I will be totally honest it is because of this show that myself and my wife have decided to take on this hobby. But I am not new to fish, just saltwater, as I have said before I have a pond in the backyard with 7 large Koi, but after watching this show and researching I can see that there is alot of patience, reading, research, more research, then when you think you have it, do more research. But I learned the hard way with the pond thing as this is my 3rd pond I have built. So now before i jump into my planned fish only tank I will take the time to learn as much as I can to keep from killing off anything, I am sure it will happen, but not because I didnt do my research. I love the show, Brett was cool when I met him, but I have to strongly agree with those that say, it isnt in my budget to deal with them Unless i win Megabucks, the odds of that happening would be like Animal planet knocking at my door and giving it to me for free.
it is ok I will continue to learn some things by watching, and I have also been to pawn stars, it is impossible to get anything from there as well, because once they get famous, we middle class people cant afford them. Not to mention the hour wait to go inside was hell in the heat
. But I will continue to watch them as well. I think reality TV has gotten out of control but some things I like watching.
Being new to the hobby I am not sure if this is expensive or not, but I recently had a buddy here in Vegas ask Brett for a quote on a tank only. He is buying a new house and wanted to get a tank, I think over all the tank would have been about 500 gallons, roughly 7-8 feet long and about 2 feet deep, and 3 feet tall but I am sure when calculated the measurements are wrong
, anyhow the quote came back for JUST the accrylic tank it will cost him about $7700 minus taxes and delivery. To me that seems a bit excessive. But I ask anyone who comes to vegas and lives here to go see for yourselves and form your own opinion after talking in person with the cast, as this is just my opinion
