Your Very First Tank

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Live rock was $20/lb when I started

Ouch

[byee]

What was the price of gold back then when live rock was $20/lb?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I started salt in 1996 with a10g. Moved to a 90g. Then a 45, upgraded to 75, then a 150. Downgraded back to the 75, then 90wide. Upgraded that to the current 180.
A bit of time trivia. Live rock was $20/lb when I started -lol But live rock came with corals on it, and all kinds of "live"

haha same here liverock was $20/lb or just under actually ........but i didnt get corals on mine

[magikof7]

My first all started with those little mall kiosk acryllic bowls with dwarf frogs in it, in I think 1998-89
Then a 20 gal and it went from there. within the year I had 7 tanks running at once. All freshwater. Maxed out at a 90 with a couple of Oscars and bichirs. (man I had some kick ass muscles from hauling buckets. )

My first SW is my 29 biocube with a 10 gal gravity return refugium. I'm almost ready to transfer everything into my 75 upgrade with a 45 sump.

Hubby always torments me..."it all started with those dam 2 little frogs from that mall kiosk"

[The Codfather]

Originally Posted by reefwars

haha same here liverock was $20/lb or just under actually ........but i didnt get corals on mine

Oh, yes they did Denny.
I remember selling you this one, for a lot less than $20/lb. lol.
I'm just glad I got it back after a few years....
When I got this rock there was a few polyps on it.
It went around for a while, it was in some tough shape when I got it back.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I also remember when we would buy live rock from King Ed's Pets near my house for what seemed like an arm and a leg, but really was probably almost the same price as now (except now I buy it from fellow reefers and not retail). That rock would be covered with life and Irene & I would spend hours ooohing and aaaaahing over the polyps, featherdusters, pods, tiny starfish and baby corals that could be found on that rock.

[reefwars]

Dude I love the lineage of that coral it was white when I got it from you and you had it in sump I managed to get it green but not that green lol

That's cool to see still alive and better yet in color most corals don't see that long in captivity

[Dearth]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

I started at the age of 16 with a 2 Gallon Marina Betta tank and a half moon betta. Then to a free 10 gallon setup that a friend gave me. And from there.... it was a hoarding nightmare!! And the worst thing is... i'm sure I am forgetting a few setups. lol.

Here's my total including freshwater!

FRESHWATER
1- 2 gallon Betta (half moon)
2- 5 gallon Betta (crown tail)
3- 10 gallon freshwater community
4- 60 gallon cichlid tank
5- 40 gallon brackish archerfish/puffer/mono sebae tank
6- 80 gallon bowfront cichlid tank
7- 8 gallon betta vase (crown tail)
8- 8 gallon betta vase (half moon)
9- 10 gallon serpae tetra mini reef (fake reef, white sand) freshwater
10- 30 Gallon Tiger Barb / semi agressive community
11- 30 gallon Angelfish tank
12- 180 gallon arowana tank (22" Jardini + tiger oscars + jack dempsey + frontosa)
13- 80 Gallon Half circle premium cichlid community (one of my faves!)
14- 10 Gallon tetra/danio community tank (office tank)
15- 77 Gallon half circle community tank (fake reef)
16- 2X20 gallon breeders for apple snails

SALTWATER
17- 110g FOWLR
18- 50g Reef
19- 10g Nano
20- 5g Pico
21- 2.5g Pico
22- 14g Biocube Reef
23- 14g Biocube Mantis Shrimp Tank
24- 30g reef (fully setup and wet.. never added livestock)
25- 29g Bowfront Reef
26- 10g Kitchen Nano
27- 29g Biocube Reef
28- 90g FOWLR
29- 30g Shallow Clam Tank
30- 187g Reef (so far was my favorite tank ever)
31- 155g Bowfront Reef (only set up for a month before getting smashed)
32- 131g FOWLR
33- Fluval Edge Nano
34- 39g bowfront Reef
35- On my last final build with one massive tank, filter room... hopefully my permanent one!!

Tanks I currently have sitting around dry:
90 Gallon drilled (48")
170 Gallon (84")
175 Gallon Sump (72")
40 Gallon (48")
50 Gallon (48")
20 Gallon (24" shallow cube)
20 Gallon (24" shallow cube)
10 Gallon
10 Gallon
5 Gallon
2.5 Gallon

I think that I might need help.....

I think your beyond needing help I think an intervention is in order ......

My tanks in order

1) 25 gallon I was so proud of this bought it all with my own money then proceeded to overstock it with goldfish(all became cat food eventually)
2) 10 gallon
3) 33 gallon my first tank since my teen years just after I moved into the city 17 yrs ago
4) 10 gallon Molly tank
5) 45 gallon fresh water everything tank(sold to neighbours kid when I moved to my house)
6) repurposed my 33 gallon to salt water 2 yrs ago
7) 95 gallon
8) who knows?