New + saltwater
Hello fellow fish lovers,
I have questions about saltwater tanks (and I though this topic would make for some good discussion since there isn't much going on in the community yet? :O).
They take quite a lot of effort to keep, due to the maintainance of a good salt level, yes? I have heard that bascially, the smaller the tank, the more frequent the salt checks have to be. I could see how that would work, I suppose, it seems that for all types of tanks, the smaller it is the more difficult it is to maintain water quality.
->So, approximately how many times a day would, for instance, blue_celery have to check her salt level in the 24 gallon tank?
->What a bout a 50 gallon?
->A 100?
->How much difference would having a 50 tall compaired to a 50 wide make?
->Are there things you can do to your salt water tank to make the salt levels more stable?
->Am I missing something here? Does the addition of aquarium salt make the pH difficult to maintain as well and the like?
Well, have fun with those questions. :) I'm really just currious as to your opinions (or facts) on the matter so if you rather me look up the answers and post them, that's okay~!
As some background to the questions, I work at a pet store with a salt water section, the system being around 2000 gallons (so I'm told). We check the salt levels once or twice a day, and the salt level fluctuates in that time, so I thought that if we have to check a 2000 gallon system twice a day for the salt level, how often would you have to check a 50 gallon, 20 times or something? That can't be right. Perhaps it has to do with how much surface area there is, as well.
Saltwater aquariums are such a mystery to me... Which is too bad, because I always get questions about it. (You know,
*'Mommy I want the Nemo fish!!'
~'Well lets just ask the lady how much Nemo costs. Excuse me, how much does this one cost?'
-'He's $34.99. Do you have a saltwater aquarium set up at the moment?'
~'...A what?'
*'Mommy I want Dorry, too!')
I have questions about saltwater tanks (and I though this topic would make for some good discussion since there isn't much going on in the community yet? :O).
They take quite a lot of effort to keep, due to the maintainance of a good salt level, yes? I have heard that bascially, the smaller the tank, the more frequent the salt checks have to be. I could see how that would work, I suppose, it seems that for all types of tanks, the smaller it is the more difficult it is to maintain water quality.
->So, approximately how many times a day would, for instance, blue_celery have to check her salt level in the 24 gallon tank?
->What a bout a 50 gallon?
->A 100?
->How much difference would having a 50 tall compaired to a 50 wide make?
->Are there things you can do to your salt water tank to make the salt levels more stable?
->Am I missing something here? Does the addition of aquarium salt make the pH difficult to maintain as well and the like?
Well, have fun with those questions. :) I'm really just currious as to your opinions (or facts) on the matter so if you rather me look up the answers and post them, that's okay~!
As some background to the questions, I work at a pet store with a salt water section, the system being around 2000 gallons (so I'm told). We check the salt levels once or twice a day, and the salt level fluctuates in that time, so I thought that if we have to check a 2000 gallon system twice a day for the salt level, how often would you have to check a 50 gallon, 20 times or something? That can't be right. Perhaps it has to do with how much surface area there is, as well.
Saltwater aquariums are such a mystery to me... Which is too bad, because I always get questions about it. (You know,
*'Mommy I want the Nemo fish!!'
~'Well lets just ask the lady how much Nemo costs. Excuse me, how much does this one cost?'
-'He's $34.99. Do you have a saltwater aquarium set up at the moment?'
~'...A what?'
*'Mommy I want Dorry, too!')