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myLot reputation of 93/100. monica1216 (380)   ranked 321 out of 609 in fish 6 years ago

Have you ever tried to start up a salt water fish tank?

The fish are beautiful but keeping it algae free and beautiful has not been so easy for my husband and I. We have given up for the moment but may try again soon.

So...If you've had great success share your tips and or pictures of your fish and tank. I'd love to see your beautiful fishes!

 

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1. myLot reputation of 93/100. sproutz (232)   ranked 51 out of 609 in fish   6 years ago

We had a saltwater tank a while back but now it is long gone. I am not sure if ther eis a good solution in saltwater aquariums othe rthan just keeping on top of scrubbing it.

Good luck!

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2. myLot reputation of 90/100. my3busyboys (143)   6 years ago

I've never had a saltwater tank, just a freshwater one. And I've never been successful with that!

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3. myLot reputation of 94/100. sedel1027 (12989)   ranked 2 out of 609 in fish   6 years ago

You should make sure that your algae problem isn't coming from something you are not doing. My parents had a freshwater tank and they couldn't get rid of the algae. When they setup the tank, they didn't even think about how much sun it got (sunlight = rapid algae growth) and the realized that was the problem, they started closing the blinds when the sun shone on the tank. You may also want to see if there is a certain fish you can buy or chemicals. I know these exist for fresh water tanks, not sure about saltwater. You may be getting algae from your water source. I had a friend that was getting her saltwater from a local aquarium shop and always had algae. She switched the shop where she was getting the water from and her problem disappeared.

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4. myLot reputation of 92/100. Signal20 (1823)   ranked 45 out of 609 in fish   6 years ago

I agree with the sunlight post. Also, how long are the lights on in the tank? Usually it's not recommended more then 8 hours. Also, if you used sand, you need to get live sand or some certain kind of sand. Some sand used for freshwater tanks will cause an algae bloom in a salt water tank. I'm not real familiar with salt water tanks, I experimented with one, didn't work for me-tank was too small. Also, I believe if you use a UV filter, it will kill the algae and other unwanted organisms. Think it works for salt water tanks also-but you need to double check that. Oh, and they're expensive lol...

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5. myLot reputation of 76/100. mdzafaruddin (763)   ranked 605 out of 609 in fish   6 years ago

hummm never heard of it or tried it ...and i dont think that salt water fishes survives for a long time

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6. myLot reputation of 91/100. starr4all (2179)   6 years ago

We were debating on getting one. We have freshwater: one cichlid and one Tropical. We still want to have a salt water, but we're afraid it will take too much work to keep it up.

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