freshwater to salt?

Should I turn my freshwater 55 gallon into a saltwater tank?

I like the fish I have but I can only really have one big tank, and lately I've been getting into saltwater and it just seems really cool to me and a small 10 gallon tank would be harder to maintain than the 55 and I know I'd want to expand on it later... I've pretty much done all I can do with cichlids in the past and I think I'm ready to step up...

anyone think I should make the switch?

Its not that hard to switch as long as you have everything you need to start the salt tank. I felt the same way with the cichlids i had so i jumped ito the salty world for a while.

If you want to I think you should. I would get another tank and keep a FW so you don't have to choose between the 2. YOu can have both!

GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!
LMK if you have any Questions on anything;) ill help ya out bro!

I'll say go for it!!, and always go big!... Im like you im planning on going salty next year on one of my breeder tanks...

Go for it! Salt is very different and very cool! Glad I made the switch!

DOTIDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOITDOIT

Keep in mind, it gets expensive really fast though.

very quick

not if your a craigslistaholic!!!!!!!!
dude i can easily set up 2-3 sw tanks right now!!!!(i cant set them up right now though becuase im living in a tiny @$$ 1bdr place and i have NO ROOM FOR ANYTHING! i cant wait till i get a bigger place) all the equipment i have i spent like 50$ TOPS!! and nothing i have is cheap china or walmart brand sh!t iether lol
i have everything from metal halides to compact flourecant to chemicals rocks sand tanks pumps filter heaters etc........you just have to look! so if it gets expensive its on you lol

Alk that's total bs! FW cant even be done at that price

Man I have been scanning CL like crazy nothing there right now as soon as a deal hits if you are not the first E-mail....good luck..

Have fun with saltwater...alot of people have them just do not go to petco for help please...You can just give me $300 and save yourself the trip lol

J*Hawk*83 wrote:

Alk that's total bs! FW cant even be done at that price

ON MA MAMA CUZ!!!!!!!!!!
dude FW can be done with a glass bowl and tap water! DONE!!!!!!!!!!!
stuff i have for SW was either free from buddies in Long Beach or DIRT A$$ CHEAP!!!
gotta keep them eyes peeles son!

You are right, you can do a shoddy sw tank, that you dont want to show anyone for that price. But if you are talking about a real sw tank, no way in hell. My bulb cost more than 50 bux. How many sw tanks you have right now?

J*Hawk*83 wrote:

Alk that's total bs! FW cant even be done at that price

lol

dude i dont have any tanks in my house its too small! (read my post from earlier)
LOL shoddy!!!!!!!
DUDE!!!!! SERIRIOUS ISH!!!
go on nano reef!!! ppl are always having tank break down sale and are always getting rid of their cr@p for dirt cheap!
with all the equipment i have i can easily set up 3 tanks! at least 2 of em 20-25gals

i have a 150w "fishneedit" metal halide with a 14k ushio bulb (with an Extra 20kpheonix bulb) i got the dam thing for 20 bucks here in huntington beach!
what kind of bulb are you running? i know USHIOS AND PHEONIX BULBs aint cheap
bith only jad 2 months use


the other day some lady in riverside!!! i got 3 KORALIAS from her!
K nano rated for 425 gph
K evolution 1200gph
and a K750 750 gph FOR FREE!!!!!!!!! no bull stuff!
she bought a farm and wanted farm animals instead of fish! so BAM!

I read your previous post, but I was making sure. Its easy to say, oh it wont cost this much until you set the tank up. I did agree with you. You can have a tank for 50 bucks. It will be an empty, ugly tank. You have all that stuff which is about your 50 limit. So I take it no live stock, no inverts, no corals, no food?

Oh, my bulb is a dual 14k - 20k reefbrite, 250w mogul base MH.

Elrollo wrote:

Man I have been scanning CL like crazy nothing there right now as soon as a deal hits if you are not the first E-mail....good luck..

Have fun with saltwater...alot of people have them just do not go to petco for help please...You can just give me $300 and save yourself the trip lol

He's right. The lowest I've seen lr on co was $3/lbs and that was a few years ago. Now its $4 to $7 per lbs on cl. If you do score on cl you lucked out bigtime. I am always on cl and the few steals I found were gone within an hour of posting It.

lol i actually came up on a box full of "kent" chemicals and foods calcium magnesium and stuff
i helped a lady buy a fish tank off CL and it came with a bunch of SW stuff she didnt want the stuff so she gave it to me for helping her out!
im literally set! all i need is water and fish!
i have a bunch of rock and sand in my dads shed and everything else in under my 100g in my father in laws living room!
so once i find a bigger place ill most def will set up a SW tank! and i can asure you it wont be empty and ugly like you say sir!
just cant find any good deals on a house on CL

you must not know how much livestock costs. And, btw, you need a Clean up Crew that even for a nano tank, will run you more than 30 bux. But, you will find out when you buy your house and set a tank up.

of course! im not going into this hobby blind man!
iv been reading up on nano reefs for the past year and a half! and im still reading!
i know how to properly balance my bio load! i know the difference between lights!
i know what a CUC is etc if it was up to me i would have taken the plunge a while back (which i did! but we had to move! so i sold my livestock and corals)

post some threads up bro! it would sure help alot of ppl out!
especially since ther have been alot more ppl posting about thinking bout SW!
you know all bout this stuff right?

J*Hawk*83 wrote:

Oh, my bulb is a dual 14k - 20k reefbrite, 250w mogul base MH.

nice bulb by the way:)

I know alot about my SW stuff. I also know that 50.00 is not going to cut it unless you get an entire set up for that price, its not happening. Like I said b4, you cant even do a fw tank at that price unless its some miraculous hook-up. Getting stuff off CL is cool and dandy, but that shouldnt be your main source of supplies. That's how you introduce all kinds of stuff into your tank that will have you scratching your head and pouring chemicals into it; not to mention if the parts and stuff even work properly.

its one of my sources. not the only!
and all my stuff works! iv tested everything i bought or have recieved! exept the skimmer i got in that box of chemicals and food! that thing is funky as hell and i dont really plan on using it! i plan on goin skimmer less anyways on my nano when i start it again
i didnt say all you need is 50$ bucks and youll be good!
i just said that out of all the stuff i have i only spent bout 50$ if the dude looks hard enough hell find what he needs at a good price!
i didnt say "oh get 50$ and buy everything you need and with the change buy a couple onyx clown fish, and throw a maxima clam in their aswell...you should have enough!"
sheesh