audithom

Hello and want to pre thank everyone for the pre-help I will recieve. I am a newbie to the fish keeping in most accounts. My sisters have all had there goldfish that they won. I watched them die in a few weeks..

Lately I have taken on responsibility of the 2 newest tanks in my house. 1 being mine, housing a razorback musk turtle. The other with a few simple freashwater fish. I recently got a really good deal on a tank that I am going to most likely move my turtle to. I want to make a saltwater tank out of the 29 gal that is housing my turtle. I am looking for some pointers on were to start.

I am going with FO or FOWLR. I was hoping to have a couple either cardnels, or damsels to start.

midnightwolf

i would start with the damsles they are quick colorful little fish that are great for saltwater beginners. although i do want to warn you that keeping a SW tank is much more work than a FW expecially if you want to have live corals. just make sure you know what your getting into.

audithom

I was reading and quickly realized what I was getting into... Still not sure what way I am going. I want saltwater but I def think I might just do fresh water until I have more money coming in... I just wanted to see what other people would have to say.

midnightwolf

if you wanted a SW because of all the color there are some georgus FW fish like fancy guppies and Dwarf Gouramis. hope you find what your looking for.

audithom

yea I think I am going to go with fw manly cause I am a little tight. I dont think I can afford the live rock, and all when I already have everything for the fw. Thanks for all the help and in site I have found on this site. PS I dont want guppies cause my turtle tank is being overwhelmed by how often they breed. Apparently he is not fast enough to catch them.

midnightwolf

oh, LOL well dwarf gouramis are beutiful and dont breed like Rabbits or guppies. LOL.

good luck, let me know if you need more help.

audithom

midnightwolf, i was looking on petco's website and was wondering if i was going to go with salt water which live rock is better, Fiji premium or could i co with a Caribbean. Also what is a good price per pound on live rock. Cause at one LFS they are selling it for 5.99/lbs.

midnightwolf

im afraid i dont know much about SW fish or corals but i wouldnt buy live fish from a chainstore. i bought 5 guppies from petco and its only been a week and four have come down with a desiese one of them had and now i only have one guppy