I have to quit reefing. Are there any freshwater challenges

[Anonymous]

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OK...between the holidays and getting the wifes digital camera I took a little longer than I thought. But here they are.

For those that don't beleive that you can have a DSB and Africans...

As you can see they did some digging and made the DSB themselves. It has been untouched in over a year.

Next is a close up showing the bubbles in the sand. Note right side of the photo.

And finally for a shot to show thw white sand bed with no clean up crew. I would however like to get some snails to get the glass near the sand. The magnet stirs the sand to much.

-Greg

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[tazdevil]

before I started reefkeeping, I was into Kribensis/live plants (freshwater). The kribs were breeding every few months, I had a great deal with an LFS that I brought them in after the fry reached the 1inch size, and got deals etc. for plants/food. Relatively low maintenance as well.

 

[mickadee]

Sorry to here that you have to give up the hobby I havent delt with SW for all that long and still cant give up my freshwater and brackish tanks. they can be very interesting and rewarding basic rules still apply but planning and reading are still a must. ex.. plecos like to eat plants and the shells of snails.planted tanks are very eye pleasing I have 4 FW tanks now with various types of fish from fancy orandas to elegant angels and discus. depending on what you want you wil get just as much adversity in setups and ways to do things as you do in SW. on the plus side some of the fish are cheaper. hope it all works out for you ...
Mike

 

[Anonymous]

OK, how about something completely different. A parallel obsession of comparable complexity in which things are a lot less worked out than reefing? Poison dart frogs, and other small herps in naturalistic vivaria. You can breed them, some easily. You can also raise orchids, bromeliads, carnivorous plants and more in with them. The whole science is quite advanced in Germany, not here much here.

Some good links:
http://members.home.net/breviceps/main/vivarium.html
http://www.wildsky.net/vivarium/evivariu.htm