Thinking about starting a Nature Aquarium... any tips?

Old Jan 29, 2010 | 03:23 PM
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does this hobby run up your electricity bill? sweet tanks, they look awesome rysti!
Old Jan 29, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Giibo
does this hobby run up your electricity bill? sweet tanks, they look awesome rysti!
Honestly not really. The T5 or even T8 lights are very efficient or if you spend more cash you can go with LED's (they use almost no power lol) and its not hard to keep a aquarium around 80 deg's if you don't let the room temp go way down. There is a lot of DIY stuff in this hobby making things cheaper. Its just very addictive lol My problem is that I'm into big aggressive fish, so it can get expensive. I started with my 55g and that grew to seven aquariums lol Now I'm down to only three tanks running in my house lol

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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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Can't wait to have a big setup like this for my catfish once they grow a little more...

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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 05:43 PM
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im trying to get rid of a fish tank cabinet. i put it on craigslist earlier, but not bites. its about 50" long. pm if you are interested.
Old Jan 29, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Another amazing setup....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UnwprvP2fs
Old Jan 29, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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heres some of my poison dart frog tanks. a little less up keep than fish id say, just feed and spray daily

these are both 10 gallons stood on end and the last one is a 29 long
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Old Jan 30, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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Here's mine...

Old Jan 30, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ryansti
Honestly not really. The T5 or even T8 lights are very efficient or if you spend more cash you can go with LED's (they use almost no power lol) and its not hard to keep a aquarium around 80 deg's if you don't let the room temp go way down. There is a lot of DIY stuff in this hobby making things cheaper. Its just very addictive lol My problem is that I'm into big aggressive fish, so it can get expensive. I started with my 55g and that grew to seven aquariums lol Now I'm down to only three tanks running in my house lol

Thanks
Wow, build a wall with fish in it, see through! That would be awesome!
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