Any Reefers?

Yeah they say the hobby costs about a hundred dollars per gallon...lol...Unless you're a big DIY'er, like myself...But yeah, ever think about a little pico reef? 5 gallons or under? Easy to maintain, cheap to stock with rock and livestock(since you only need small frags, and a 3 gallon reef fills up fast!)

it was more of the live rock that costed a lot like i said small town and actually the only people who sold salt tank stuff closed about 2 years ago but i was paying 70$ a pound of live rock and oyu need a lot of it so i decided it was too much money, i would like to set the tank back up just to do like regular aquarium and not salt water
 
it was more of the live rock that costed a lot like i said small town and actually the only people who sold salt tank stuff closed about 2 years ago but i was paying 70$ a pound of live rock and oyu need a lot of it so i decided it was too much money, i would like to set the tank back up just to do like regular aquarium and not salt water

Ah, the trick there would be to buy a lot of dry dead rock, seed it with like a pound of live rock, and just go through like a 6 month cycle while the bacteria colonizes the dead rock...Bingo! 50 pounds of live rock for a fraction of the cost. $70 a lb is pretty high though, considering I thought 7 a lb at my LFS was unreasonable! lol

What do you think would be good for freshwater? More into planted tanks or fish? Your 50 gal could be a cool cichlid tank, or make a bitching planted tank too!
 
Ah, the trick there would be to buy a lot of dry dead rock, seed it with like a pound of live rock, and just go through like a 6 month cycle while the bacteria colonizes the dead rock...Bingo! 50 pounds of live rock for a fraction of the cost. $70 a lb is pretty high though, considering I thought 7 a lb at my LFS was unreasonable! lol

What do you think would be good for freshwater? More into planted tanks or fish? Your 50 gal could be a cool cichlid tank, or make a bitching planted tank too!

no sure i really like angel fish, and bottom feeders are cute too, i guess if i did set it up again id have plants and like neat little hiding areas and some pretty fish like schools of tetras
 
no sure i really like angel fish, and bottom feeders are cute too, i guess if i did set it up again id have plants and like neat little hiding areas and some pretty fish like schools of tetras



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Love the fresh water tanks, I want to do a planted, with just a few fish. those are awesome aquascapes above.
 
those look super pretty

Yeah, wish I had the patience for planted tanks. The way I feel as it is, a reef tank is like a saltwater planted tank, sorta...lol...except the plants are living animals...that sometimes look like plants...lol..I mean, technically, there ARE planted marine tanks, with macroalgae, but that's not my style. I like things than glow bright neon green and pink and orange...haha

 
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Just want to say all of your reefs out there are gorgeous. I tried reefing for a while but I just wasn't good at it. Awesome little creatures though? I got into dart frogs after reefing... land plants treat me much better ;)
 
man so ive decided to put up my tank :)
Well...We'll be waiting for some pics...What did you decide you wanna do with it?
Just want to say all of your reefs out there are gorgeous. I tried reefing for a while but I just wasn't good at it. Awesome little creatures though? I got into dart frogs after reefing... land plants treat me much better ;)
Nice, vivarium are cool too! I've been tempted more than once to set one up. Almost pulled the trigger on a nice terrarium on clearance the other day.....One that you can fill wit water for the first 6 inches or so.
 
I have three tanks soooo Ima do a bunch of shit lol but I have a little one might be cool to eff with
 
What size tanks? Any saltwater or reefing? Sounds good...I have three more tanks in addition to the three I already have set up; my problem is that i have a shortage of counter space in which to put them...lol...right now I have the 36 gallon freshwater, a 3 gallon mixed reef, and the brand new 5 gallon reef.(tank isn't new, but the reef inside is...lol)
 
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