MM Reef

[ScottyB]

I'm surprised you have so much water problems - but i havent fooled with saltwater much.

i'm having problems because i neglected the tank. it's 100% my oversight -- i was focused on other stuff. i'm in the process of fixing it though, should be back to normal in a few days.

saltwater maintainance is actually very easy for small tanks. the only thing i ever do is top off evaporated water, feed the fish and change 10% water every 2 weeks. the hard part is educating yourself how a saltwater system works and making sure you have the right equipment and livestock. nowadays you can do that cheaply and easily though with so much info out there on the net.

how about another car analogy:

saltwater tanks are to freshwater tanks what forced induction is to naturally aspirated. N/A is simple and effective but FI has that extra kick -- at the cost of more complexity. both are equally capable of running well with proper maintainance, but the FI will make a bigger boom if you screw it up 8)