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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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#11
07-14-2006, 12:13 AM
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I started with a 4 gallon nano cube that I built. I sold it before I ever added saltwater to it so I could buy a refractometer. I then built a 13 gallon cube so I could put a clownfish in it. After putting a second clown, a 4 gallon sump seemed necessary. This nano tank will be a year old in September or October, so I'm still pretty new at reefing. I've also got a 6 gallon cube (with a 2 gallon sump) housing a mantis shrimp.
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07-14-2006, 12:23 AM
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20 years ago, 25 gallon tank with an assload of fish and ug filter! wooty. oh yeah i was to cheap to get crushed coral so i used dolomite, i think it took the water 6 months to clear from the dust.
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07-14-2006, 01:03 AM
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My first tank was a christmas present in '92. a 20g tank with lava rock, a single blue feather duster on a clam shell and a clown fish being hosted by 4" long hair algae
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07-14-2006, 02:48 AM
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My very first sw tank in the 80s was a 108g, which was about the largest you could get back then.
When I restarted on this addiction a few years ago, our first sw tank was a 33g. Now, I'm up to 280g of total sw volume in 3 display tanks & 2 sump/refugiums. Anthony
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07-14-2006, 06:16 AM
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72g bowfront with a Berlin skimmer. Still drool over the pics and wonder sometimes.
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07-14-2006, 12:55 PM
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 My first aquarium as so long ago I dont remember. My first saltwater tank was a 6ft. 110G. My first reef aquarium was in 1990 and it was the same tank I have now. A 65g H. With a dozen in between.
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07-14-2006, 05:36 PM
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Started out with a 75g in September 05. Wife thought that was a bit big.(Shellie thought a 50 g was big enough) Biggest mistake was not getting a drilled tank and sump. Took our time and percs were the first tenents. Now working on a second tank. Maybe a third. Would like to upgrade main tank to a 220g tank in a year or 2. Fascinating hobby, always learning something new.
Doug
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