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Your First Marine Tank - Fish:

"Saltwater tanks require a lot of know-how to establish and maintain. You might want to decide what type of marine tank you will enjoy before you get started.

There is a mystique to the marine tank - the fish are generally more colorful and exotic. Reef tanks and invertebrate tanks are certainly so - their environments seem very alien to land dwellers like ourselves.

Salt tanks have a reputation of being expensive to set-up, complicated to run, and more apt to fail. For sure, marine tanks are not the best choice for beginners. Newbie marine enthusiasts would do well to read every saltwater aquarium book they can lay hands on, and study, study, study. Consider carefully whether you will be able to maintain the expense and interest level to keep a nice, healthy tank going."

Grade AA quality advice!

There is nothing better than to get started out on the best foot as possible. And there is no better way to do that than by doing your research and really understanding everything about keeping a saltwater aquarium.

The research process that you go through in the beginning can actually be the most fun part of the entire process. You are learning new and interesting things, and aren't limited by your tank - just your imagination, the possibilities are endless. Plus, you don't have all the difficulties and chores that come along with actually having a marine aquarium set up!

Before you get into it, get to know it. Like I've said before "know it like nothing else."

Jay Kahn