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| Up to 33 Gallons (started out slow & didn't want to spend much) |
   
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71 | 38.38% |
| Up to 50 Gallons (did some research and decided to start out a bit bigger) |
  
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39 | 21.08% |
| Up to 90 Gallons (brave, and had some extra money at the time) |
  
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54 | 29.19% |
| Up to 150 Gallons (insane!) |
  
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14 | 7.57% |
| Up to 300 Gallons (Phhh, ya right) |
  
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7 | 3.78% |
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08-23-2006, 11:12 PM
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150 gallons with a 50 gallon sump. Biggest mistake? Putting it in my bedroom. But I did have water changes well worked out - CanadianMan had the insight to build a tap into my plumbing that I could just attach a vinyl hose to and send water straight to the bathroom and down the toilet. Then I pumped water up the stairs and into the tank. Regrets? It was bigger than I needed, and although it was a succesful tank with a bright future, my plans changed hardly a year later and it never had the chance to grow into what it could have been.
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08-01-2006, 12:29 AM
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First SW tank was in my old house ... 330G reeftank ... a few of the Calgary/Edmonton/BC reefers were there for a reefmeet a few years back ... loved that tank
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07-14-2006, 12:13 AM
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I started with a 4 gallon nano cube that I built. I sold it before I ever added saltwater to it so I could buy a refractometer. I then built a 13 gallon cube so I could put a clownfish in it. After putting a second clown, a 4 gallon sump seemed necessary. This nano tank will be a year old in September or October, so I'm still pretty new at reefing. I've also got a 6 gallon cube (with a 2 gallon sump) housing a mantis shrimp.
 ________ LovelyWendie99 Last edited by Flusher; 04-21-2011 at 03:00 PM.
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07-14-2006, 12:55 PM
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 My first aquarium as so long ago I dont remember. My first saltwater tank was a 6ft. 110G. My first reef aquarium was in 1990 and it was the same tank I have now. A 65g H. With a dozen in between.
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07-14-2006, 12:23 AM
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20 years ago, 25 gallon tank with an assload of fish and ug filter! wooty. oh yeah i was to cheap to get crushed coral so i used dolomite, i think it took the water 6 months to clear from the dust.
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07-14-2006, 01:03 AM
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My first tank was a christmas present in '92. a 20g tank with lava rock, a single blue feather duster on a clam shell and a clown fish being hosted by 4" long hair algae
. Didn't change a thing until '99 when the clownfish died.
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