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[poppydaisy]

Anyone selling a fish tank with the works? I want to get ready for winter. Anyone have a salt water tank set up in their apartment????

[pkang0202]

A salt water tank setup is pretty elaborate. I doubt anyone would have one just sitting around collecting dust.

[sigmund]

I've seen decent 25-30gal complete set cube tanks in Dongdaemun for around 400,000-500,000. That was including lights, live rock and skimmer.

[aphase]

I also need to pick up one for my turtle. He's getting huge and barely has room to swim now. 400-500,000 won is a bit much tho, are they always that expensive here? I remember them being much cheaper back home. Anyone know a good cheap place to pick up an aquarium of that size?

[boatofcar]

[pkang0202]

If you jsut need an aquarium then those are cheap. IF you want salt water, then you gotta pay up.

A freshtwater tank is really easy to setup. Get a biowheel filter, a tank, hood, and lights. Thats pretty much all there is too it.

Salt water is a lot more complicated. I've had quite a few fresh water setups and I'm still nervous to go ahead and jump to saltwater.

[aphase]

Where is the cheapest place to pick one up? Fresh water is all I need but the ones I saw at E-mart looked expensive. OP: Sorry for somewhat hijacking your thread.

[sigmund]

Yeah, saltwater is more expensive upfront and a lot more expensive to maintain and buy livestock for. $400,000-500,000 is a really good price for what else I have seen in Korea. Pretty much all of the equipment is Chinese or Taiwanese though. For that set up though you could easily keep some soft corals or small interesting fish and invertebrates.

I don't know if it is the same as in the states, but usually resale value of all aquarium related stuff takes a serious nose dive, so you can usually get really good deals on used equipment and even cheap tanks will typically last 25yrs.

[bassexpander]

I'm tempted to sell off my tank and stuff. Not saltwater, but it's at least 20 to 30 gallons. It's got some fish in it, and one nasty crayfish.

[Ryst Helmut]

OP,

It all depends on, just like with anything, the quality you wish to spend your money on. I've 3 tanks...10 gallon, 15 gallon (both breeders) and a 70 gallon. You get what you pay for.

Give up on saltwater. If you have to ask how much it costs you can't afford it, and it is MUCH harder to keep than what it would be Stateside (not sure of other countries, though).

I suggest that unless you know the aquarium/fish shops in your area you may want to look into online orders. However, I highly suggest that you have a Korean friend look up the local dealers in your area (phone book and 114...as not all promote in the phone books) and visit their shops.

Repeat business/patrons will make you both happy in the long run. When doing business with a shop they'll find what you want (I want specific fish, plants and gear not usually found in Korean stores, and they'll track it all down for me). So you see...I suggest shoppes.

Good luck with everything!

[poppydaisy]

All I really want to do is get ready for winter....to hibernate I had a salt water tank that I had to break down when I came here in April this year and I miss it very much. It's hard going back to fresh water once you've had the salt water tank. I thought about just getting a couple of clown fish with some live rocks but it's not right. They're going to want their anenome to sleep in and others inverts. E-Mart is the closest I came to having some salt water supplies. They'll order for you but questionable employees that don't know what they're doing. Saltwaterfish.com will deliver here for those who are interested. Thanks for all the feedback. I'm still looking to buy a decent tank with all the works from someone who's tired of theirs. Anyone?

[aphase]