I just moved to SF and I am going to set up my tank again as soon as
it gets here. I have a 72 gal bow front tank, coralife compact 55w X 4
tubes 6,700K (I think), 2 ebo heaters, 404 fluval, surface skimmer etc
etc...

I would like some of your opinions on the following:-

1. I was thinking of setting up a salt water tank but have no
experience...what do you guys think? Is it going to be more effort in
maintenance and setting up?

2. Where is a good place to go in SF. I live right in the Financial
District.

Thanks in advance for all your input.

Keng

I just moved to SF and I am going to set up my tank again as soon as
it gets here. I have a 72 gal bow front tank, coralife compact 55w X 4
tubes 6,700K (I think), 2 ebo heaters, 404 fluval, surface skimmer etc
etc...

I would like some of your opinions on the following:-

1. I was thinking of setting up a salt water tank but have no
experience...what do you guys think? Is it going to be more effort in
maintenance and setting up?

I will only comment on what I know, and this is what I know... Salt tanks
that are FO, aren't expensive at all, just a routine of checking salinity
and keeping some freshly mixed salt water around at all times can be a pain,
but that's up to you. A reef tank, is where the big bucks are. The live
rock can be $5-8 per pound, and that can be costly when buying 75lbs, for a
reef tank, you must pay more attention to its inhabitants, can't have any
predators for the reef, or can't have any fish that are NOT reef friendly...
some fish eat corals, and polyps...etc.... Then there's equipment, the
protein skimmer is pretty expensive, and most reef tanks are drilled, so to
have the sump under the tank, and that's their preferred method of doing
it.. so be it...

it's also as I was told, Like anything, it can be expensive if you want it
to be...

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RedForeman ©®
Sorry about the troll, the ball is rolling there....

Keng wrote:

I just moved to SF and I am going to set up my tank again as soon as
it gets here. I have a 72 gal bow front tank, coralife compact 55w X 4
tubes 6,700K (I think), 2 ebo heaters, 404 fluval, surface skimmer etc
etc...

I would like some of your opinions on the following:-

1. I was thinking of setting up a salt water tank but have no
experience...what do you guys think? Is it going to be more effort in
maintenance and setting up?

Um, this is a freshwater plants news group. Perhaps you wanted
rec.aquaria.marine.misc?

If you are also interested in setting up a plant tank in San Francisco,
then by all means contact the San Francisco Bay Area Plant Society:

http://www.sfbaaps.com


2. Where is a good place to go in SF. I live right in the Financial
District.

For Marine, you are asking the wrong folks. For planted tanks, go to this
place, you'll think you died and went to heaven:

Ocean Aquarium
120 Cedar Street
San Francisco 94109
415-771-3206