Your Very First Tank

[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