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post #16 of 24
1/27/11 at 4:59am
i have a SW aquarium. it's a pain the ass. too often i think about tearing it down but too lazy to do so
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post #17 of 24
1/27/11 at 3:15pm
+1 Had a basic salt water aquarium, but it was a huge pain in the ass... Unless you're going to dish out a tonne of money and time, its a waste. Get a cat.
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post #18 of 24
1/28/11 at 3:45pm
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I think coral and the harsh colors of the fish under neon lights are ugly. Most saltwater tanks look the same too. Look into fresh.




Those are really cool...

Of course the only way you could really have something like that would be if you threw gobs of money at it...have one at home with an aquarium guy who comes while you are at work and another in the office with a guy who comes at 5AM on a sunday
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post #19 of 24
1/28/11 at 6:20pm
^ Actually those nature aquariums are pretty low maintenance. You only replace about 15% of the water at any one time. You don't need to rip it apart for cleaning as the fungi in the soil breakdown the fish waste to make nitrates for the plants, etc.
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post #20 of 24
1/28/11 at 7:01pm
Yes. Once you're set up, it's water changes (which you can do easily if there's a sump) and monitoring the various levels.

These tanks have a very small bio load that is taken care of by the plants. It's tanks with a lot of fish that can more difficult to maintain, especially if things go bad.

lefty
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post #21 of 24
1/29/11 at 1:12am
Guy at my office has a 300 gallon tank. It's not big enough. He wants to reno and have the fish tank occupy half the height of 3 walls of a room. Mofo is crazy.
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post #22 of 24
1/29/11 at 7:33am
I miss having a salt water aquarium. Had one years ago but a power outage ended up killing all my fish.
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post #23 of 24
2/2/11 at 4:23pm
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For me, I'd rather get into Bonsai.

Yes

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I'm selling a few bonsai trees that I won't be taking with me to SF if you're interested.

pics?
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post #24 of 24
2/3/11 at 12:02pm
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this is the only photo I have on hand of my old reef tank. man do I miss it. 46gal bowfront custom oceanic tank with 20gal oceanic sump. I'm thinking of bringing it back to life.
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