Tank Preference

[Myka]

Originally Posted by karazy

i think people enjoy FW because its fun, there are some very neat breeding habits, and SW is just generaly too hard and too expensive for some people

Freshwater planted tanks are often more difficult to care for than reefs. Many people who have kept both would agree. Reefs have a lot more guidelines than planted tanks do. I can completely ignore my reef other than top offs and feeding for 3 months, and everything will be fine. Do that to a planted tank? BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[ElGuappo]

Originally Posted by Myka

Freshwater planted tanks are often more difficult to care for than reefs. Many people who have kept both would agree. Reefs have a lot more guidelines than planted tanks do. I can completely ignore my reef other than top offs and feeding for 3 months, and everything will be fine. Do that to a planted tank? BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Agreed

[Delphinus]

+1. I tried reading up on the tricks of the trade for really nice planted FW tanks and the information was overwhelming. Nitrate-phosphate ratios and all kinds of seriously high level stuff that I just didn't really have the interest in to take it to that level. These people spend way more time learning and doting on their tanks than do their reeftank counterparts, and .. well .. I like reefs better.

[kwirky]

I remember when I switched my 120g reef to a 120g heavily planted tank thinking it'll be less work. Man was THAT a mistake.

Now only if I could figure out how to get plastic plants to breed. Hmmmm...

Hi:
This was what my uncle (already quit out of this SW hobby awhile ago) keep telling me when I was thinking about getting into it: "SW is a challenge but the beauti of reef/coral you created is the most reward for."
So I guess, without reef, the SW hobby is just a difficult keep-up with not much rewards.