FRESHWATER vs SALTWATER AQUARIUMS - The difference between reef tanks and planted tanks

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[alasdairaquatics]

Do you prefer saltwater or freshwater aquariums?

I really enjoying owning both a planted tank and a nano reef tank. Although strangley not many people in this hobby keep both!

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[DGGuaglianone]

Beautiful setup. I have something very similar myself. I love the contrast between the two aquatic worlds side by side

[zakarymcleod]

Having those freshwater plant lights so close to the reef probably isn't helping your algae issue. I had a small planted freshwater tank and a small reef tank next to each other and I always had algae issues in the saltwater tank. When my betta died, I took apart the freshwater tank, and within a few weeks, the algae in the saltwater tank became way more manageable.

[Pickwilliams]

recommend some clean-up-crew for the sw tank :)

[zakarymcleod]

I'm gonna have to disagree with your statements about filtration. Freshwater tanks can be filterless and pumpless, like many dirted tanks. You don't even need any flow for some species and styles. Saltwater, on the other hand, needs at least a large amount of water movement, but most tanks, especially successful reef tanks, need mechanical filters and some type of chemical media like carbon. Most advanced reef tanks, especially SPS dominant tanks, have mechnical filters like socks or automatic rollers, carbon and/or GFO for phosphate removal, protein skimmers to remove dissolved solids, refugiums to remove nutrients and stabilize pH, calcium reactors to keep calcium and alkalinity in check, dosing setups for more calcium and trace elements, and high tech wavemakers to keep debris from settling in the sand on top of the return pump for flow. While your saltwater tank may have less filtration and maintaince than your freshwater tank, that is not the norm.