiger pleco and a blue paradise

Hmmm Well the pleco you could put with the cichlids but im not so sure about your blue paradise.

hmmmmm, idk ive had the paradise for 3yrs

Yeah they are pretty to. You could always just keep the 20 for him and get a 55 for Africans!

you sell africans dont you?

How did you guess

I vote move what you have in the 20g to the 55g and go from there... Possibly a community setup

id say go salt, it is much easier for salt to be in a 55 than a 20. the water stays way more stable, thats why you see such large reef tanks so often, the bigger the tank, the mores stable the tank will be which means the less amount of amonia spikes etc. if you do decide to go salt, i would not start with anything under a 50 and i recommend longer/wider than tall due to the large surface area which make a difference in salt

I agree anything under 55G for salt is going to be a pain in the @$$

id make the 55 a reef tank and the 20 a "show" refurgium/sump

I say 55 reef witha 20 gal show refurgiom/sump that would look really nice!

i sayy 55 salt (of course i am selling my 55 that i was using for a saltwater tank until i moved up to the 90 )