Do cats and reef tanks mix?

[JeanR]

Hi everyone, hoping for your advice. The family is considering getting a cat. I have a 120g mixed reef w/ lots of fish and a 40g brackish with lots of fish - both are in the living room. No one works from home so the cat and fishes will be left to their own devices during the day. Any concern to get a cat with two aquariums? No high value fish or corals to really worry about....
Thanks in advance
Jean

 

[JeanR]

Both tanks have net covers on them.

 

[Duds]

No concerns here I have a high energy bengal she loves to check out what I’m up to with the tanks and I see her looking at the seahorses quite regularly which I find amusing. But I have heard stories of cats getting into tank stuff and messing stuff up so depends on the cat maybe lol.

 

[afboundguy]

Had 3 total cats with no issues. Had everything from canopy, mesh netting to nothing on the tank and currently the tank is in the basement where cat has free reign...

 

[dz6t]

I have 5 cats, they pay no attention to the saltwater fish at all. It seems like that they can tell freshwater from saltwater.
I used to have a freshwater shallow planted tank with many small fish in it, the fish were no so lucky.

 

[NeverlosT]

my cats would watch the tank but not do anything. I think you are good to go. Get a half dozen

 

[Moose10]

I agree with Dong, No issues with saltwater but fresh water is a completely different story

 

[dz6t]

My cats used to drink from the planted freshwater tank and had a few quick sushi while they were at it.

 

[Fudsey]

Cats can be pretty curious about aquariums, so there might be some initial interest. But if your tanks are in a safe spot and the cat can’t reach them, it should be fine.

 

[Tankful]

My cat enjoys watching my clownfish but has never done anything crazy. Although my tank has a lid

 

[Rainsong]

My cat watches the fresh and saltwater tanks. Worst he's done was break into the pellet food for my clownfish