re: Who here has aquariums?

I'll try to upload it to photobucket...

Salt is more of everything I used to tell people (worked in pet shops through high school and collage) More $,more work, more equipment, more color, more diversity and so on. I had a 110gal reef for about 9 years before katrina killed it all off. Now I do fresh water...less stress and cost. When I worked at shops I got salt at cost...and thats about 1/3 of what its sold for in stores...at least.

Some older pics of some of the fish in the 375

































With out any flash a few came out ok

Damn those are some nice fish
That oscar

Yeah he is one of the fav in the tank.

When petco has there sale it cant be beat. I had a ton of the 40 breeders from them when I was breeding fish.

I've had tanks most of my life. I have been working in the pet industry for the past 18 years, so I have had some killer setups. My best was a reef tank I had for about 3 years. I also had a LRO tank with a snowflake eel that I watched grow from 6" to over 18". I only have reptiles set up in my office right now and a 90 gallon semi aquatic with turtles and a few fish. Once I get some time, I plan on doing a kick arse nano reef at the house.

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hey if i get a 55gal from there, how much more(ballpark) do you think i would spend getting filters, lights, etc.?

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This, also what type of fish do well in this type of tank? Hell a 55 gallon for $55, can't be beat. Definitely going to try swing through there. Any other big sales there?

You can pretty much do any type of environment in this setup. Just research the amount of fish you can have in a 55 gallon. (by the inch) You can do salt or fresh in a 55.

Also, do not mix coldwater fish with tropical fish for many reasons.

If you are doing a basic freshwater tanks, I would say for lights, filter, substrate, and décor, you are looking at about 200 bucks on the low side. Don't skimp on filtration.

I used to buy from here all the time....they have really good prices....at least they used to. You can do some price shopping.

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Any other big sales there?

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I only got my tank and some fish from there. Everything else I get from amazon.

And Ramrod, I bought the tank from there for $55. Then between heater, filter, filter cartridges, gravel, top, air pump, light I've probably spent around $300.
But I bought the gravel and heater from Petco which was more pricey than I could've bought them for online. I also spent $100 on a light. So it all depends on if you can find good deals or not.

I would definitely check amazon for everything before buying in store

Just remember with arowanas they jump like crazy if I remember correctly. So if you have any spots where the hood doesn't cover it, figure out a way to keep them from jumping out of that hole or you'll come home to find him on the floor one day.