freshwater fish that look like saltwater fish

Rick

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Dec 17, 2003, 5:21:55 PM12/17/03

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I'm thinking of setting up an aquarium. I like the looks of
saltwater, but I don't want the hassle. What freshwater fish might I
buy that would look like they might be from saltwater?

Dave Engle

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Dec 17, 2003, 11:29:59 PM12/17/03

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Lots of Killifish are very colorful like marine fish...
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Jim Morcombe

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Dec 18, 2003, 1:06:46 AM12/18/03

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It takes a real expert to tell the Freshwater Cobbler from the Saltwater
Cobbler. They are a fantastic Catfish for a freshwater aquarium. (Tandanus
Bostocki)

Jim

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RedForeman ┊

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Dec 18, 2003, 9:02:45 AM12/18/03

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Any aulonacara cichlid aka peacock cichlids are very colorful.... blues,
reds, yellows, some almost purples... peaceful fish, prolific breeders, some
are wonderfully bright....

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Bruce Abrams

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Dec 18, 2003, 10:34:04 AM12/18/03

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> Rick may have written:

> > I'm thinking of setting up an aquarium. I like the looks of
> > saltwater, but I don't want the hassle. What freshwater fish might I
> > buy that would look like they might be from saltwater?
>

> A properly cared for marine tank is no more work then a properly cared
> for freshwater tank.

That's a very misleading general statement. If you want to maintain a
simple freshwater community tank, or even a Rift Lake Ciclid tank, the
ongoing maintenance is pretty much limited to basic filter maintenance,
periodic water changes (which can be simplified even further with a Python),
and periodic water tests of PH and Nitrite (to make sure all is well with
the biological filter).

With a marine tank each water change requires salt mixing and measuring
specific gravity, water testing is far more extensively required and much
more equipment is generally required to be maintained. For someone who has
been keeping a marine tank for years it might seem simple, but it is most
assuredly not as easy as keeping a freshwater one.

Dave

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Dec 18, 2003, 10:13:31 PM12/18/03

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Bosemann's Rainbows (though I've never had one)

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Jim Morcombe

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Dec 19, 2003, 12:17:45 AM12/19/03

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Sorry...

You can't get Tandanus Bostocki over there.
Try the Tandanus Tandanus - the Eel Tailed Catfish, instead.

Jim

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KEITH JENNINGS

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Dec 21, 2003, 7:26:08 AM12/21/03

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> For years I made the mistake thinking that marine aquariums are too
> hard to keep. I have been keeping a small marine tank for a year and
> wish I had started sooner.
>

I kept freshwater fish for 5 years before I tried saltwater. I had a 55
gallon marine fish-only tank runing for 6 months, and all was well.
It wasn't much harder than a freshwater tank. It was beautiful.

Then I jumped into reef keeping, and lost nearly $2,000 worth of livestock
to a pair of minor mistakes. Someone recommended I add potasium to encourage
the growth of live corals. I mis-read this and added phosphorus instead. The
result : the purple algae of doom. The purple algae smothered my whole reef
tank in only a week. In some places, it grew over an inch thick.

I did some more research, and found that some antibiotics will kill the
cursed purple algae. I added the wrong antibiotic, and all my invertebrates
died within a couple of days. The ammonia, etc. from the dead inverts was
enough to kill off all the fish too.

Saltwater fish are nice, but I rate reef tanks as " Experts Only ".

Wishing you better luck than I had,
Keith J.