Re: So, what got YOU into the hobby?
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:38 pm
Well I had always kept reptiles but liked the color of saltwater fish. I didn't like the cleaning aspect of freshwater having to gravel wash all the time. So I decided to try African cichlids and set up a 20 gal. I had the tank less than 30 days and decided that it wasn't what I wanted. So I set up a 30 gal tall (not recommented- no aquascaping and lighting is hard due to shape). Anyways I had the tank for about a year and then took it down because I was going out o the country for awhile. I started a new set up when I got back and decided to try something small just for kicks, I started a skimmerless 2.5 gal reef that had 8w per gal. It did great and corals would grow so fast I started a 29 gal reef and moved corals out of the 2.5 as they got to big. When I moved to my apartment I set up a 55 gal, and ended up with a total of 5 tanks in my apartment (3 in living room, 1 in kitchen, and 1 upstairs). Then I got married and combined everything into one. I now have a 110 long reef, hoping to upgrade soon. My addiction to the hobby gets me on trouble sometimes because te wife says I love the tank more than I live her, but she knows the tank was around before her and that it's not going anywhere. I always say I could be addicted to something worse. Think she just likes giving me hard time.
Have hopes of oneday building a big in house tank (wall). Hopefully I will hav a job that pays me enough to be able too.
Have hopes of oneday building a big in house tank (wall). Hopefully I will hav a job that pays me enough to be able too.