WHAT MADE YOU WANT A REEF AQUARIUM?

[Rfunk79]

I've been keeping freshwater for years, and constantly scoured papers for people selling old tanks. Then a guy in my apartment complex was selling his 55 gallon saltwater tank for 100 bucks including fish. He and i lowered the water and carried it over, and I found out why he was selling it, it was like the worst salt setup ever.... but I learned from it and now have a 30 gallon tank!

[ReefRaff]

So what happend to the 55?

[FrontosaMan]

last year when i was 15 my frind started workin at a pet store. well he had fish and i wanted some. at first i thought it was kinda dumb, but then i pulled the 55 outta the basement we had for years. we [acronym:e635aca882="Down Draft"]dd[/acronym:e635aca882] ome community sharks. liking the hobby i wanted a tank of my own. my friend at the pet store had a 29 and i wanted a bigger one. so i went out and bought a 75 gallon tank. a week later i got a job at the local fish store, and i have been working there for a year now and i learned alot, they call me the fish aisle master. well anyways, after getting my tank my friend got a 180 out of the paper for 200 dollars!!!!, he had all differnet fish , his last one was a 2 and a half foot snakehead, he recently got rid of it and is starting a 180 salt tank. well in my 75 i had 4 frontosa, a leluipi, atolamprologus compressiceps, a few malawi haps, a synodontis angelicus, and a few tropheus with some other tangynikans.... well i love africans, but i needed a change after my hobby was dying. well last week i cleared my tank and im on my way to creating a 75 gallon reef tank set-up, being knowledgable of fish already, ifeel this project will be a breeze for me.....i hope! :P

[Ghettopunch187]

Well I started out a little differently. My dad bought me and my little brother a [acronym:52c45207e9="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:52c45207e9] tank when we were little, but i really had no interest in it. When i was 13 he bought a tank worth $1100 for $120 from my aunt (she was to old to take care of it). It has always been a saltwater with a wide array of fish. Well a couple of weeks ago my father gave it to me plus $150 for my b-day. The only ploy was is he wanted it completly cleaned and moved downstairs. I thought no biggy, so the next day i got to work. It took me 7 hours to clean the dang thing and by the end of the day i resented my father and the fishtank. I got it set up however with no intention of taking care of it. But then my girlfriend drug me into a pet store to look at puppy's when i seen it, a beautiful snowflake eel. I waited for the tank to cycle and as soon as i thought ready (7:30 in the morning to be exact) I drove to the fish store hoping he was still there. Thank god he was. I am very intent on keeping this eel for a long time and i hope my love for the hobby never gets old.

[kiwi]

I as well have always loved animals infact at one point I had two hamsters, two dogs, a horse and a few fresh water fish in a 20 [acronym:6c58f1a2ca="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:6c58f1a2ca] used tank I had purchased. But what all started it was my beautiful betta (siamese fighting fish) named bubbles. Wow she was the prettiest thing I had ever seen so I had those for a few years and decided that there just wasn't any color in [acronym:6c58f1a2ca="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:6c58f1a2ca] fish when I saw what [acronym:6c58f1a2ca="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:6c58f1a2ca] fish were like I fell in love but was told that it was VERY hard to care for a [acronym:6c58f1a2ca="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:6c58f1a2ca] tank you needed a tone of money, and needed degrees in things like chemistry etc... So I stayed away having no confidence in myself. Finally the want became too much and I begged my husband day and night till this Christmas he bought me my 60 tall with much of the equipment. We have only one [acronym:6c58f1a2ca="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:6c58f1a2ca] so info is harder to come by but I have managed to not have a single problem since Jan. I presently only have 4 fish and am on a new venture to breed my mated pair of bangaii. Thank you to all those who have helped me a long the way. This site is great! I have much to learn and far to go but hopefully i'll get there one day!

[Red Virus]

I have always wanted to have a [acronym:e4598b7b48="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:e4598b7b48] tank for the past 5yrs but never did
till now. over the last 15yrs I had two 55 [acronym:e4598b7b48="Gallon"] gal[/acronym:e4598b7b48] 10 20 [acronym:e4598b7b48="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:e4598b7b48] long and 2 20 high
too many 10 [acronym:e4598b7b48="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:e4598b7b48] and 5gal tanks to remember.
my [acronym:e4598b7b48="Saltwa ter"]SW[/acronym:e4598b7b48] tank is another 55 [acronym:e4598b7b48="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:e4598b7b48] its only in the 3rd day of the tank cycle. I still have a 30 [acronym:e4598b7b48="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:e4598b7b48] [acronym:e4598b7b48="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:e4598b7b48] tank up and running for about two years now.

[Sneaker]

What made me want a reef aquarium...?

It was a natural progression, I love nature and most of the creatures that are out there... My dad had fresh and saltwater fish the whole time I was growing up and when I moved out and was busy running around in life I sat down one day and realized how much I miss having fish around.

I got back into it with a 10 gallon tetra tank, then I started a 30 gallon fish only aquarium, then I started another 30 galloon reef tank.

I am new to maintaining saltwater on my own so I figured I would start small, I love my reef tank and corals, the colors, the excitment, the entertainment...

Whenever I am stressed out I just sit in front of the tanks for an hour and I feel right as rain.

[ShannonBad]

My husband got me into it. It has been 15 years since he had a s/w tank and 15 yrs ago his was tiny and fish only. I had goldfish as a little girl (in a tank not a bowl).

Now we have a 55 [acronym:2be81a2c0c="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:2be81a2c0c] reef tank and are addicted to getting it perfect. We will one day have a super reef tank, but for now we are learning.

I love seahorses and we have 2. Did anyone else see the seahorse exhibit at the Boston Aquarium last year - hundreds of varieties!!!

I have a snake and we have 2 Italian Greyhound puppies also!

We both love animals!!!!

[CountZero]

I had my first encounter with a marine aquarium when I was around 15 and thought it was so cool listening to my friends Niger Trigger eat a gold fish or watching a lionfish suck one down. I had played around with sub 20 [acronym:f53c23ef2d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:f53c23ef2d] tanks doing freshwater but never could afford to go into salt.

I wanted one for the next 17 years. Then about a month and a half ago I had an epiphany , I own my own house now so I wont be moving for a while and I am making ok money now so I can afford it! I started shopping around and bought a complete 55 [acronym:f53c23ef2d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:f53c23ef2d] setup that used to be fresh water. I set that up, filled it with salt water and let it run for about 3 days. Then I added a few damsels to start the cycle.

I then sat back and read anything I could get my hands on about Marine fish. By the time I completed my reading, I knew that while I would always enjoy my Marine tank a Reef tank would be sooooo much cooler!

I figured it would be a while before I set up Reef tank Since if I was going to do it I was going to do it big!

I then made a very good deal on a complete 120 gallon system for $250 bucks. It was too good to pass up so I jumped on it.

Its now sitting in my dining room in the process of being cleaned. Its not a reef tank yet but it will be soon with the help of all the terrific people here at Aquarium Advice!
Thanks,
Zero

[reefrunner69]