halostalker
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Hey, im new to this hobby and i just started a saltwater tank as a experiment, my LFS said i can't start a small saltwater tank they said it must be at least a 30 gallon and so on..... so i started a 10 my friend started a 5 gallon lmao. So the reason i went so small is b/c its a experiment to see how to take care of a tank and so on and the main reason is im 17 and i can't spend a crazy amount of money on my dream tank=P. I had a 10 gallon in my house that wasn't used(i love all animals and i have alot of pets) so i was thinking i should start a cool fish tank, i had fresh water tanks before but i had a new interest and that was a reef tank. so i bought what i needed and some stuff i already had
10 gallon tank: i already had in my house
light: i had one from a fresh water tank 15watt
heater: bought
filter:bought
live sand: bought with a friend and we split it
salt: bought
I got all i needed i had the whole tank running with the live sand for about a week and i kind of forgot to mention i read up on everything for at least a month 1/2 before i started anything and i spent alot of time at the petstore talking to the guys and looking at all the crazy fish. i already had my favorites, i wanted to cycle my tank and i wanted to do it quickly and remember i have a limited amount of money so i can't go all fancy and buy alot of live rock at once so i buy small peices from LFS for about $5-$10 a rock so i bought one nice looking rock and had that in the tank for about another week then i bought a couple of hermit crabs and had them in the tank for another week then i took a small sample of my water to my LFS to get it tested(didn't have money to get a fancy test kite) so every thing looked alright, i was planning on speeding the cycling process by geting a fish (which i thought would be a damsel), but at the time i went to get the damsel they just got in new fish and i almost peed my pants when i saw they got a baby panther grouper(i loved the big panthers they had at the store and had no idea they came so small) and i asked if i can get that to cycle my tank and they gave me a great cheap price and i brought it home then i got other cool fish later well i'll just list them b/c i can write a book about my little summer project, so my tank has
7lbs live rock
5 mushrooms
3 button polyp
2 green polyp anemones
1 pretty anemone(don't know what it is but i got it at the LFS and it pretty and looks like a nice specimen)
2 hermitcrabs
1 weird little mussle( i like it it has some cool neon colors on it)
1 coral banded shrimp
panther grouper
lion fish
niger triggerfish
pensil urchin
and another assortment of things that come with the rock(feather duster, snails, small startfish,worms and other things=P) So this is my 10gallon and i have had it for 3 1/2 months with no problems =P all fish r healthy and everything that i listed above is doing great. well im still observing my tank and learning new things and i can't wait for my dream 10,000 gallon tank lmao thanx for reading =P
10 gallon tank: i already had in my house
light: i had one from a fresh water tank 15watt
heater: bought
filter:bought
live sand: bought with a friend and we split it
salt: bought
I got all i needed i had the whole tank running with the live sand for about a week and i kind of forgot to mention i read up on everything for at least a month 1/2 before i started anything and i spent alot of time at the petstore talking to the guys and looking at all the crazy fish. i already had my favorites, i wanted to cycle my tank and i wanted to do it quickly and remember i have a limited amount of money so i can't go all fancy and buy alot of live rock at once so i buy small peices from LFS for about $5-$10 a rock so i bought one nice looking rock and had that in the tank for about another week then i bought a couple of hermit crabs and had them in the tank for another week then i took a small sample of my water to my LFS to get it tested(didn't have money to get a fancy test kite) so every thing looked alright, i was planning on speeding the cycling process by geting a fish (which i thought would be a damsel), but at the time i went to get the damsel they just got in new fish and i almost peed my pants when i saw they got a baby panther grouper(i loved the big panthers they had at the store and had no idea they came so small) and i asked if i can get that to cycle my tank and they gave me a great cheap price and i brought it home then i got other cool fish later well i'll just list them b/c i can write a book about my little summer project, so my tank has
7lbs live rock
5 mushrooms
3 button polyp
2 green polyp anemones
1 pretty anemone(don't know what it is but i got it at the LFS and it pretty and looks like a nice specimen)
2 hermitcrabs
1 weird little mussle( i like it it has some cool neon colors on it)
1 coral banded shrimp
panther grouper
lion fish
niger triggerfish
pensil urchin
and another assortment of things that come with the rock(feather duster, snails, small startfish,worms and other things=P) So this is my 10gallon and i have had it for 3 1/2 months with no problems =P all fish r healthy and everything that i listed above is doing great. well im still observing my tank and learning new things and i can't wait for my dream 10,000 gallon tank lmao thanx for reading =P
