Any of you own salt water tanks?

[NaTuReB0Y]

Originally Posted by AJerman

that's a pacu red........a family member of the piranhas.....

i used to have a couple of them....they ate everything.............

feed them goldfish and they will grow like crazy!

when they got too big....they ate my huge algae eater....i was so pissed!

[AJerman]

Originally Posted by NaTuReB0Y

that's a pacu red........a family member of the piranhas.....

i used to have a couple of them....they ate everything.............

feed them goldfish and they will grow like crazy!

when they got too big....they ate my huge algae eater....i was so pissed!

Nah, he's the real thing, Red Bellied Piranha.

They look pretty similar when they are young though. In that pic he's only about... I think around 6 months old. That was back in March. He's grown a little more since then, but I don't have a more recent pic.

Pacus get huge though. Up to 2 feet long. I couldn't keep those even in a 120 gallon. They need about 250 gallons.

[Spool]

Used to have this 250 gallon tank when i lived with my mom...too expensive to upkeep so i did not take it with me...

[iatacs19]

Nemo has a retarded fin, I mean malformed....

[Kensta335]

I don't have any tank but I do want to get one of these bad boys.



Red Arowana

[The_Blob]

I owned a salt water tank for over 5 years starting from 1998 I've had so many different fishes that I've literally lost count. My favourite fishes are the Picasso Triggerfish, yellow lemon peel angelfish and the yellow damsel. My Dad sold the tank because it was too much work. I learned that the Tomato clown fish and orange clownfish didn't get along. One of my first fish I owned was the Tomato clownfish. About a year later, we purchased a orange clownfish and the Tomato clownfish almost fought and killed the orange clownfish. Different species of clownfish don't get along together. We had live rocks from Fiji and sea anemones which really broughtthe tank alive.

If you want to start with a salt water aquarium, buy a few damelfishes. They are very very very hardy. They'll survive on algae alone!! Owning a salt water aquarium is extremely fascinating!! You'll never know what will happen at night or when you're away and there might be a surprise in the morning.

[The_Blob]

Originally Posted by Kensta335

I don't have any tank but I do want to get one of these bad boys.



Red Arowana

These are expensive fishes. I used to go to the aquarium store to buy frozen fish food and I'll dream about owning one of them or two.

[The_Blob]

Originally Posted by Spool

Used to have this 250 gallon tank when i lived with my mom...too expensive to upkeep so i did not take it with me...

I used the own a tank like yours, but where are you fishes? I see only five?

[SCTexas]

Man I got hooked on micro-reefs about 7 years ago and I watched my money and free time get completely consumed. It is a great hobby but the upkeep is insane. I was constantly worried about the water quality, lighting, etc...I had a 55 Gallon with a bunch of SPS corals. I also had a 55 freshwater with cichlids which was great and MUCH easaier to keep up with. It did not come close to the beauty of the mocro reef though..

[bmwturbopower]

Originally Posted by tightwhite3

Man I got hooked on micro-reefs about 7 years ago and I watched my money and free time get completely consumed. It is a great hobby but the upkeep is insane. I was constantly worried about the water quality, lighting, etc...I had a 55 Gallon with a bunch of SPS corals. I also had a 55 freshwater with cichlids which was great and MUCH easaier to keep up with. It did not come close to the beauty of the mocro reef though..

I've only worked with nano's I haven't upgraded to a bigger habitat because of how much work I have to put into it. My tank is 2 years old and is running strong 78 degrees constant temp with a salinity of 1.026 all year around. My SPS and soft corals are growing insanely. Maybe one day when im out of school I can get more time to do a bigger habitat

[iku]

Here are some pictures of my 93 gallon cube.
sorry for my bad photography skills..












let me know if u guys want to see more pics

[XPO186]

Beautiful tank... I love the clams and SPS frags! Only objection is that I wish some of your powerheads were more concealed...

Are you running sumpless? I don't see an overflow anywhere.

Any inverts aside from the usu. scavenger crew?

[The_Blob]

Originally Posted by iku

Here are some pictures of my 93 gallon cube.
sorry for my bad photography skills..












let me know if u guys want to see more pics

Very nice tank. I've never seen a tank like yours at my aquarium shop back in the days when I had an aquarium. I would never get a big tank like yours because there is so much work to keep it look nice, clean, and healthy for the fish and everyone who enjoys looking at the fish.

[achenator]

my 90 mixed reef

[bmwturbopower]

Awesome Tanks guys!!

[ironjw]

Originally Posted by ///Mantis

dont ever say the word "nemo" in front of me again. last time i asked for a nemo roll at this little sushi place i got knives thrown at me

im gonna try that tonight

[iatacs19]

Yeah keep posting pics, I find it fascinating.

[SCTexas]

Originally Posted by XPO186

Beautiful tank... I love the clams and SPS frags! Only objection is that I wish some of your powerheads were more concealed...

Are you running sumpless? I don't see an overflow anywhere.

Any inverts aside from the usu. scavenger crew?

I can't believe how great your system looks with such a small amount of live rock and with no overflow! I was running a sump about the same size as my tank with only 1 clown and 1 yellow tang!

[iku]

lol guys.. i have a drain.. which works as an overflow sorta.. look at the top left hand corner, u'll see it!

[samwoo2go]

[Josh49]

^^^ Lexus IS-F??

Some of these tanks are incredible!!

[BMWJZ4]

i have a 55 gallon reef....i didnt realize that a lot of people on this forum are into saltwater....oo and btw that fu manchu lion is sick...