Are saltwater aquariums harder to take care of

There are a couple of you that have veeeeeered way off track.

There is more diversity in saltwater (since the world is like what, 75% water) than there is in freshwater. Bar none. No arguing that. We are STILL discovering what is in the oceans and then there are some things we won't discover till we have the technology to get down that far. So as for biodiversity, saltwater wins. So shut up.

Freshwater is pretty simple. Fill up the tank, make sure the ph is right and throw in some fish. Do some water changes and your set. Freshwater is easy. There is no question there.

Saltwater is what you make of it. At first glance it seems very difficult. However, if you RESEARCH and read all you can it is not very difficult at all. There are some things that are different tho. You have to make sure salinity is right, ph, ca, alk, no, ni and all that fun stuff. Plus lighting is key as well. Once all that is in place, you do water changes and check your parems and your golden. I wouldn't say it is harder, I would say there is more work involved. Plus it is expensive no matter how you slice it.
 
Freshwater is pretty simple. Fill up the tank, make sure the ph is right and throw in some fish. Do some water changes and your set. Freshwater is easy. There is no question there.
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Ever kept a planted tank? Sounds like not.
 
The algae in my Fresh water pool is much harder to remove than the junk in the Salt water tank As of yet I’m unable to find some inverts that will do the job I would say I spent far more time maintaining the Fresh water algae tank than the salt water rock tank with some wish and lots of inverts to keep it clean. :dive:
 
Raskolnikov said:
You don't need to clarify that the worlds oceans are habitable in total, that was the basis of my reference to differing biodiversity in both systems. By comparing habitable volumes of water, marine systems dwarf freshwater systems by far. Saltwater composes roughly 96.5% of the water on this planet, and the entirety of it is hospitable to fish as a whole. Take the remaining 3.5% that is freshwater, and take into consideration that most of it is not habitable by fish, being locked up in the ice caps and groundwater. Lakes, rivers, and swamps really only compose about .015% of the water on earth, yet roughly 40% of known fish species inhabit this tiny percentage of water.

I'd like to add that your dismissive tone and apparantly unfounded doubting of present facts isn't conducive to fruitful conversation, so I guess here is where it ends.
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Did not know that I didn't have the right to doubt your claims in which you list no source.Your belittling of my skeptism is just pure frustration of being incorrect and not being able to prove it with a source. I agree about your numbers pertaining to volume of water vs saltwater but if we were to list a list of fish species, saltwater would be much longer then freshwater. OG is wrong in the fact that just about any saltwater or freshwater fish can be kept if the right environment is matched.......... Seaworld.
 
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That's the point--FW, BW, or SW can all be very complicated, or fairly straight forward and easy. Saying that a FW tank is just a matter of filling the tank and adding fish is oversimplification in the extreme--and exactly the attitude that makes SW tanks out to be some rich, compelling, complex journey to a higher plane--nonsense!
 
corriewf said:
OG is wrong in the fact that just about any saltwater or freshwater fish can be kept if the right environment is matched.......... Seaworld.
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And somehow that is an applicable response to someone asking if a home SW tank is hard? Keep stretching, chum...
 
mogurnda said:
Ever kept a planted tank? Sounds like not.
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Yeah, I have. Its pretty simple. Anything can be complex depending on how far you take it. Besides, this thread is to compare salt vs fresh.

Not salt vs fresh water planted.

It doesn't matter what anyone says, there will always be a "freshwater grouppie group" that will say OMG freshwater is soooooo hard and it just makes me sweat like richard simmons while I am sweatin to the oldies (that guy is a hunk by the way) and chowing down on a big ol bucket of KFC!
 
3lawssafe said:
Yeah, I have. Its pretty simple. Anything can be complex depending on how far you take it. Besides, this thread is to compare salt vs fresh.

Not salt vs fresh water planted.

It doesn't matter what anyone says, there will always be a "freshwater grouppie group" that will say OMG freshwater is soooooo hard and it just makes me sweat like richard simmons while I am sweatin to the oldies (that guy is a hunk by the way) and chowing down on a big ol bucket of KFC!
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MMMMmmmMMMmm KFC is hawt.... Yeah freshwater people just make it hard if it is hard. Even a simple saltwater tank is complex. See the difference.

Saltwater ---- no modds = complex

Freshwater ---- have to be modded = complex

freshwater ---- no modds = look at the goldfish
 
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