nkd5024
Fish Fanatic
Hey everyone on the freshy side of the forum!
My name in Nick, I am active in the dark side of this forum and have been keeping reef aquariums for the past 5 years.
I am in the process of upgrading my 30 gallon reef to a 75 gallon.
So now I have an empty 30 gallon and like any true aquarist, decided to put it to use.
I have never had a freshwater aquarium before so I was wondering if there are any difference I need to know about other than these:
-No salt (what types of tanks use that freshwater salt?)
-No Skimmers
-Have to use "Right RO" to make RO water freshwater safe
-Not all fish can be kept together because of different pH, Temp, Alk, etc Needs
-Sumps aren't used
I originally wanted to do cichlids, but they all seem to need larger than 30 gallon tanks so thats out.
My next plan was a planted tank with a large peaceful community.
It is true that you can keep a lot more fish than in a saltwater aquarium the same size correct?
I was looking at a few different fish on liveaquaria and wanted to know if I could keep,
A school of Neon Tetras
some Killifish
Tiger or Cherry Barbs
Would they all be able to go together?
According to liveaquaria they all have somewhat different water parameters needs but they all overlap, so is it possible?
Thank you for all your help, I am a total newbie when it comes to freshwater tanks so any help is appreciated!
Nick
P.S. Any information of the golden or blue rams would be nice!
My name in Nick, I am active in the dark side of this forum and have been keeping reef aquariums for the past 5 years.
I am in the process of upgrading my 30 gallon reef to a 75 gallon.
So now I have an empty 30 gallon and like any true aquarist, decided to put it to use.
I have never had a freshwater aquarium before so I was wondering if there are any difference I need to know about other than these:
-No salt (what types of tanks use that freshwater salt?)
-No Skimmers
-Have to use "Right RO" to make RO water freshwater safe
-Not all fish can be kept together because of different pH, Temp, Alk, etc Needs
-Sumps aren't used
I originally wanted to do cichlids, but they all seem to need larger than 30 gallon tanks so thats out.
My next plan was a planted tank with a large peaceful community.
It is true that you can keep a lot more fish than in a saltwater aquarium the same size correct?
I was looking at a few different fish on liveaquaria and wanted to know if I could keep,
A school of Neon Tetras
some Killifish
Tiger or Cherry Barbs
Would they all be able to go together?
According to liveaquaria they all have somewhat different water parameters needs but they all overlap, so is it possible?
Thank you for all your help, I am a total newbie when it comes to freshwater tanks so any help is appreciated!
Nick
P.S. Any information of the golden or blue rams would be nice!