POLL: How many different tanks (fw or sw) have you owned and ran as a hobbyist over the course of your life?

How many different tanks (fw or sw) have you owned and ran as a hobbyist?

  • just 1

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • 2

    Votes: 5 4.1%
  • 3

    Votes: 8 6.5%
  • 4

    Votes: 9 7.3%
  • 5

    Votes: 8 6.5%
  • 6

    Votes: 16 13.0%
  • 7

    Votes: 11 8.9%
  • 8

    Votes: 14 11.4%
  • 9

    Votes: 3 2.4%
  • 10

    Votes: 14 11.4%
  • if more than 10, plz post the number

    Votes: 34 27.6%

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saltnut

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Right now 3 salt water tanks. Counting each size only once 9 sizes salt. Started with fresh not counting bowls or holding tanks for babies 5 different sizes. 52 years of always having at least 1 tank wet.
 

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Started with a 55 acrylic that a buddy gave me years ago. Then switched to a 55 glass. Then I moved into a house and got a 150. I now have a fluval 13.5 and am in the process of setting up a new 30 gallon innovative marine for my son. I am also designing a 275 g for my wife and myself.
 

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Wow, this poll really surprises me. I never realized how many people on here have more than 1 tank, how many times people have upgraded etc...
I agree and 8 tanks. 150 was my biggest and I tend to say about 75 gallons
 

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Just a question. When people are saying tank capacities do they mean just the display tank or the whole system ie tank & sump.
 

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I'm up in the few dozen range. Mostly freshwater plants and three salt. I've had tanks on each side of the country concurrently, so that might be something a bit unusual.
 

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Definitely more than 10. Currently I have a 100 DT, 80 Frag, 29 softy tank, and a 29 bio cube. Awaiting a quote on a 84"x36"x24 peninsula tank. That'd be nice to have.
 

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More than 10, it would be hard to tally the actual number. At one point when I was in graduate school, my roommates and I had 19 tanks running in the house at the same time.
 

Mastering the art of locking and unlocking water pathways: What type of valves do you have on your aquarium plumbing?

  • Ball valves.

    Votes: 74 51.7%
  • Gate valves.

    Votes: 73 51.0%
  • Check valves.

    Votes: 36 25.2%
  • None.

    Votes: 31 21.7%
  • Other.

    Votes: 9 6.3%
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