Hi from Long Island, noob w a 90

MikeMcdh · May 14, 2013

Made the switch from a freshwater 160g w foot long oscars, bred from 1 inch, to a 90g saltwater about a year ago. Love when you get a deal on Craigslist. Having never attempted a saltwater before I Did online research on the hobby till my eyes popped. I went with a four inch sand bed that is a mix of playground sand from Lowes(brought my vinegar w me and watched it bubble up in amazement) and white Argonite I bought on eBay which came w a ton of little crawlers that got eaten up eventually. Have about 125lbs of live rock. Replaced the fluorescents it came with an Odyssea T5 set up,$100 on eBay 2white 2blue n led nite lights. It's been fun and costly like most hobbies. Learned from mistakes. 1st additions werr some Damsels, hearty cheap fish that are still in tank a year later. More to come

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joshporksandwich · May 14, 2013

Welcome from r2r. Great looking tank. I got mine from CL also.

spspirate · May 14, 2013

Welcome to REEF2REEF!!!

justgotwet · May 14, 2013

Hello and welcome to reef 2 reef!

Larry

mike007 · May 14, 2013

Welcome nice tank.

SeahorseKeeper · May 14, 2013

Welcome to R2R!! Looks like you are off to a great start!!

MelissaKathryn · May 14, 2013

Welcome to reef2reef! Our 55 g used to have itty bitty baby oscars.. but they got moved to the 125g when we made the 55 our saltwater tank

they got really big in the 125 and one of our friends wanted them for a new tank he got (really nicely colored oscars) so they are big, fat and happily swimming around in his daughters playroom! We miss them a lot but now our giant danios are breeding like crazy with all the room! What do you have with your oscars? do you plan to breed them?
I miss ours very much but I kinda love our saltwater tank a little more in a different way

there is a freshwater page here, too! Can't wait for pics!

MBG75 · May 14, 2013

Welcome. I'm on Long Island also.

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MikeMcdh · May 16, 2013

My Oscar tank is long gone. There were 2 red ones and an Albino. Red ones would lay eggs every month. Female would stay w them always and male would scare off everyone else. Green terror, red tail cat, Dempsey and a knife fish. Tank was a foot n half high 5ft long and 2 1/2 ft deep custom made w 1/2 inch glass. Was moving and had to let it go. Think I got pics on FB ill take a look

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