Comments on: Back into aquaria http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/ Rarely senselessly vulgar; frequently slightly tacky Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lea http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9352 Lea Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:31:32 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9352 I like the lionfish. They are fun to watch. Stan... not so much. Can fish hate? I'm convinced he hated me. I like the lionfish. They are fun to watch. Stan… not so much. Can fish hate? I’m convinced he hated me.

]]> By: Buzzregog http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9348 Buzzregog Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:09:37 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9348 Yeah I am convinced, having tried to keep spotted puffers and bumble bee gobies, that brackish are actually harder to maintain than full salt. Yeah I am convinced, having tried to keep spotted puffers and bumble bee gobies, that brackish are actually harder to maintain than full salt.

]]> By: Jenny http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9321 Jenny Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:43:31 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9321 Yay! I miss the lionfish.....and y'all :) Yay! I miss the lionfish…..and y’all :)

]]> By: Bo http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9203 Bo Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:10:51 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9203 Gerry: Yeah, I don't see how someone with two residences could do it. Depending on what you keep, some freshwater tanks could be fine unattended for as long as a month at a time, but it's tough to get much past ten days or so with saltwater. Charles: No. :) (Eight years ago we sold Lea's old house before our new one was built, so we moved into an apartment for the interim. Charles helped me move five operational tanks twice in four months. Moving <i>one</i> established aquarium isn't fun.) Mrs. Chili: If you ever want to give an aquarium a go, let me know. There are some aspects of the hobby for which you develop a knack and start acting and reacting on instinct (for lack of a better term), but neither magic nor a huge time commitment is necessary to keep a tank healthy. I can help you. Buzz: Yeah, thanks. I'm excited. I have a 20 tall set up in the sunroom (also Lea's study) that I've cycled with zebras, and I'm ultimately going to put two or three angels in there for her as the sole inhabitants. (Well, maybe a <i>Corydoras</i> or two.) That's my only fresh right now. I gave serious thought to doing an Amazon tank with my 55 (small tetra shoals), and I also thought about doing a brackish tank (I've always wanted to keep an archerfish). In the end, the lionfish won out. Gerry: Yeah, I don’t see how someone with two residences could do it. Depending on what you keep, some freshwater tanks could be fine unattended for as long as a month at a time, but it’s tough to get much past ten days or so with saltwater.

Charles: No. :) (Eight years ago we sold Lea’s old house before our new one was built, so we moved into an apartment for the interim. Charles helped me move five operational tanks twice in four months. Moving one established aquarium isn’t fun.)

Mrs. Chili: If you ever want to give an aquarium a go, let me know. There are some aspects of the hobby for which you develop a knack and start acting and reacting on instinct (for lack of a better term), but neither magic nor a huge time commitment is necessary to keep a tank healthy. I can help you.

Buzz: Yeah, thanks. I’m excited. I have a 20 tall set up in the sunroom (also Lea’s study) that I’ve cycled with zebras, and I’m ultimately going to put two or three angels in there for her as the sole inhabitants. (Well, maybe a Corydoras or two.) That’s my only fresh right now. I gave serious thought to doing an Amazon tank with my 55 (small tetra shoals), and I also thought about doing a brackish tank (I’ve always wanted to keep an archerfish). In the end, the lionfish won out.

]]> By: Buzzregog http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9154 Buzzregog Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:46:49 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9154 Cool, enjoy. I just have a 29 gallon fresh tank going atm. It is also only home to a plec and a single cichlid of some sort. Have not had the gumption to do anything more. Cool, enjoy. I just have a 29 gallon fresh tank going atm. It is also only home to a plec and a single cichlid of some sort. Have not had the gumption to do anything more.

]]> By: Mrs. Chili http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9127 Mrs. Chili Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:16:43 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9127 I enjoy watching aquariums, but I don't have the talent to keep them. I had a boyfriend who kept a big salt-water aquarium for about a year, but when he left, so did the fish. I've been a cat lady ever since. I enjoy watching aquariums, but I don’t have the talent to keep them. I had a boyfriend who kept a big salt-water aquarium for about a year, but when he left, so did the fish. I’ve been a cat lady ever since.

]]> By: Charles http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9124 Charles Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:09:52 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9124 You're not moving anytime soon, are ya? :) You’re not moving anytime soon, are ya? :)

]]> By: gerry rosser http://bowilliams.com/2008/08/back-into-aquaria/comment-page-1/#comment-9101 gerry rosser Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:58:51 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=775#comment-9101 We used to have a nice salt water aquarium in our Fort Lauderdale house, but we were away so much, requiring paying someone for daily feeding, water addition, etc., that when we sold that house we decided not to do another tank. We used to have a nice salt water aquarium in our Fort Lauderdale house, but we were away so much, requiring paying someone for daily feeding, water addition, etc., that when we sold that house we decided not to do another tank.

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