PETZ $ STOCKZ

[iheartweimers]

Will be interesting to see how this goes. I tried to keep one
for a year or so in Hawaii in the mid 70's. I frequently was
scuba diving or snorkeling on weekends and thought I could
save costs by getting free material for the project. Of course
everything was different then with out the Internet to source
supplies or knowledge, I would have loved to have had that.
I found that it was a maintenance nightmare, way too much
time involved with the other things I had to do since I owned
my house and landscape management and home maintenance
could already be considered a full time job. University of
Hawaii had courses that would have helped but mostly one
bought a book and relied on asking the local pet shop for
advice, and who trained them?
It was fun for awhile but it was expensive, I got a 55 gal
tank mostly because I had a passthrough between the kitchen
and what was a living/dining room. I wanted the tank to be
a living wall to fill the space between the two rooms. That
was a great concept but a visible embarrassment when it
turned green and started to smell swampy. I learned a lot,
besides that it wasn't for me and not to try that again. Some
of the things I remember is that little fish grow to a size
proportionate to the size of the tank. 55 gal is a LOT of H2O
and you can grow sharks. That wasn't going to happen to
me because I kept introducing diseases with the wild rock,
coral or fish I introduced from time to time. Also, fish poop
a lot. And they eat each other. And you can't go to Maui for
a week and expect things to be ok when you get home..
The video posted was really great, wish they had given the
vet lab fees. Here's one I found I liked:

Hope you keep us informed, will be fun to watch. It should
be less expensive than the stock market hobby has been
for most of us too. Good luck!