Audio and Salt Water Aquariums

[GrooveMerchant]

Pretty crazy thread, I know, but man I've been checking out salt water aquarium stuff. Complex hobby, reminds me of audio. Gotta one day have a cool tank in a studio for some relaxed vibes - and of course also have the obligatory drink cart / station. The reading continues...

[JoaT]

Funny, I have been toying with the idea of saltwater aquarium recessed on the wall between my monitor speakers...
The dealbreaker for me could well be that it would be very difficult to maintain, since accessing the aquarium would mean I would have to move the mixing console out of the way.
But boy, would it be cool!

[Infernal Device]

I had a salt water aquarium for years. In a studio, it produces noise and the lights could cause a hum. It could be cool.

Once they get set up properly, they need very little maintaining. Fresh water tanks are much more dirty and harder to maintain.

People rarely get the salt water tank set up properly, they think of it as a "fish tank", which it is not, a fresh water aquarium is more of a "fish tank".

The guy that taught me how to set it up properly had a 265 gallon that needed absolutely nothing, not even feeding.

I had mine to the point that every 3 months I would take just a slight amount of water out of it and put in new water. It was less than 2 gallons to change out, and was done in the filter system underneath.

If you need any help, PM me. I am all about it.

You will see so many used ones in the classifieds because people don't understand them, their fish keep dying, or the salt makes a mess due to improper setup. They get frustrated and sell it off.

[big country]

do some reading about salt water fish and how they are caught
before you buy a salt water tank


I personaly a like fresh water tanks better , you can add a bunch of cool plants and really make it look cool.

[JoaT]

What I was thinking was choral and maybe some plants. No fish. Mainly as an aesthetic element that requires as little maintaining as possible.
But properly lit it would be a good visual getaway from the grim and dark winter we have up here.

[big country]

Aquarium Plants & Planted Aquaria Substrate, Ferts, CO2, and Lighting.

it looks so cool when the plants sway and lights kinda move

[big country]

might make a cool effect with an impact pad and hydrophone

[slaves666]

Originally Posted by Infernal Device

I had a salt water aquarium for years. In a studio, it produces noise and the lights could cause a hum. It could be cool.

Once they get set up properly, they need very little maintaining. Fresh water tanks are much more dirty and harder to maintain.

People rarely get the salt water tank set up properly, they think of it as a "fish tank", which it is not, a fresh water aquarium is more of a "fish tank".

The guy that taught me how to set it up properly had a 265 gallon that needed absolutely nothing, not even feeding.

I had mine to the point that every 3 months I would take just a slight amount of water out of it and put in new water. It was less than 2 gallons to change out, and was done in the filter system underneath.

If you need any help, PM me. I am all about it.

You will see so many used ones in the classifieds because people don't understand them, their fish keep dying, or the salt makes a mess due to improper setup. They get frustrated and sell it off.

Screw the PM, just post here....I'm thinking of getting my 35 gallon out of the house......Salt-water would be nice....I've had Oscars and cichlids mostly.

[PlatinumSamples]

What about the stress of the noise on the fish? It would be like living with constant construction next door (or worse).

Read about locating your aquarium: Viscum Water Gardens and Aquatics | Setting up a coldwater aquarium

Try to locate the new aquarium away from sources of noise and vibration. It should not be located next to items such as Cookers, TVs, radios, washing machines and fridges. Fish don't like loud noises and constant exposure to noise will cause stress and adversley affect thier well being.

Rail

[messiahwannabe]

i've REALLY thought about setting up a tank in the studio, but i'm worried about the water evaporating and ****ing up my equipment as moisture (and salty moisture at that) in the air.

also i was thinking the lights and pump motors could be noisy. maybe you could keep the aquarium on a separate circuit?

basically, is this safe/practical to have set up in a studio? does anyone on gs have one in theirs? i can get a nice one for a very reasonable price here in bali.

-messiah

ps. from what i understand, buying saltwater fish is not neccesarily overly damaging for the environment, especially if you go with your standard fish - if you catch one (or even 50) more will rapidly be born and take their place. however, PLEASE DON'T BUY CORAL! it cant be grown in "captivity" and it takes forever to grow back, so any time you buy some you're significantly damaging beautiful ecosystems which are already getting rarer by the day.

[-=steve=-]

I have two freshwater tanks (25L and 70L). It's a fun hobby, takes me about half an hour a week to keep them clean and trim the plants and everything. The bigger the aquarium the less work you have though, my bigger tank has a very good filter with 4 types of substrate and I don't need to clean that one too often. The 25 liter has a small filter that needs to bee cleaned every 2 weeks.

It can be costly sometimes and a bit frustrating when your plants keep on dying or you have an algae problem. But once everything is stable and you don't have too many fish in the tank, it doesn't take that much time and it's very nice to look at.

[mdmjay]

Originally Posted by GrooveMerchant

Pretty crazy thread, I know, but man I've been checking out salt water aquarium stuff. Complex hobby, reminds me of audio. Gotta one day have a cool tank in a studio for some relaxed vibes - and of course also have the obligatory drink cart / station. The reading continues...

start studying biology coz its hard work, getting the ph, na3 & 4 levels ets, 2 degrees celcius too hot or cold and you got yourself a float-athon

[GrooveMerchant]

The difficulty of the salt water aquariums is a definite. I'm reading the Scott Michael stuff and the Fenner book. I will try to order the Jung volume(s) soon, maybe just go to Volume 3. The Michael Paletta book is a good jump start too. I also hear the noise factor, I don't want to disturb the tank life for sure. Maybe a buffer somehow or just low or mid level mix environments. I've done mixing in headphones a lot, I will try to hit the 87 db Flecher / Munson curve level recommendation if I mix in monitors soon, but I'm guessing that's pretty loud. For tracking, I've done remote stuff a lot so no live bands near the tank on the horizon. It would be stellar to mix though in a environment with soothing reef life hanging around. I also thought about putting it near / next to the bed. Ahhhh, those moon LEDs would be awesome in that setup! I totally hear the large tank concept too, more stable conditions when events change.

[big country]

what about a under water phase cancel

[Bassmankr]

They make aquarium screen savers that look pretty good now days. Just set it to manual, as you don't wan't it running in the background on your music computers. No fish to replace, no salt water to spill, no noise, and still relaxing.

[jayfrigo]

I had a client come, lift up the top, stick his hand in the tank, and try to pet the puffer fish.

I'm not kidding.

Seriously.

I don't have the tank anymore.

[big country]

in some ways fish are not pets