Anyone kept marines

Anyone kept marines or still keeping them?

I have a boyu 130 litre nice handy job On sunday night 2 people tried to buy it was very tempted

I have a 5 feet marine reef tank upgraded from a 3 feet few weeks back.

andrewo wrote:I have a 5 feet marine reef tank upgraded from a 3 feet few weeks back.

need some serious pics!

Ok will get on it boss!

Had a lovely marine setup in my 180 not to long ago Have some pics ill put up first thing tomorrow

That was a nice one Paul; I still remembered it !

andrewo wrote:That was a nice one Paul; I still remembered it !

Cheers andrew Nothing major but i was delighted with how it was

How expensive is it to set up a marine tank?

Gosh this is a hard one; depending on whether fish only; or reef with just soft corals I suppose then the cost could be kept down to a ceratin degree. The killer is the skimmer;lighting system;liverock;some sort of a reactor depending on what you want in your system. Then not to mention of course the livestock-fishes and corals).

Feeling the knees go weak as Im trying to recount the costs!

(have a used juwel rio 180 ex marine tank Im still trying to sell off; comes complete with everything bar live rock and fishes )

I wouldn't mind having a bash at it, it's the water that's putting me off

Ye its horrible to say it to people but no matter wheat way you skin it , its going to cost a fair bit of cash. Even with my marine tank i got so far with it that if i wanted to add more to it or improve it id have to spend some more serious cash so i just broke it down A lot of time and regular cash is a definite

I will stick with mbuna for now!

I had a marine setup years ago in a 3 foot tank. I didnt stock corals cause thats tricky to keep right. It was fun at start, but i found it got boring after a while cause the fish seem shy

One of the big things that put me off marine was the cost of salt, its bloody expensive if your doing big water changes each week. i think i was paying £18 which only did about 120 litres of water.

Stick with the africans they are more attactive, they breed and are colourful :)

Admin wrote:I wouldn't mind having a bash at it, it's the water that's putting me off

Yeah left out salt and other addictives to dose on regular basis too!

@Minky you are right;the cost is rather high and not to mention constant constant monitoring

In saying all this if you have the time or money its more than rewarding to look at

Paul wrote:In saying all this if you have the time or money its more than rewarding to look at

Have to agree with you on that one Paul. For me the most rewarding part was when certain fish start eating from my hand after months of trying it.

:yep Hand feeding fish, thats mad ger. Iv even seen him let you stroke him

I used to own a ventus that let me stroke him

Have ye to have a fish large enough to attempt it , but it must be class

Vinnie was about 10" just used to sit and look at you really strange, you would think he enjoyed it