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43 | 21.08% |
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20 | 9.80% |
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26 | 12.75% |
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56 | 27.45% |
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59 | 28.92% |
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#21
05-17-2008, 05:39 AM
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A saltwater aquarium book got me into SW...I think. That was a long time ago. I had tonnes of freshwater tanks, but I couldn't resist the ole clownfish and anemone! I fell in love with Copperband Butterflies...and I have yet to own one. Soon I say, soon!
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#22
05-17-2008, 08:28 AM
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I used to keep sw in the 1980s but started up again after my wife asked me for a sw tank so she could keep Nemo. That was the most expensive movie for me ever!!!
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05-18-2008, 06:46 AM
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I looked at hubby's FW tank in our early years of marriage and he totally neglected it. One day I was sitting there and fed the fish. Lights went on (with me), and next thing I was breeding cichlids...
Hubby (again) decided he wanted to do SW. After he plumbed a sump twice (upstairs) and it cracked, he gave me his three rocks and three blue damsels and the rest is history. 
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#25
05-18-2008, 08:34 AM
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I have had FW tanks since I was 12......(not THAT long ago
 ) and one of my co-workers started a reef tank...she said it was easy....well for her it was she stuck with her original 72g tank and I bit the bullet really really hard! Many tanks later.....and no money left...ahhh what a great hobby!
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#26
05-19-2008, 08:11 PM
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after 2 years of cichlids i started looking thru the saltwater sections at lfs's...but my trip to maui snagged me into this hobby, and glad it did
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33g fowlr / 20g sump / 400 watt pendant / Euro-Reef RC80~~~~lavendar tang, lemon butterfly, snowflake eel, hawaiian spotted puffer, tomato clown, chomis.. My reef~http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...-/P4300459.jpg Last edited by bv_reefer; 05-19-2008 at 08:12 PM. Reason: cuz
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05-20-2008, 03:54 AM
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Started in the 80's with a small FW tank when I lived on my sailboat. Had kids sold the boat and moved into saltwater. Stepped out of that for about five years, and am now back into it.
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#28
05-25-2008, 06:44 AM
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I used to live up the street from this little fish store that I acquired many of my cichlids from. (Tanks a Lot) They had a very unsuccessful reef tank setup that I never found that spectacular. Beside that tank they had a 29 gallon nano which housed a Manderine and a few softies. It was that little tank that made me want to try reef keeping one day. About 6 years ago was when I setup my first little nano. And every other year since I've been upgrading. I'm up to 110 gallons today.
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#29
05-25-2008, 03:56 PM
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I blame my wife.
 She has allergies to anything with fur or feathers, so that left fish as the only choice for a pet. It just snowballed from there. 
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I retired and got a fixed income but it's broke. Ed _______________________________________ 50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump. 130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium. 10 gallon quarantine. 60 gallon winter tank for pond fish. 300 gallon pond with waterfall.
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05-26-2008, 02:59 PM
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