What was your first purchase?

[shovelrider]

My first fish was a yellow tail blue damsel to test the waters after the cycle. I eventually traded him back to the LFS. I will never put another damsel in my tank! My first coral was most likely given to me by my brother-in-law who was experienced and has never steered me wrong with corals, but I cant remember what it was. Most likely zoas or mushrooms.

 

[Tinola]

yellowtail damsel, pink zoas, acropora tenuis.

 

[Pkunk35]

Long time ago, first saltwater livestock I bought was a $60 huge piece of live rock. It had a single button polyp on it.

First fish was a beautiful butterfly fish not too long after. Amazing fish.

My mom bought the next purchase which was a yellow tang (without my knowledge). It had killed the butterfly fish within hours. Poor fish had huge scratches all over it body.

 

[SAZAMA]

blue chromis, still one of my favorite fish

 

[Harry_Y]

2 Damsels about 25 Years ago

 

[shecter]

My first fish was a yellow tail damsel named cletus. I thought I needed a starter fish before I got nicer ones. But he's still one of my favorites. And my first coral was armor of gods and candy apple reds zoas. I did a lot of research before the coral purchases. And all are still thriving after almost 3 years no regrets here.

 

[Quinn123]

My first tank was a fish only tank, i bought a mid size queen angel, that end up dead the next morning.

 

[Andrew L]

tank on craigs list

 

[Andrew L]

worked out pretty good though

 

[ritter6788]

I bought a green sinularia frag on accident. I pointed to the girl at the pet store what coral I wanted and walked away. She put the sinularia in the bag instead of whatever I told her I wanted. I didn't even realize corals needed light and such back then. I still have it today and now I won't get rid of it since it was my first coral.

See that tiny nub in the sand? Lol, my first tank.

That's it again in the left corner of this 20 gallon tank.

 

[EmilyXLC]

My first fish purchase back in the day was a mean little Domino Damsel. Later, when my tank was established I bought some Zoos but ended up losing them because of a tank crash. : (

Those were the only corals I ever dabbled in.

 

[Selter904]

5 green chromis and a frogspawn were my first purchases

 

[Crystabel]

A couple of oci clowns and coral is an elegance coral - still quite recent ( 4 months ago for the fishes - 3 for the coral) butnall are doing well!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Hmmm, my first fish was some damsels. My first corals were some zoas and mushrooms.

 

[steamer51]

First fish back in the 1980's was a blue damsel and there were no corals back then. First fish in my current tank (2006) was a mandarin after it had been set up for eight months and was well established with pods. The first corals were three Kenya Trees that came with the rock I bought from an established tank break down.

 

[caudill187]

I remember carrying my first frag - a kenya tree - over from the neighbors house, treating it like gold, and checking on it 5 times a day. That's was years ago and I still haven't gotten all of it out my tank Next I got some pulsing xenia and remember tearing the system down to catch a damsel that was nipping at it.....those were the days.

 

[LetItReef]

a blue/green Chromis, Red hermit crab and Trochus snail

 

[misael888]

A sailfin tang he was a lil under 2" now he's about 6". Wouldn't sell him for anything.!!

 

[FLipp]

my first coral was the eagle eye zoa.

 

[Tahoe61]

Way way back in 1986, Blue Damsels, Three Strip Damsels and a Condy anemone. Man I just thought my tank was so beautiful with it's undergravel filter and coral skeletons.