Hey everone I had another post explaining I was a begginer and was advised to begin with tropical fish rather than marine but I was wondering if anybody with experience with marine fish if they could give any advice to me about marine fish and if it is possible for a begginer to start with marine and it not end up a total disaster all advice is greatly appreciated :)

Hi

It can certainly be done if you do your research, but there's more to go wrong with a new marine set up and it's expensive to do. Fish are pricey as well so it can be very costly if you get it wrong.

I suggest you research thoroughly, but I'm afraid there are very few experienced marine keepers regularly on FK so if you have any specfic questions you may have to wait a while until someone properly experienced happens along and sees your post.

My knowledge of marines is over 20 years out of date, so I'm not able to help.

Hi there, welcome to FK

As Noodle has said, keeping a marine st up is quite costly in terms of kit and stock and there are even more things you need to learn.

TBH, most people find starting to keep fish a bit of a steep learning curve and everyone makes mistakes (or at least the majority) when they start. I know I did!

Generally, it's easier to cut your teeth on freshwater tropicals, get the hang of water quality and the nitrogen cycle and pick up a little experience.

http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/articles ... hless-cycling-article.htm

Once people feel comfortable with this they then generally move on to the salty side.

There are some good saltwater articles here, so have a read.

http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/marine_articles/

If you like the look of marine, perhaps consider hard water cichlids which, whilst freshwater, are just as brightly coloured as some of their marine cousins. This is a lovely hobby/passion