Saltwater fish tank

Hi

Im really intrested in fish, not goldfish, i mean like tropical and saltwater. I want to buy saltwater fish but heres a few questions.

How do I get saltwater? Do I add salt to the water, or get seawater? Can I just get a normal tank with filter and heater and put the saltwater in it? How much are saltwater fish?

Anyone who has them can you tell me like your experiance, how long they live for? How often must you clean the tank?

Thanks for your help :)
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salt water anything is hard to keep up.

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Originally Posted by Metric.

salt water anything is hard to keep up.

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Ok, but im very intrested and its a hobby kinda i guess :) But what about the water, how do I get it?

You add salt to the water.
I think you might want to look into a bit more try google and things to get infomation.

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Originally Posted by Corporal

You add salt to the water.
I think you might want to look into a bit more try google and things to get infomation.

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Yes I did but I cant seem to get info on how to get the saltwater whether it was added salt or seawater

this should answer your question....

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/sta...r_Aquarium.htm

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Originally Posted by Mr.Sam

this should answer your question....

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/sta...r_Aquarium.htm

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Ah excellent thanks! +rep

We have marine fish, I think they're the same as salt water, and we get our fish from Aquatics shops, they are harder to look after than tropical, but they have much brighter colours, and you can have corals and stuff, they are lovely! I don't know about using a normal fish tank and adding a heater and a pump, because we baught the full set-up from eBay