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RE: Frog Room Update!
That's a ton of great info! Much appreciated.
If we do start a saltwater tank, I'd like to wait until I remodel part of the house. That way, I can build it in.
Sounds like you have a lot of experience with saltwater?
My first tank was a very basic marine tank in the Solomon Islands. We collected all the live rock, inverts and fish from the local beaches and used fresh sea water. It was extremely basic with just a flouro light, an undergravel filter and and air pump, but it worked for 3 years without a hitch.
I have kept and bred a few marines (such as the clownfish, unfortunately, Nemo would have gone into the cull tank, with a couple of very big oscars as garbage disposal, due to his gimpy fin. He would not have passed muster.)
I have kept fish from pretty much every family in fresh water, my favourites being the corydoras, South and Central American cichlids and the Labyrinth fish, which have an accessory organ which allows them to breathe atmospheric oxygen. The labyrinth fish include the Betta group which of course includes the fighting fish.
Wow! I know who to ask when I start!!!
My user name came about when I was servicing hire tanks, and one off remedial servicing. All my clients would just call me Fishman, and it stuck. Most people call me that now. Between aquariums and angling, most of my time is spent with the scaly, slimy buggers. And I love every moment.
Awesome!