Originally posted by PersianKitty I have a 140 gal salt tank. Thought about doing a nice corner reef tank one with an arc'd front, but right now I don't have a decent place to put one.
That's awesome. I had my 300Gal custom made to fit in the wall of my office. It's a work in progress..and a money pit
Originally posted by PersianKitty I have a 140 gal salt tank. Thought about doing a nice corner reef tank one with an arc'd front, but right now I don't have a decent place to put one.
A couple of years ago. It sits in my entry area against a halfwall that divides the entry from the formal dining room. I had the cabinet custom made to match the height of the half wall.
Love it. I spent 3 years designing and installing custom marine tanks professionally in Toronto. Had my own for ages, but it takes time, patience, energy and MONEY.
Nice tank, PK!
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A couple of years ago. It sits in my entry area against a halfwall that divides the entry from the formal dining room. I had the cabinet custom made to match the height of the half wall.
haha. yeah.. there's 4 of them...two on each side of the china hutch. Took me forever to find something that fit in that area that looked decent on a 10 foot wall.
Originally posted by PersianKitty haha. yeah.. there's 4 of them...two on each side of the china hutch. Took me forever to find something that fit in that area that looked decent on a 10 foot wall.
hmm. so do you actually sit at your dining table, or just imagine yourself sitting? ;) *smoochies*
Originally posted by PersianKitty Another pic. This one was when the tank was first cycling...hence lack of fish. There were only two in there at the time.
You need some live rock in there.
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Had a 100 gallon tank for a while, fully cycled and filled to the brim with critters. Ate up so much time and money that I had to part with it. It's unfortunate, the thing was beautiful but soured me on the hobby for years.
Before I moved to phoenix we sold our 90 gal reef to my high school for a few grand. A few grand didn't nearly cover the costs but still cool none the less. My favorite thing about a reef tank is its ability to run itself filtration wise. Once a balance is achieved the damn thing runs itself. No more water changes, no filters, no maintenance. The tank was running stable with a about 120 lbs of live rock, a plenum (sp?) , with periodic skimming. Can't wait to get back into it!
Originally posted by FiReC Before I moved to phoenix we sold our 90 gal reef to my high school for a few grand. A few grand didn't nearly cover the costs but still cool none the less. My favorite thing about a reef tank is its ability to run itself filtration wise. Once a balance is achieved the damn thing runs itself. No more water changes, no filters, no maintenance. The tank was running stable with a about 120 lbs of live rock, a plenum (sp?) , with periodic skimming. Can't wait to get back into it!
Originally posted by PersianKitty
reef tank is a totally different creature. I wouldn't be able to have the puffer, triggers or tangs that I have now. They'd kill live rock.
Of course you could...it would just mean more maintenance. I just cringe when I see dead coral in a marine tank.
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Originally posted by PersianKitty
[B]Another pic. This one was when the tank was first cycling...hence lack of fish. There were only two in there at the time.
wow thats a sweet setup you have there. We used to have a 100gal corner tank and would take our boat out to local reefs and catch new fish to put in it every few months.
wow thats a sweet setup you have there. We used to have a 100gal corner tank and would take our boat out to local reefs and catch new fish to put in it every few months.
what kind of fish do you have in there now?
A hawaiian puffer, a purple tang, niger trigger, clown trigger, couple of clowns, a harwike wrasse, a squirrel fish, and an achilles tang. A bit low on fish right now. I need to decide what I want and add a couple more.
gosh those are pretty tanks PK and wethoney. i feel like such a punk. i only got into the fish thing a little over a year ago. so far i'm still raising freshwater fishies. i got two ten gallon tanks and am fixing to do the big upgrade to a 29 gallon tank. you guys are like gurus.
Originally posted by titmowse gosh those are pretty tanks PK and wethoney. i feel like such a punk. i only got into the fish thing a little over a year ago. so far i'm still raising freshwater fishies. i got two ten gallon tanks and am fixing to do the big upgrade to a 29 gallon tank. you guys are like gurus.
Come over to Marine Pets and you can learn all you need to know about keeping the salties you can do it in a 29
Originally posted by titmowse gosh those are pretty tanks PK and wethoney. i feel like such a punk. i only got into the fish thing a little over a year ago. so far i'm still raising freshwater fishies. i got two ten gallon tanks and am fixing to do the big upgrade to a 29 gallon tank. you guys are like gurus.
About 2 weeks ago, I had my perculas spawn and was up half the night trying to catch the lil buggers.
I got them in a small 20G and they are doing well.
I was about to catch about 50 of them.
Eight now..they are about the size of a pencil head.
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