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View Poll Results: How long has your current (primary) tank been up and running?
Less than 1 year 48 28.92%
1 to 2 years 37 22.29%
2 to 3 years 27 16.27%
3 to 4 years 15 9.04%
4 to 5 years 9 5.42%
5 to 6 years 9 5.42%
Over 6 years 16 9.64%
I don't have a tank you insensitive sod! 5 3.01%
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Old 02-17-2012, 12:09 AM
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I get to vote 1-2 years because that's where my current primary (280g) is at .. prior to that though the 115g and 75g tanks it replaced had a few km's on the odometer. 115g at around 6 years and the 75g made it close to 9 years or possibly beyond (I can't remember if it was 2000 or 2001 that I set that one up .. I think it was 2001.). The 75g itself replaced a 50g that was setup around 1998. So while I can't top a 24 year old coral, my oldest fish are my clown pair at around 14 years and my tang is now 11 years in my care. Time flies after a while.. Heck my "new" green gigantea carpet is now at 8 years (purchased 2004). Wow, it doesn't feel that long ago I was telling someone on RC about it being 2-3 years in my care. Holy schnike!
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:37 AM
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IME, things do get more difficult at the 2 year mark. Accumulation of things, and failure of things. Tearing all the rock down and replacing it counts as starting over!
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V2 of my tank is at about 1 1/2 years old.....V1 was 3-ish years old before the move/crash
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