Some marine fishes and stuff back 2005 before i am into scorpions and tarantula :P

Lester

hi guys ...

i used to keep marine fishes in the past .... but due to $$$$ and time ... i decided to give it up for the time begin to make way for work.. .. lol rite now into inverts Smile

here are some pics of the past that i keep before to share with you guys ... maybe it will boost some of you all into reefing Smile

part 01 -the hermits ......

[addedon]October 25, 2009, 9:46 pm[/addedon]part two - banded sharks .......

Lester

part 03 - frogfishes - warty

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part 04 - mantis shrimp .

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part 05 - blue ring octopus - deady but lovely ...... ( do not try it at home .. fatal ... !!! i been tained.. went swimming lesson twice !!! )

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part 06 - some corals Smile

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part 07 - fishes Smile

that all folks Smile

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**Mr. Mordax**

Holy cow, those are some awesome critters! awesome

I'd never even heard of a few of them. The electric hermit crabs are pretty sweet. cheers

I've heard mantis shrimp can strike so powerfully they've broken aquariums (usually to their own demise).

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AshMashMash

Absolutely stunning! I adore hermit crabs <3

Also... blue ringed octopus?! :O

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_scorpio_

wow! how big were your tanks??? is that a volitans lionfish? do i see two BTA's there as well or is that some kind of coral.
what costs caused you to stop? electricity i would guess lol! must be about 10 plugs per tank! skimmer, heater, power-heads, halides, fan to cool them etc. etc.
i was on the verge of turning to marine but had a good long think about the ethical side to it as well as maintainance, cost etc. and decided to leave the live rock in Fiji lol!

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AshMashMash

_scorpio_ wrote:

was on the verge of turning to marine but had a good long think about the ethical side to it as well as maintainance, cost etc. and decided to leave the live rock in Fiji lol!

A lot of places do the rock where the live rock is farmed by putting rock into the water and it then gets turned into the live rock over time to be harvested Smile

I think TMC does it?

You can also buy captive bred inverts (sessile and not), and fish, in a lot of different species. So, it is do-able, but I agree a lot of the more exciting stuff for marine tanks is wild caught.

But, everything has to be wild caught at some point... we then find out it's requirements for captivity, and breeding, and in the end breed it. Everything has to start somewhere.

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Lester

_scorpio_ wrote:

wow! how big were your tanks??? is that a volitans lionfish? do i see two BTA's there as well or is that some kind of coral.
what costs caused you to stop? electricity i would guess lol! must be about 10 plugs per tank! skimmer, heater, power-heads, halides, fan to cool them etc. etc.
i was on the verge of turning to marine but had a good long think about the ethical side to it as well as maintainance, cost etc. and decided to leave the live rock in Fiji lol!

yes your ar erite ... electrical bills are killing me ...
chiller ,
pumps,
lighting,
wave creator,
more pumps
skimmers,
CR
FR
controller.
timmer
etc...

lol ....

Lester

Mr. Mordax wrote:

Holy cow, those are some awesome critters! awesome

I'd never even heard of a few of them. The electric hermit crabs are pretty sweet. cheers

I've heard mantis shrimp can strike so powerfully they've broken aquariums (usually to their own demise).

yes the mantis is a smasher .. wanted a spearer at first but none were avaiable at that time lol ...

Lester

AshMashMash wrote:

Absolutely stunning! I adore hermit crabs <3

Also... blue ringed octopus?! :O

lol ..it one of my fav back then ... Razz

rafiqos

Nice fishies Lester. Have you had the chance of keeping P.imperators?

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Pomacanthus imperator? Lol i stumbled awhile and wondering why are u asking bout scorp here Razz

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