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

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 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


part 01 -the hermits ......



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

part 03 - frogfishes - warty

part 04 - mantis shrimp .

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

part 06 - some corals

part 07 - fishes







that all folks

Holy cow, those are some awesome critters! I'd never even heard of a few of them. The electric hermit crabs are pretty sweet.

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

Absolutely stunning! I adore hermit crabs <3

Also... blue ringed octopus?! :O

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!

_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 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.

_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 ....

Mr. Mordax wrote:

Holy cow, those are some awesome critters! I'd never even heard of a few of them. The electric hermit crabs are pretty sweet.

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 ...

AshMashMash wrote:

Absolutely stunning! I adore hermit crabs <3

Also... blue ringed octopus?! :O

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

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

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

wow man, amazing collection.

I can see why you left it lol, the money to maintain all of that must be crazy.

Have you caught any yourself?

lol..nope ...i bought most of my stuff at a local fish shop

Ah I see haha

It's because I recently caught a colorful goby so that popped into my head.

I want a jelly fish lol I think they would be interesting to keep

special tank setup is required for jellies .. how i wish i got a chance to keep a sea angel ........

i believe it is the same setup for jellies

caught a small jelly the size of your average fist once. It had the typical dome head and little short tentacles. I dunno much about them, so I didn't even dare touch it. Looked pretty cute, but those things creep me out lol

Those are some seriously beautiful fish.

lycanlord wrote:

I want a jelly fish lol I think they would be interesting to keep

not so easy but people do it.
info: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/jellyfish/