Poll:Salt? Fresh? Both? What do you keep?
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Metal Militia
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I'm fresh only for now until I can dig up some cash and feel confident enough to take the plunge into the wide world of reefing. Discus are amazing fish, I only have 3 at the moment, but at I plan on buying another 4 while they are still quite small. It's fun to watch them grow. So far the coolest thing I've seen go on in my tank is when my clown loach started to ride my stingray like some kind of underwater magic carpet. It was quite amazing as well as funny.
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Cougra
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I started out with fresh and when I set up my saltwater tank I swore that I wouldn't go back to freshwater. :smirk: Two years after I set up my saltwater tank and made my resolution a friend literally dropped a beta off on my doorstep while I wasn't home in a little unfiltered bowl. I guess he didn't want to to have a discussion (AKA lecture) about responsibility and pets and hoped that I wouldn't figure out who's fish it was. 
Of course I couldn't keep it in such as small inadiquate container so I got a little 5 gallon tank which was then upgraded to a 15 gallon tank. The 15 gallon tank somehow managed to considerably grow in size and numbers while I wasn't looking so I just had to add a few more fish to them.
Well, now when anyone asks why I went back to having freshwater tanks or so many, my friend gets 100% of the blame! He made me do it! :angel2:
Of course I couldn't keep it in such as small inadiquate container so I got a little 5 gallon tank which was then upgraded to a 15 gallon tank. The 15 gallon tank somehow managed to considerably grow in size and numbers while I wasn't looking so I just had to add a few more fish to them.Well, now when anyone asks why I went back to having freshwater tanks or so many, my friend gets 100% of the blame! He made me do it! :angel2:
tommyp
Member
Yeah, you got me I really like the dirty buggers. LOL With all the reef tank stuff I don't think I could deal with a freshwater tank. A super sweet planted terrarium with frogs or something might be neat but it would have to be low maintence or actually no maintence. I don't have time for anything else except the reef tank.
Well, I think my Wife and I need some serious help!!!
Upstairs we have a 12 gal eclipse and a 30long. Both fw.
Downstairs we have a 30 Oceanic cube reef tank.
Outside we have a 425 gallon nano Koi pond.
In storage we have a 75 gallon, next springs reef project.
I've kept fish since I was 8, what can I say... It's an addiction.
Upstairs we have a 12 gal eclipse and a 30long. Both fw.
Downstairs we have a 30 Oceanic cube reef tank.
Outside we have a 425 gallon nano Koi pond.
In storage we have a 75 gallon, next springs reef project.
I've kept fish since I was 8, what can I say... It's an addiction.
hooterhead
Member
salt only.
60 gallon cube: FOWLR
5 gallon: reef & seahorse
30 gallon hex: soon to be for seahorse/reef and a few more seahorses so Lela can have friends
10 gallon: fire belly toads. hope to plant it soon.
60 gallon cube: FOWLR
5 gallon: reef & seahorse
30 gallon hex: soon to be for seahorse/reef and a few more seahorses so Lela can have friends
10 gallon: fire belly toads. hope to plant it soon.
I kept freshwater for many years, before starting salt.
I had a 32" South American Gar and an 18" Tiger Shovelnose cat. When I switched to salt, I donated both to the Shedd Aquarium, where I still see them, on a monthly basis (sometimes more), when I go.
I did keep one freshwater tank, that contained a 12 year old Arrowhead Puffer, who just recently passed away from old age.
I had a 32" South American Gar and an 18" Tiger Shovelnose cat. When I switched to salt, I donated both to the Shedd Aquarium, where I still see them, on a monthly basis (sometimes more), when I go.
I did keep one freshwater tank, that contained a 12 year old Arrowhead Puffer, who just recently passed away from old age.
Reefstick
Member
I started with a 55G Planted tank, and I haven't been able to talk the wife into letting me break it down yet, she is kinda attached to the Angle fish in there. but I would love to just rip every plant out and throw them in the trash.....then again, during the few months of the year that the tank looks nice it is cool to see both the FW and the SW in the same room....Diversity I guess.
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Herman
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5 tanks total in our family farm of critters!
1 55gal SW is home too 2 red belly pacu that were so cute and tiny when we bought them now after 3 years they are monsters in need of a pond!(going to have to get off my duff and build it soon!)
2 oscars share the 55.
a 29 FW with a jack dempsey and a headstander.
a 10gal with a small green terror.
a salt 5gal eclipse with a extremly hostile purple crab!(former resident of our 55salt until one too many tankmates went MIA)
and of course our newest passion, out 55 salt with a yellow tang a hippo tang three golden damsel (devil) fish and one small clownfish along with countless small snails a sea star and a giant hermit who holds a masters degree in substrate dredging and cleaning!
most recently we added some zoo's on monday! (our first coral! and its doing great!!!)
I know they dont count as fish, but here on the farm (not realy a farm but somedays it fools me! we live in mid florida) we also have a quaker parrot, a dove and a australian shepard.
1 55gal SW is home too 2 red belly pacu that were so cute and tiny when we bought them now after 3 years they are monsters in need of a pond!(going to have to get off my duff and build it soon!)
2 oscars share the 55.
a 29 FW with a jack dempsey and a headstander.
a 10gal with a small green terror.
a salt 5gal eclipse with a extremly hostile purple crab!(former resident of our 55salt until one too many tankmates went MIA)
and of course our newest passion, out 55 salt with a yellow tang a hippo tang three golden damsel (devil) fish and one small clownfish along with countless small snails a sea star and a giant hermit who holds a masters degree in substrate dredging and cleaning!
most recently we added some zoo's on monday! (our first coral! and its doing great!!!)
I know they dont count as fish, but here on the farm (not realy a farm but somedays it fools me! we live in mid florida) we also have a quaker parrot, a dove and a australian shepard.
meandean45
Active Member
A 90 gallon Reef and a 125 gallon planted Discus tank, Started with a goldfish years ago, and just can't stop!
Dean
Dean
