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So, I'm brand new to the saltwater hobby (well, 8 days technically). I'm currently transitioning over from about 8 years of freshwater; African Cichlids to be exact.

I've had my fun with the freshwater side of things, bred various Cichlid breeds, sold them/traded them, had some live plants, and decided to spend the next few hundred bucks and built myself a 20 gallon sump and turned my 100 gal tank into a saltwater. WOOOO!!

This has been a long time coming, but I'm super excited.

I live in Southern California and have for the last 6 years, so I'm lucky to have a lot of LFS around me that have good reputations and resources.

Can't wait to share my experiences and get some info off of all of you well-experienced hobbyists.

Glad to be here!
 
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This is probably the most friendly forum I've ever joined (that includes freshwater forums, too).

Must be something about the saltwater hobby that attracts nicer people, :p

Maybe the empathy it takes to care for animals??

Anyways, thanks for the welcomes!
 
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thinktank said:
So, I'm brand new to the saltwater hobby (well, 8 days technically). I'm currently transitioning over from about 8 years of freshwater; African Cichlids to be exact.

I've had my fun with the freshwater side of things, bred various Cichlid breeds, sold them/traded them, had some live plants, and decided to spend the next few hundred bucks and built myself a 20 gallon sump and turned my 100 gal tank into a saltwater. WOOOO!!

This has been a long time coming, but I'm super excited.

I live in Southern California and have for the last 6 years, so I'm lucky to have a lot of LFS around me that have good reputations and resources.

Can't wait to share my experiences and get some info off of all of you well-experienced hobbyists.

Glad to be here!
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Hi Thinktank,

Welcome to the forum :)
Now I am super excited too to see your updates!!!

Why have you decided to switch from salt water to fresh water?

Zhenya
 
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Hi Thinktank,

Welcome to the forum :)
Now I am super excited too to see your updates!!!

Why have you decided to switch from salt water to fresh water?

Zhenya
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Thanks for the welcome! I'm excited to share them. Going to get some pics going soon.

To be honest, I wanted to start out in saltwater when I first got into the fish keeping hobby back in 2008. But the cost pushed me away. I don't care what anybody says out there, there is no "cheap" way to have a reef or saltwater tank and have the creatures in your tank be happy and healthy.

So I went with Cichlid, which is probably the most difficult freshwater fish you can keep in terms of parameters, comfort, and tank mates, and did that for about 8 years or so, with a two-year hiatus in there where my tank was shut down because I had to move and the new place had a weak floor that couldn't hold up a half-ton fish tank.

What finally pushed me into saltwater was I only had two Cichlids in my tank and I was just plain bored with freshwater. I bought a smaller tank, threw the Cichlids in there, cleaned up the old tank, built a custom sump, and threw it all together in about 3 weeks.

And the rest is history! lol
 
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