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GOT 50
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Any of you guys do salt water fish tanks.
Thanks,
Eric
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twisted54
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I do... It's addicting
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twisted54
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I do... It's addicting
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twisted54
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My old tank Moray Eel
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68dustin
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VERY NICE!!!
How hard is it to maintain once up and running?
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twisted54
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Originally posted by 68dustin:
VERY NICE!!!
How hard is it to maintain once up and running?
Thanks...
It's easy once it's up and running...it basically takes care of itself after a while dependent on the livestock, organisms etc you have. I basically siphon out 10% a week or two and add distilled water to get water levels back up. I rarely add salt.
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CHP2981
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Very expensive just like any other hobby. Kesill lights or LED lights, Ecotech pumps that I can set for wave making. Check them out and that's not including everything else. Then there's the fish and how much they cost to just go belly up. I went fresh water with some Perovian Festeas and a pair of Red Tigers.
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twisted54
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Originally posted by CHP2981:
Very expensive just like any other hobby. Kesill lights or LED lights, Ecotech pumps that I can set for wave making. Check them out and that's not including everything else. Then there's the fish and how much they cost to just go belly up. I went fresh water with some Perovian Festeas and a pair of Red Tigers.
I have two kessil a150Ws on my 40 gal... It's an expensive but relaxing hobby.
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GOT 50
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Originally posted by twisted54:
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I do... It's addicting
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Awesome. I want do do a 50 Gal tank with corrals and clown fish. I am looking at tanks on craigslist but not sure what I should focus on other than protien skimmers and wave making stuff. Can I shoot you a link and you tell me what you think>
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venomous99
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did reefing for over 10 years starting with a 20, 60, 120, 200, 360, back to a 62gallon and now just keep a 15gallon in my office. mostly SPS dominated reefs.
for those who havent done a reef tank and wanna know how hard it is.....put it this way, the damn thing is more demanding than taking care of a dog in that you have to constantly maintain the parameters or else the livestock will start to die off.getting it to the point where its stable and automated takes a lot of time and money to achieve.
if you think your budget fox is expensive, its typical for a 100gallon reef to start off around $5k assuming you get decent equipment. when u start getting into high end shiet from lightin, filtratration, monitoring systems $10k is easy before even getting into more expensive livestock(fish, coral, inverts, etc).
cars are easy compared to reefs..
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Posts: 4811 | From: dc | Registered: Oct 2002
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twisted54
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Originally posted by twisted54:
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Originally posted by twisted54:
I do... It's addicting
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Awesome. I want do do a 50 Gal tank with corrals and clown fish. I am looking at tanks on craigslist but not sure what I should focus on other than protien skimmers and wave making stuff. Can I shoot you a link and you tell me what you think>
All about fish in Concord/Pacheco is a good place to go for advice/parts/livestock. I don't know if you need a wave maker. Good quality live rock and live sand is good. Also don't skimp on the lighting. Make sure you have enough watts per gallon to keep the corals you want healthy. Read up on stuff before you make any purchases. Don't rush anything. It's always best to not overstock your tank or put livestock in before you water parameters are good.
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KARATExxCHUCK
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It is nice to see a change in postings on CaFord. Do any of you guys watch tanked? It is on Netflix.
Charles ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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KARATExxCHUCK
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My old tank Moray Eel
He is a big boy. lol
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Mineralgt
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It is nice to see a change in postings on CaFord. Do any of you guys watch tanked? It is on Netflix.
Charles
Yeah I'm a big fan of tanked! Some of it is corney but they build some awesome tanks!
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venomous99
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here is a bad ass 750gallon from oregon. read on another forum that it cost about 30k to build this tank
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twisted54
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That's nuts... Gotta pay to play!!
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