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  1. 12-20-2005, 12:51 PM #1
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    Default saltwater aquarium hobby

    does anyone else do this hobby on here i recently started a small one about 2 months ago. here are my stats. 10 g nano, 50 w heater, aquaclear 30 filter, aquaclear 201 powerhead, coralife 65 w 50/50, 20 lbs of lr, 15 lbs of carib sea aragonite, hammer, frogspawn, pom pom xenias, yellow polyps, blue mushroom, finger leather, ocellaris clown and a very good cleanup crew. ill post some pics but these pics are one month old. i now have a big ass green purple finger leather. and a royal gramma going in tomorrow.
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  2. 12-20-2005, 12:52 PM #2
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    more pics.
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  3. 12-20-2005, 12:57 PM #3
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    I work for petco and I want to start one up...i'll probably end up blowing every paycheck...we have this lionfish who about stung all of us! Saltwater tanks are very pretty...
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    you r right i gets very expensive i started small but eventually will go full blown reef. here is what i got on order. the royal gramma will be here tomorrow and the goby and shrimp pair should be here in 2 weeks. then thats its for fishes its pushing the bioload a bit but i do 20 % water changes a week.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrappy
    ITS NEMO!
    damn it you post to fast.. oh well, i was gonna say u found nemo!.......id like to have a salt water but i hear its a bitch to clean and it sounds like it is....
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    its isnt a bitch to clean but it takes alot of patience. theres is alot to learn. i have to make sure your amonia nitrates nitrites ph etc.. are all in check at all times. same thing with the salinity and the temp. it only takes me 30 min of maintenance once a week and thats cleaning everything. changing 20 % of the water. its a really rewarding hobby. everyone that comes to my house wants to see the tank. theres also a 55 g in the house but its my bro in laws.
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    nice setup i was also thinking about doing a saltwater setup but just dont have time for all that work yet ..
    maybe i should consider about starting small but what good is that when i have a 125 gallon just sitting at home .. lolz
    well if i do consider it ill take some pix ..
    good luck with the setup man awesome work ..
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    put it in hobby not pets.
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  12. 12-22-2005, 05:55 PM #12
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    I got one i will post some badass pics later on tonight
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    Quote Originally Posted by nolimitsteveo
    nice setup i was also thinking about doing a saltwater setup but just dont have time for all that work yet ..
    maybe i should consider about starting small but what good is that when i have a 125 gallon just sitting at home .. lolz
    well if i do consider it ill take some pix ..
    good luck with the setup man awesome work ..

    the 125 gallon tank is fresh or marine...you'll need to find out cause freshwater and marine tanks differ in the type of silicone they put in the corners...saltwater corrodes the type used in freshwater tanks...just a little fyi so you didn't have a saltwater flood...
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    nice setup

    im gonna try to start a 55g after christmas. dont know how much its gonna cost? a friend of mine gets everything at cost so it shouldnt be as bad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CiViCCuTie
    the 125 gallon tank is fresh or marine...you'll need to find out cause freshwater and marine tanks differ in the type of silicone they put in the corners...saltwater corrodes the type used in freshwater tanks...just a little fyi so you didn't have a saltwater flood...
    its made for saltwater setup i use to work at a pet shop back in ny and brought the tank along with me ..
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    Hondaloco nice set up. where do u get ur livestock from.
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    few of one of my 30 gallon reef(no coral yet) and my 55 gallon aggresive tank
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    nice tank. i get my lifestock here in ottawa we have 3 great stores. and alot of the corals are from friends i just fragged a leather and traded alot of stuff now my tank is alot fuller lol.
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    Got any updated pics of your tank.
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    Thats sweet, I just got a tank from my stepmother, full step up, with coral, but no fish. I am so looking forward to setting it up this weekend. Hopefully it'll look half as good as some of yours do by the end of summer.
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