Freshwater?

[Clowning_Around72]

Honestly the freshwater side is simple and usually has a much higher success rate. I just picked up a red tailed black shark and what was sold to me as a geophagus brasiliensis.

 

[Clowning_Around72]

I hope the glare is not too bad.

 

[jennesque]

You can make a freshwater tank just as "complicated" as a reef tank, especially if you're going the high tech planted route.. but I love my planted tank just as much as my reefs. Saltwater a has a larger variety of colors available, so it's obviously visually stunning.. but I also love the green (and reds / oranges) of a nice planted tank.. it's like a garden in the home. I also like being able to keep schools of smaller fish, which isn't really as easy to do in a saltwater tank.

 

[Clowning_Around72]

You can make a freshwater tank just as "complicated" as a reef tank, especially if you're going the high tech planted route.. but I love my planted tank just as much as my reefs. Saltwater a has a larger variety of colors available, so it's obviously visually stunning.. but I also love the green (and reds / oranges) of a nice planted tank.. it's like a garden in the home. I also like being able to keep schools of smaller fish, which isn't really as easy to do in a saltwater tank.

I think it is possible to keep a bunch of smaller fish in saltwater I forget which rainbowfish species but there is one that can do great in saltwater I think inappropriate reefer has them now.

 

[jennesque]

Definitely possible, there's just many more options available in freshwater.

 

[Clowning_Around72]

Definitely possible, there's just many more options available in freshwater.

Absolutely more options. Plus most people have mixed success with chromis and anthias.

 

[blasterman]

Honestly the freshwater side is simple and usually has a much higher success rate. I just picked up a red tailed black shark and what was sold to me as a geophagus brasiliensis.

Thats because the vast majority of FW fish are captive raised in farms.