malik uddin
Member
Looking into setting up a community tank. Why is so hard? So many temperatures, alkalinity, flow and plants. I had a 300l reef tank, that was so much easier. All reef fish require the same conditions. I got my saltwater and ro delivered once a month for £40 all I had to do is take out 25l and dump in 25l once a week and test once a week. You might have to buffer certain things now and then, but all marine fish share the same parameters. Yes marine fish are more pretty, but that only peaks your interest for so long.
But freshwater is another animal. My marine tank leaked so I thought I would start a planted tank as a relaxing interim project. How wrong I was, there was nothing relaxing about it. It was just as exciting and challenging as the marine hobby and I have now decided to turn my marine tank into freshwater. If anything with the fish coming from all over the world rivers, lakes streams, water temperatures and chemistry, I am currently finding this hobby complex and fascinating. I wanted to throw a bunch of fish together in a community tank but was soon set right by members of ukaps community. I cannot have my cake and eat it! But I will have great fun along the way. Multiple tanks is the only way to go.
But freshwater is another animal. My marine tank leaked so I thought I would start a planted tank as a relaxing interim project. How wrong I was, there was nothing relaxing about it. It was just as exciting and challenging as the marine hobby and I have now decided to turn my marine tank into freshwater. If anything with the fish coming from all over the world rivers, lakes streams, water temperatures and chemistry, I am currently finding this hobby complex and fascinating. I wanted to throw a bunch of fish together in a community tank but was soon set right by members of ukaps community. I cannot have my cake and eat it! But I will have great fun along the way. Multiple tanks is the only way to go.