Hey everyone. My name is Lucas. I'm 25, and from Illinois.
I have had an aquarium before, when i was a young teenager. I kept the basic tetra and plecostimus crowd with loaches etc. going for several years. Then I turned 17 and as they started to die off I stopped replacing them because I was always out partying. I still did the maintenace all the way to the point where all i had left was two loaches, and i donated them to a friends tank. At the zenith of my delinquancy i had gotten out of the hobby entirely.
Anyway. Now all I have is a three gallon tank with two female Bettas in it. They don't fight. I have a column on one side of the tank, and a ruined castle looking thing on the opposite corner with a plant seperatnig the two. They seem to have picked territories out, and leave each other alone.
Recently, a friend bought a new 35 gallon tank, that he moved his brackish community into. I helped him move it (He is a little guy) and he offered me a deal on his 14 gallon aquarium. I've got the space for it, and i've always wanted to try a marine set up, so i've decided that's what i am going to do.
The last week i've been doing a lot of research on how to get started, and have not been able to find much DETAILED beginner information on the internet save for a book i ordered that will arrive on my doorstep sometime next week.
I pick up my 14 gallon tank on Saturday, the 13th, and i'd like to get started immediatley. The PM i got when i registered said for me to post one of these and to include what i hope to learn by becoming a member here...So pretty much i'd like to get some tips and success stories, maybe some equipment advice. I'll start another thread in the appropriate forum.
Thanks for any help you give me!
I have had an aquarium before, when i was a young teenager. I kept the basic tetra and plecostimus crowd with loaches etc. going for several years. Then I turned 17 and as they started to die off I stopped replacing them because I was always out partying. I still did the maintenace all the way to the point where all i had left was two loaches, and i donated them to a friends tank. At the zenith of my delinquancy i had gotten out of the hobby entirely.
Anyway. Now all I have is a three gallon tank with two female Bettas in it. They don't fight. I have a column on one side of the tank, and a ruined castle looking thing on the opposite corner with a plant seperatnig the two. They seem to have picked territories out, and leave each other alone.
Recently, a friend bought a new 35 gallon tank, that he moved his brackish community into. I helped him move it (He is a little guy) and he offered me a deal on his 14 gallon aquarium. I've got the space for it, and i've always wanted to try a marine set up, so i've decided that's what i am going to do.
The last week i've been doing a lot of research on how to get started, and have not been able to find much DETAILED beginner information on the internet save for a book i ordered that will arrive on my doorstep sometime next week.
I pick up my 14 gallon tank on Saturday, the 13th, and i'd like to get started immediatley. The PM i got when i registered said for me to post one of these and to include what i hope to learn by becoming a member here...So pretty much i'd like to get some tips and success stories, maybe some equipment advice. I'll start another thread in the appropriate forum.
Thanks for any help you give me!