This is a great topic, both for experienced people to share their ways of reaching success with a minimalist approach, but especially for people like me who has always been hesitant to try SW/reef tanks due to hearing it being extremely costy all the time and seeing those very highly priced equipments around.
I know many experienced freshwater hobbyists around me who would also be great sw hobbyists, but it is a common sense that “saltwater hobby is very expensive” and this puts off people from trying.
If I gotta be honest, I am trying my first reef tank with a minimalist approach ( thanks Ron for letting me know that’s my way!), and it is still costlier than setting up a minimalist freshwater tank, but nothing like I expected it to be from what I have been hearing. Even freshwater tanks are costy when you go for co2 dosing, aquascapinng, aquasoils, high tech equipments… and I easily find success without any of those high tech stuff in my fw tanks too.
I will be following this topic closely and recommend it to some of my experienced hobbyist friends to make them join me in this journey!
I know many experienced freshwater hobbyists around me who would also be great sw hobbyists, but it is a common sense that “saltwater hobby is very expensive” and this puts off people from trying.
If I gotta be honest, I am trying my first reef tank with a minimalist approach ( thanks Ron for letting me know that’s my way!), and it is still costlier than setting up a minimalist freshwater tank, but nothing like I expected it to be from what I have been hearing. Even freshwater tanks are costy when you go for co2 dosing, aquascapinng, aquasoils, high tech equipments… and I easily find success without any of those high tech stuff in my fw tanks too.
I will be following this topic closely and recommend it to some of my experienced hobbyist friends to make them join me in this journey!