Years ago I did a whole lot of research on which type of fish tank I wanted. I liked the idea of a saltwater aquarium because the type of fish are so much more colorful than most of the freshwater ones.
Well, what I discovered was that the requirements of saltwater tanks are SO MUCH MORE STRINGENT than for freshwater.
These fish are so much more sensitive to changes in temperature, salinity level, ph level. It’s incredible how easy it is to kill them.
So, I decided to get my color from Goldfish. And even that was challenging to keep an eye on.
Those pretty tanks you see in Drs. offices are maintened in a regular basis by a PROFESSIONAL specialist who does this for a living. It’s not just the office secretary shaking in a little fish food each day. It’s an incredible amount of work.
Basically, keeping a successful fish tank is constantly battling the fact that these fish are living in a confined cesspool filled with their own excrement.
This doesn’t happen in the wild because the body of water is so large in size and the water is constantly moving in the ocean.
Taking those fish out of their environment and keeping them cooped up in a tank has a lot of hazards for the fish.
Please please do some reading on the difficulties and EXPENSE you’ll encounter or else you’ll just end up being a capricious fish killer. Enjoy them in the wild and start off with some goldfish.
If you’re successful with them for a few years and have the money, you might consider setting up a saltwater tank (but NOT with taking it out of the ocean).