Funny Pet Storys

 I have been looking on all these different sites to find out about these fish. I like to read things like how they act and what to expect but they dont tell these things. So I have started my on so maybe it will help some one else. We just got it to night. I dont know if it is male or female and not sure yet what to name it but soon I will. After I let it set in the tank for about 45 min. I let it go into the tank. The thing went crazy and keeped on swimming in circles up the side of the tank. I’m not sure if this is how they all act or not. It really looked like the fish on Nemo. Now it has went and hide its self in a rock so I guess I will have to wait till tomorrow to tell you all more.  

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 On 12-28-07 the little fish are starting to get settled down. It is nice to watch them swim around. My light came in and look great. It sure does make a difference. On 12-30-07 I started to see brown stuff growing on the rocks. I was told this is what should happen it is just part of the cycling. 12-31-07 I dont think it looks very nice any more. When I came home from work all the glass had it growing all over it and all the white sand is now brown and so is the rocks. I had to go buy a scraper at $17 dollars (but at leat it floats) so I could see the fish. 1-2-08 Ok it is starting to look a little better now. I went and bought some small crabs and they went to town on all of it. 1-5-08 It is almost all gone now and ever one is still growing good. 

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 I got my tank on Thursday 12-13-07. I had to get my husband to build the stand and that took about two days. Then I had to stain it and put the varnish on it. That took about another two days. then finally it got to come home on 12-18-07. When we got it home it was time to put it together and that was not fun. Instead of doing things like putting the back ground on and things like that I went on and filled it with water. On 12-20-07 I put the sand and salt in. Still not looking to see if it was far enough away from the wall to plug in the lights. It was not and 150 gallons of water 6 bags of sand and 3 bags of salt later I thought about that. To late to even worry about that. on 12-22-07 I got to put my first fish in the tank. I got 4 Blue Damsals and I hope they are happy. I got up on 12-23-07 and they are still alive. It may not seem like that big of a deal to some but to me that was huge. I was told that someone has a large live rock and a star fish they would give me if I could get it up and running right. And to anyone who know the price of living rock that is already growing the coral on it that is a lot of money saved. More on this as the days go on.   

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  For Christmas I told my husband I wanted a saltwater aquarium. So of coarse I got one. That is where it all get kind of weird. I looked into the size, type and the accessories I needed. Or so I thought I did. All I wanted was one about 100 gallons sounds simple right. Wrong!!! I go to four or five different shops and talk to them in detail about them and every one of them told me something different. I got disscouraged with all of it so I went home to think it over. So i went on line to look up more about it. And every where on line was about the same as the stores. I found a store that was about an hour from my house that said they could answer all my questions. So I went to the new fish store that told me they had everything I needed and would ever need. Sounds fishy right. Well I thought so to, but I went anyway. It was a little fishy untill the owner got there. And he was not happy at all with the way we were being treated in his store. He helped me pick out a tank that would be best for all that I was wanting to do.  It is a 150 gallon tank that is pre drilled and came with the overflow fittings. But just like every thing else do it in small steps. he wanted me to get the stand, pump, filter, lights, and heaters from him. This would of costed me another big chunk of change. If you or someone you know is good with building thing it will be cheaper and will look better than anything they have. That is what we did.  As for the rest of the things you would be amazed at what you can find new on ebay. On the pump I saved $40 on it even with shipping. The heaters I got 2 for the price of one it the fish stores. The filter I had to go in between two of the stores to get the best deal on it. At first they wanted $235 for it after I went told them I would just go else where I got it for $199. But when it came to the lights I had to go to a store that does not sell saltwater fish to get the best deal. The ones I wanted would of cost $699. But I got them for $439. Now we are talking about saving big time. So the best thing I can tell anyone about the set-up of a tank is make sure you do a lot of reseach into the topic. Because the most expense is in the equipment. If you can save a few bucks doing this then you can have more for what goes inside. That is where it counts the most. But make sure when you are saving money that you are still getting the high quailty the fish and you desirve.  
 

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