Have a Salt Tank In the Past But No More?

[Wile E. Coyote]

Give up on salt water because of problems, or other reasons? If so, tell us about it.

 

[arcab4]

i've given up on getting a bigger tank for now. just don't have the funds and time to take care of it. so instead, i just help my friend take care of his tank. haha. one day...one day.

 

[Wile E. Coyote]

What kind of set-up does your friend have arcab4?

 

[Franky099]

I love salt tanks...but I too gave up on them.  I had a 38 gallon.  You know the part of the hood in the back that is open?  Well....my walls were ruined because of it.  Just the small amout of mist that would come up out of there made a huge mess.  Left salt deposits and bubbled up the wall.  When I moved it I had to sand down the wall, fill it with spackalting and repaint the entire room!!  What a mess!!  So, to anyone starting a salt tank, I recoment putting a piece of clear plexi-glass on the wall behind your tank.  It will save you a lot of trouble!!!!

Amy

 

[arcab4]

he's got a 60gallon...he had to break it down recently because of a red algae infestation...so now he's rebuilding his tank. so i get to help out and it's not costing me anything. haha. but it's fun. we just started to cure his liverock in a tub and he just added some live sand into the tank.

 

[Wile E. Coyote]

Great idea Amy, I had to do some wall sanding myself :-[ ;D

Hey Arcab, it's great when you can spend someone else's money. That cursed red slime algae, I don't know how many times I battled it. > I believe that's what got the best of me in the end. There must be a better way to get rid of it but I didn't know of any. :Next time I'll be ready. > ;D

 

[arcab4]

actually..the red slime disappeared when we replaced the bulbs...the bulbs were getting old so it was putting out a spectrum of light that the red slime strived on...replaced the light and all gone!