SaraC
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Newbee with a lot of bad advice from local pet store who would prefer to sell me something than advise me in fish keeping.
I started a 55 gal saltwater tank 10 weeks ago. I only intend to have fish, live rock, and sand. I now have invested A LOT of time and MONEY and have decided I do not have the unlimited deep pockets it is going to take to keep this thing going. I did not do sufficient research before diving in. I only took the advice of my lfs. Dummy Me.
Now to my question. (I have had a fresh water aquarium for 10 years no problems.) Can I keep the sand, live rock (approx. 5 lbs), and decorative coral and change over to fresh water or do I have to scrap the whole thing and go back to square one? I am hoping that the lfs will give me credit for my two clowns, 3 crabs and 1 turbo snail. Can I sell a used protein skimmer, power heads, ect.? I know my filter will work for fresh water so at least that wont be wasted.
Can I down size to a 10 gal with the fish and live rock I have and be successful? It seems it would be much cheeper to keep.
I have killed $88.00 worth of fish and spent $45.00 in medication trying to save them by treating my main tank because the lfs didn't think qt tanks were neccessary. After all this I found your web sight and It could have saved me a fortune in equip. ect.[/list][/code]
I started a 55 gal saltwater tank 10 weeks ago. I only intend to have fish, live rock, and sand. I now have invested A LOT of time and MONEY and have decided I do not have the unlimited deep pockets it is going to take to keep this thing going. I did not do sufficient research before diving in. I only took the advice of my lfs. Dummy Me.
Now to my question. (I have had a fresh water aquarium for 10 years no problems.) Can I keep the sand, live rock (approx. 5 lbs), and decorative coral and change over to fresh water or do I have to scrap the whole thing and go back to square one? I am hoping that the lfs will give me credit for my two clowns, 3 crabs and 1 turbo snail. Can I sell a used protein skimmer, power heads, ect.? I know my filter will work for fresh water so at least that wont be wasted.
Can I down size to a 10 gal with the fish and live rock I have and be successful? It seems it would be much cheeper to keep.
I have killed $88.00 worth of fish and spent $45.00 in medication trying to save them by treating my main tank because the lfs didn't think qt tanks were neccessary. After all this I found your web sight and It could have saved me a fortune in equip. ect.[/list][/code]