Your Very First Tank

[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.....

[gqlmao]

HOLY! You weren't kidding when you said hoarding. I am sure its not a nightmare though .

[FishyFishy!]

I also have to say that 90% of my saltwater tanks were purchased and sold in the canreef for sale section... so thank you canreef!

[kien]

my first tank looked like ****. 90g worth of ****. That is all, carry on.

[Scuba Diver Gal]

Originally Posted by kien

my first tank looked like ****. 90g worth of ****. That is all, carry on.

Well maybe my son is doing ok, his tank looks pretty good (maybe not to a discerning "expert" eye, like some on this forum). But no algae, nothing has died (knock on wood), and his levels are pretty good…

He's smart enough to know that we wouldn't "sponsor" his upgrade if it were any other way

Will be ordering his new tank today or tomorrow

[kien]

Originally Posted by Scuba Diver Gal

Well maybe my son is doing ok, his tank looks pretty good (maybe not to a discerning "expert" eye, like some on this forum). But no algae, nothing has died (knock on wood), and his levels are pretty good…

He's smart enough to know that we wouldn't "sponsor" his upgrade if it were any other way

Will be ordering his new tank today or tomorrow

Ya, it has definitely gotten A LOT easier to set up a decent tank these days. You can pretty much buy an all-in-one off the shelf tank, plug it in, dump in some water, salt, corals, fish and you're done, with decent results to boot. Such conveniences didn't exist when I set up my first tank many many many many many moons ago :-)

[misty s]

I started off with guppies in a margarine container that I bought from Woolco, I was about 8 years old at the time. Once my mom found them we upgraded to a bowl, and it was all uphill from there lol. My first Marine tank was a 108 gal failure, now I have my 60 gal, and I'm pretty happy with it

[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?