What type of tank did you have before getting into SW?

[jobryan26]

I thought this would be a fun thread!
Before I started into Saltwater I had 3 Cichlid tanks. I loved them due to their colors and different species. I was ready for something different so SW was my next step.

[Jpizzle]

planted FW- south african cichlids, discus, etc. ^^

[chevyII]

Cichlids here, still Currently own 4 jack Dempsey's, 12" african catfish, Africans Aurautus and a Socolofi. Returning the JD's and turning the 135g into all Malawi mbuna tank. Have to keep my ph around 7.6 which is low for africans and high for Jd's so the Africans aren't coloring up as much as they should.

[sdmike]

I've had fish since I was 16 *that's about 20 years now!* so I've pretty well had at least one of most things.

Lots of FW tanks, some planted, some not.

Lots of Cichlids both South American and African. In fact, I've got Africans upstairs in the bedroom right now.

Several SW tanks from back when there wasn't such a thing as LR.

My how things have changed in the last 20 years!

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[mfinn]

Had Discus, 5 mated pair in separate tanks, 3 grow out tanks and 1 - 135gal. display tank.

[weimluv1]

i started with a 37 gallon eclipse system freshwater FO. I filled it with guppies and swordtails, who relentlessly filled my tank with babies. one day i was moving by it with a chair and accidently hit it with a metal piece of the chair, and wooooosh! 37 gallons of water and hundreds of shards of glass came swooshing at me onto my bedroom floor. thank god i was on the first floor of my apt. building! my next tank became my first saltwater.

[aquaman67]

Red Bellied Piranha

[Steven Pro]

I have done a little bit of everything; freshwater community, livebearer, brackish, African/Malawi, South American cichlid, Rainbows, tetras, etc. The only freshwater I currently have in my home is my 1500 gallon pond, but I am planning an Amano inspired plant display.

[ErockZ28]

10 gal medium - heavy planted (now its bare i sold alota clippings to my LFS and its used to breed guppies for the LFS which my other tank is just like 40 baby guppies lol now i started my 34 gal sw tank sux not having room for tanks lol

[tdtiger]

A 20 gallon gas tank.

[cmulawka]

130 gallon with breeding red belly piranha, 75g with silver arowana. Now just 90 reef and 5 g PEACOCK mantis

[WaterKeeper]

Just about any type of FW tank you can imagine. I had water chemistry set up for Amazon, Asian Rice Paddys and Lake Tanganyika in different tanks. Also a Brackish tank.

Was just thinking my FIRST SW was about a two gallon dwarf seahorse tank back in the mid 50's. Unfortunately, as you might imagine, it was a death tank in about a month.

[K9]

I've been keeping SW fish on and off since '95 when I used to help an uncle of mine sell angels, tangs, and butterflys from his house. He had a huge LFS-style acrylic "jail cell" cube system with a wet/dry filled with bio-balls and at least 50 or more fish. We never sold corals because he was too cheap to buy the lighting for them . My first tank at home back then was a 5.5g AGA with sand from just off our dock in the FL Keys and a juvenile Grey Angel my uncle let me take home from his house...(in his defense, he didn't know how small the tank was)

It lived for 1 week . If I knew then what I know now, I still might have had it to this day. I didn't even know I needed water changes back then .

"Why won't the Angel stop swimming in circles?"

[littleone]

it is a funny story how me and my husband got into fish my 3year old saw the nemo movie and to get him to potty train we told him he could get a fish and sure enough 3 days later he was trained so off to the pet store we first got a 10g set up and put in swordtail and tetras well that wasnt big enough and my husband wanted cichlids so he bought a 55g tank and then i wanted a 55g and it was brackish with sliver scatts and mono's well then my husband said he wanted a biger tank and got a 125g so in that tank he has german reds and electric blues in march is when i thought i would try my hand at saltwater it is alot of work but i really enjoy the hobby

[Ocky]

29 Gallon w/large Tigar Oscar for 3 years. Commited Hari kari when he got too big.m

[Fantasy Reefer]

All of the above.

[phenom5]

several african tanks...still got a 29g with a breeding group of yellow labs...anybody want some fry?

[3_high_low]

My first tank was saltwater with fish and some reef stuff - 1984.

[Scuba Dog]

started off with a reef tank never cared for frreash water fish......

[Tasiamay]

I started off with the goldfish, then moved to the live bearing guppies, swordfish and mollies. Next came the freshwater planted community tank ... and now I have an 18 gallon nano reef.

[cich1]

my first tank was a real Mickey Mouse set up, the kind with ears

[Cannonball888]

[Reefmedic79]

This is the first tank I've hd that was completely my responsibility. Had a few freshwaters growing up but they were may dads.

[stolen_pass]

I got my first guppy tank when I was 4-5 yrs. Then I has a tetra tank. And for Christmas '04 I got my 60 gal saltwater tank. Then 4 months later I got a 35 gal hex seahorse tank. And then...

[K9]

Gotta love the Sea Monkeys!