I want to have a small salt water tank. I know they are dificult to handle but I really want to try. I need to know about how much the sand and equipment and fish will cost me.
Well, i have 2 fish tanks, I ha ve one 10 gallon goldfish tank ,and I have a 30 Gallon Tropical Fish Tank. The Tank itself would turn out to be 100 dollars. But if you want a saltwater tank, you will have to pay almost quadruple for Fish. You have to Buy the salts for the water.
You need to slide a piece of sheet metal behind your pipe prior to soldering. And if there is a little water in your pipe. Get a slice of bread, break in in small pieces and put it inside the pipe. push it in past were you are going to solder. And then quickly soldier the joint. The bread will keep the water away from your joint making it easier to solder. Bread dissolves once the water is turned back on. That is your tip of the day Gents. And or Ladies
Get a can of great stuff and spray a little behind the pipe. Enough that it expands out around the loose pipe. Or attach with brackets, wood and screws!
People who attempt nano reefs (saltwater small reefs) are generally VERY experienced. It takes a ton of work to maintain, and a ton of knowledge and experience, whih it doesn't sound like you have. Try a freshwater 20 gallon. There are many colorful beautiful freshwater fish, such as dwarf gouramis, and you can get fake coral and have it set up to look like saltwater. You will be preparing yourself for saltwate in the future. This is not something you want to just jump into. Beginners have trouble enough with freshwater, and saltwater is much much much more difficult. If you want to waste you money, go ahead. A 10 gallon saltwater will cost 300-500 dollars, nto including fish, and much more money monthly to maintain. You can get a freshwater tank for half that price, and minimal cost to maintain. And we're not talking about difficult to maintain here. We're talking about nearly impossible for someone new to the hobby. You could probably start out new with a much larger tank, but trying to start a small saltwater tank is just asking to be disappointed. You will waste so much money trying to fix things. Saltwater fish are usually a lot less resiliant than freshwater, so you really have no room for error. Add in a small tank, and well, one small mistake and all your fish die, you're out 100-200 dollars in starting up again, figuring out what you did wrong, etc. So I think if you want to try this 10 gallon saltwater thing, and you have 1000 dollars to totally blow, and you enjoy killing fish, go for it!
