Memories and Future

Today in New York it is pouring rain so I have the day of from work.  I am an organic tree doctor if anyone was wondering.  I used to run a fish room for years in my late teens and early twenties.  I really miss it but I can't stand to inside all the time.  Also I found that you don' enjoy the hobby as much if you do that for a living.  It's the like to old saying goes, the showmaker always has holes in his shoes.  Well thats probably not even close to how the old saying goes, but you get the idea.  

So I have continued to think about what I am going to do with my current display and going with something smaller.  Recently on a trip to the LFS, they had a 200 gallon FOWLR setup.  It was basically a perfect cube and really had an amazing look.  I really love the depth, and I am sure that the fish appreciated it as well, even though it was way overstocked.  So the story goes with fishtanks in LFS.  If you are familiar with the 40 gallon breeder than you get the idea.  So I am going to look into something cube like in the 70-80 gallon size.   The display I currently have I bought used for an amazing price.  I will never buy something new, though I would love too.  I just don't have the money to buy everything new, and if you look hard enough you can save a tremendous amount of money buying used.  There is always a person who spends a boat load of money on a display and then realizes they either don't want to spend the time for the upkeep or just get sick of it.  My current tank was only running for 10 months when I bought it.  I saved over $2,500.00 by buying used.  If you go the used route make sure you know everything is working and there are NO leaks.

So here are some pics of the fish I would like to keep in the display I am conjuring up in my mind.  So we will see.   I want smaller fish that are invertebrate safe and I may even do some hardy soft corals.  I really love Ricordia mushrooms and Zoas.