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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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07-16-2006, 05:35 AM
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I started with a 90g and no fish experience with predictable results, found this site and now have 90g tank with things done right, (I hope) and am currently starting to stock it after an 18 month hiatus since moving houses. I am looking for frags, Brad are you there?? Rachel
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07-22-2006, 11:43 PM
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My first way back when was a 66 drilled with a home made trickle filter full of bio balls i had to order from the states for like a million dollers with blue damsel and a lion fish.
didn't know they eat damsels
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07-24-2006, 09:47 PM
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My first saltwater tank (since I've had freshwater since I was knee high to a grasshopper)...was a 10 gallon (FOWLR) with damsels that a friend ditched at my house which has been taken down since then and the damsels brought to other homes (they were evil I tell you EVIL!!).
I never wanted a salt tank until I had enough room for a big one and was on my own...but....I didn't get much of a choice. After that was a 25 nano reef since someone I was seeing at the time twisted my arm and had me convert an old dumpy white's tree frog tank into it, I still have that tank going now (the corals are outgrowing it) along with the perma cicling 75 gallon in my entrance :P. When I finish this semester I'll get around to finishing that one since I'll have more time and money.... -hides from Callum, Ivy, John and Tom-
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07-25-2006, 12:49 AM
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my first tank is the one i have running now, it was a 33 gallon sump for my brothers tank which he gave to me along with some corals he didnt want any more; a couple of leathers, when he got a bigger one about a year ago, maybe a little longer, i cant remember. i removed the ballasts and it is now sittin on a new stand i have made.
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08-01-2006, 12:26 AM
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33G
actually it is the only one I have. Started a few months ago, keeping mushrooms and stuff getting ready to change my 75 over
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08-01-2006, 12:53 AM
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A 10g "reef", started 17 months ago. I was bored with our FW tank, and similar to Chris' story, I figured if I could make that work, I could deal with anything. It is still running, although it has been eclipsed by our newer 50g+sump in my heart. Now I'm an amateur plumber, electrician, lab technician, and lighting technician. (and I thought it was about fish - HA!) And, I've gone from thinking I could figure it all out to understanding that I'll never know anything...
I'm still loving the newness.
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08-01-2006, 03:35 AM
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I started my first saltwater experience with a 0.75 Gallon Pico just over a year ago and now I have a 30 gallon reef.
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08-01-2006, 09:03 PM
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My very first tank was my 175 gal. I always said go big or go home. Three years later though and i am regretting it a bit. I am finding it hard to find the time to maintain a tank this size. Water changes are always a mess. If I was to do it again I would probally start with 25gal to 50gal. That way everything is cheaper and when i learned more about the hobby i could upgrade then.
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