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I kept a saltwater tank for many, many years - and only put fish in it that I caught myself. I caught all with a net or slurp gun. Had a moray eel that would eat from my fingers.
Like Gilbert said, jetties are a great place to get fish for your tank. Jetties typically have a large number of small fish. Trick is catching them without harming them.
Most important thing to remember about your SW tank: As water evaporates, do NOT add salt water to it. Add distilled water. If you add salt water, you are increasing the salinity because you are adding salt.
About every six months, I would go and get 15 gallons of new seawater from the sea. Then, I would siphon off 15 gallons from the tank and replace it with the new seawater. In between, as water evaporated, I added distilled water.
Why 15 gallons? That is the size of a beer keg. Get yourself a stainless steel beer keg to haul your seawater. Just take it to the sea, sink it, plug it, and bring it home.
Like Gilbert said, jetties are a great place to get fish for your tank. Jetties typically have a large number of small fish. Trick is catching them without harming them.
Most important thing to remember about your SW tank: As water evaporates, do NOT add salt water to it. Add distilled water. If you add salt water, you are increasing the salinity because you are adding salt.
About every six months, I would go and get 15 gallons of new seawater from the sea. Then, I would siphon off 15 gallons from the tank and replace it with the new seawater. In between, as water evaporated, I added distilled water.
Why 15 gallons? That is the size of a beer keg. Get yourself a stainless steel beer keg to haul your seawater. Just take it to the sea, sink it, plug it, and bring it home.
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