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Originally Posted by barelist
Oh man... wrong thread for me...
Kept freshwater Cichlids when I was a kid, and got into Saltwater about 2 years ago.
Most expensive, time consuming and frustrating hobby ever.
Started with a 55 gallon tank, then bought a 135 and then a 240 gallon tank.
After months of setting the 240 up, I decided I needed something bigger.
Going to start working on a 400 gallon tank (122" x 30.5" x 25.5") in a few months with around a 120 gallon sump tank under the main tank for filtration.
Goal is to keep these two fish together... which need a lot of their own space or they will kill each other.
In the mean time I tore down my 55 gallon and set it up again with better lights to learn how to keep coral. Better learn the ropes on a small tank then lose tens of thousands on lost corals on a huge tank.
Here are some pics from our redone 55, added a bunch of coral since then.
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That's a very nice setup !
How much time per week do you spend on the salt water aquarium ?
I got cichlids and oscars right now, oscars tried to breed once but it didn't work out
I got black convicts that have babies every 4-8 weeks or so..
It's fun to look at but I always thought salt water would be cooler.
This is my first aquarium, it seems to maintain itself perfectly (not even doing water changes) so I'm guessing anything will be more work than this