Marine Fish Tank

Colorful marine fish tank stocked with tangs and coral.

Colorful marine fish tank stocked with tangs and coral.

It’s tough to beat the captivating mix of beauty, motion and colors that a marine fish tank brings to a home or office.

I remember the first time I saw a marine fish tank. It was on a trip to the Coney Island Aquarium with my grandparents when I was around 5 years old. I was immediately taken by the amazing display of tropical saltwater fish in the tank.

The vibrant colors of the fish and their unique shapes were unlike anything I had ever seen before. I stood there for what seemed like forever mesmerized by the constant swirl of colors in motion as the fish darted around through their few hundred gallon home.

Those days, seeing a saltwater tank was not as common as it is today. In fact, that tank, with it’s fake coral and decorations would pale in comparison to many tanks that are now common at restaurants, doctor’s offices and even many private homes. But seeing that marine fish tank was enough to instill a lifelong love of fish, especially saltwater fish, in me.

That love has resulting in me having more fish tanks (both fresh and saltwater) than I can count over the years and getting a BS degree in Marine Science.

This site is for other marine fish tank nerds like me and those who aspire to be one. Together we’ll explore the set up and maintenance of saltwater tanks. The tools and products needed to maintain them. And the creatures that inhabit them.

We’ll also examine their beauty (through pictures and videos) as well as look at some of the more controversial issues surrounding the aquarium hobby industry.

So thanks for visiting this site and hope you’ll come back often to join us as we explore the wonder of the marine fish tank!

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A Critical, Yet Often Overlooked Piece of Equipment for your Marine Fish Tank

Sure, all the “sexy” pieces of equipment for marine fish tanks get most of the attention…the tank itself, lighting, filtration, etc.

But there’s one critical piece of the puzzle that often gets overlooked. And it’s one that’s not so much for sake your marine tank’s inhabitants as for yours.

I’m talking about a GFI, or Ground Fault Interrupter. It’s also known as a GFCI or ground fault circuit interrupter.

A GFI is a type of electrical outlet that protects you from electrical shock. The idea of the GFI is to protect your house or apartment from an electrical fire. The way it works is it monitors the electricity that flows in a circuit. If it detects any loss of current it turns off, protecting both you and your house from potential disaster.

You’ll commonly find GFIs in bathroom outlets and kitchen outlets. However, it’s likely the outlet that you plug the electrical devices like heater, filter, and lights is in your bedroom, living room or basement and isn’t a GFI outlet.

It’s not a big deal to switch out a regular outlet for a GFI outlet. Just make sure you turn the circuit breaker off to the outlet before you take the old one out and put the GFI in! If you’re not handy, you can call a handyman to help you do this. It shouldn’t take more than 20 minute or so of their time.

Water and electricity don’t mix well. So, before you set up your marine fish tank, be sure you protect you, your house and your family by installing a GFI outlet that you plug your tank’s electrical components into.

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Improve Your Reef Aquarium Put a Lionfish

Nothing brings together with both and splendor in the sea more than a lionfish. Lionfish having a scientific name Pterois Volitans is not only incredibly lovely with their gracefully streaming fins, spectacular coloration, cautious movements and fish-gulping mouths, however they are also venomous sea fish that are ready with venomous spines able of giving you agonizing stings.

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What To Consider When Buying Salt Water Fish

If you are interested in getting a saltwater fish tank, it means you probably want to have a load of lovely tropical fish in your home. But be warned they take more care than a freshwater equivalent. When choosing your new purchase, always buy the biggest tank you can afford assuming you have sufficient space available.

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#1 Way For Your Saltwater Aquarium Setup – Choosing A Tank

Following on from our introduction to saltwater aquariums this segment is designed to give you some idea of a typical saltwater aquarium setup.

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Saltwater Fish Tanks – Finding the Perfect Location

Knowing where to locate your salt water tank is half the battle to providing a good home for your new fish. You do not want to put the tank too near sunlight. This can encourage the growth of algae as well as causing overheating problems. You do not want to put it somewhere it would be in a draft either as you want to keep the tank water within a certain temperature range.

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The Beauty And Variety Within A Saltwater Aquarium

A salt water aquarium is sometimes for the better experienced aquarist as it is more maintenance-intensive and pricey. Depending on the kind of salt water fish tank set up chosen, these aquariums can cost from around $650 for a fish only with live rock set-up to $1300 and more for buying and setting up a coral reef aquarium. Saltwater aquarium fish are hard to look after and also dear, generally coming with a price tag of about $15 and infrequently much more. Most nevertheless , will agree that with regard to beauty, saltwater aquarium fish are surpassingly spectacular to their freshwater opposite numbers.

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So You Want Live Rock In Your Saltwater Aquarium?

These live organisms are of good value for your fish tank or aquarium because they make a extremely natural environment for your fish. Live rock will have crabs, algae, worms, shellfish as well as bacteria, and all these will be moved to your tank to form an environment as close to the real deal as practical. Salt water live rock is the one that is most assured to offer you as many organisms as possible. Salt water aquarium live rock has made it simple for many of us to keep saltwater aquariums.

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Salt Water Aquariums – Nitrogen Levels

With salt water aquariums it is very important to keep the nitrogen levels down or else the fish will die. Fish are living creatures and like humans they will eat food and release waste. The release of waste material leads to increased levels of nitrogen and carbon dioxide in the water. The carbon dioxide is removed either by algae living in the tank or by the process of aeration.

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Saltwater Supplies For Your Fish Tank – Part 2

The rest of the 10 basic saltwater fish supplies you can get to ensure that you get started correctly:

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Salt Water Fish Supplies For Your Tank

When you are setting up your salt water aquarium, you will need some basic saltwater fish supplies to make sure you get it right and that you set up the best aquarium that you presumably can. Your aquarium or fish tank needs to supply a great home for your fish, and naturally it should make you satisfied.

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