Turn Your Freshwater Aquarium into Saltwater Easily

Years ago, in my late teens, I began the hobby of keeping freshwater tropical fish. At first, as most people do, I got a really small, ten gallon tank and bought all the necessities referred to me by the person at the pet store. Of course, the type of fish I became interested in first was the more colorful and exquisite species, tetras (neons), mollies, and guppies. At the time all these species were entertaining, even with the guppies, since they are live-bearers (meaning they give birth to their fry instead of laying eggs) and were really intriguingly exciting since all this life was taking place in this small space that I had taken into my care.
After nearly a decade my love for the hobby grew, I began new aquariums, even to the dismay of friends and family who felt that I had gone fish crazy and made comments every time they came into my home and saw, sometimes up to four tanks, with at least one in every room. My love for the hobby was something that was not only now a hobby, but also an obsession. I've went as far as creating terrariums with waterfalls, rocks, and plants that simulate the real environment these fish and sometimes amphibians originally resided. To me there is nothing more beautiful than having an exotic part of nature right at your home for your relaxation and viewing pleasure.

However, as you can imagine, as I have many hobbies other than aquariums, all this became really expensive and enough never really seemed like it was ever enough. So, I began to think about the kind of aquarium that I really wanted to have and the most relaxing, yet intriguing "dreamspace" that I could coincide with in my home with limited amount of space and wealth.