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04-07-2004, 12:58 AM
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squid
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Northeast Texas
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Just getting back in the hobby...Wow...what a site!!!
I had a 90 gallon Oceanic show tank with a Pacific reef, about 150 pounds of Jakarta live rock, assorted hard and soft corals, a couple of anemones with perculas, a couple of tridacna clams, and a few reef fish. Didn't have near the stuff that's available now and when I started all those years ago there were no sites like this!! It was mostly just trial and error. My wife of 15 years grew to love my tank as much as me, but couldn't understand about keeping fish to a minimum and feeding sparingly. I took a job where I was gone a lot and eventually between my shoestring setup, too many fish and her thinking the fish "looked hungry" crashed my tank. I gave away alot of my stuff and set up an Amazon FW tank that took a lot less time and money. About a year ago I took my tank down as it had become scratched up over the years and we needed the space for a TV. I've been going mad ever since! While looking around on the web for ideas and smaller tanks I found this forum. WOW!!! Wish I had had this resource when I began!!! And I thought I was an advanced aquarist...I'VE GOT A LOT OF READING TO DO! I can already see many of the things we thought were right have been debunked...it seems the hobby is coming full circle to many of the simple methods we employed all those long years ago. I thought I had decided what to do about a new tank but it appears I have some studying to do first! I'll probably have a few questions as I get closer to setting up a tank again...luckily I still have my metal halides and I can build my own stand and canopy so I won't have to spend as much as someone new to the hobby. Looks like I just gained a bunch of new friends!!!...something that's happened ever since I got that first little tank all those years ago!! I look forward to sharing with all of you!!
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Last edited by birdman; 04-07-2004 at 11:28 PM.
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04-07-2004, 06:16 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Tampa, FL
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Welcome aboard!
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04-07-2004, 07:18 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New Castle, Delaware
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04-07-2004, 07:26 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Greenwood, SC
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hehe another with a reef addiction... man and it only gets worse from there.. buwahaha!
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04-07-2004, 10:55 AM
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Reefer in training
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ridgewood, NJ
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Your in a good place right now. Lots of great info. It will give you a great new start. Loads to learn. Welcome back to this great hobb
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04-07-2004, 11:13 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tucson, AZ
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Welcome to TRT..
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04-07-2004, 12:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: amsterdam ny
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Welcome Birdman What part of northeast texas are you in? if I may ask.
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04-07-2004, 12:07 PM
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Reefing is a cash cow
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Quitman, MS
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How much extra did she feed, I feed my tank every day but small amounts and I watch the fish eat it all before I add anymore and usually its a small amount each time.....
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04-07-2004, 02:12 PM
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squid
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Northeast Texas
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Hello all!!! I'm located about halfway between Dallas and Texarkana and have always gotten most of my supplies in Dallas (about 80 miles away) or mail order. Probably wouldn't have had troubles even with her overfeeding if I had just been able to put in the time necessary for my tank. I'm off three days a week now!!! so it shouldn't be a problem again. Been looking around for pictures of my old reef...I know there here somewhere? When I find them I'll post them! So far all I been able to find is video. Looking forward to visiting with you all!!
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04-07-2004, 02:19 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,599
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Welcome Birdman we are all glad ya found us.  
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04-07-2004, 02:21 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: amsterdam ny
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thats pretty cool I was born in odessa texas and was raised in atlanta tx if i remember correctly about 23 miles west of dallas again welcome.
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04-07-2004, 10:42 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: Southern Oregon, Way West of Dimples ;)
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Hey Birdman, welcome to TRT, Enjoy getting back into the hobby
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04-08-2004, 03:26 AM
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squid
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Northeast Texas
Posts: 9
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pictures
I still haven't found the pictures of my 90 show but here's what my reef looked like in the 58 I had just before it. Wish I had kept this tank as it's the perfect size for my needs now. I'll probably purchase another like it for my new reef. It was an Oceanic 58 reef-ready. The thing I liked best about it was that although it was a small tank (36 1/2" long") it was deep enough (18 1/2") and tall enough (21 1/2") to give a lot of space for rock and livestock! Plus it cost me a little less for materials to build my stand and canopy! The 90 show was truly spectacular at 26 1/2" tall and full of jakarta and livestock but it was much more difficult to work in! I hope I can find photos of it to show you all!!!
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