Saltwater aquariums

[grizzle]

I had a 20gal freshwater tank when I was a kid. I really liked having the tank, watching the fish, etc., but absolutely hated cleaning it. So I bought a bottom feeder type fish (sucker fish maybe?) to help keep the bottom and sides clean. The funny thing was that every morning I woke up, I was missing a fish. They weren't flaoting at the top of the tank. They hadn't jumped out. Nothing. They pulled a Houdini and simply disappeared. So eventually I stayed up all night to investigate. *dun dun dunn*

Turns out, the fish slept on the bottom at night. It also turned out that the bottom feeder loved to go to town cleaning up the bottom of the tank during the night. And, yes, each night he gobbled up one of the sleeping fish.


Don't have any experience with saltwater tanks, but from experiences above, I'd suggest making sure all the fishies can co-exist safely.

Oh, and with a saltwater tank, don't buy snails.