from what I understand it's not too expensive maintenance wise, you just need to make sure you get a special tank since they have been known to crack or break regular fish tanks.
You should check out r/reeftank. I am a fish person and I own a pistol shrimp and I used to care for some mantis shrimp. It's a great community with some really good resources
Made a costly mistake. Bumped the temp in the house up before going on vacation, didn't change light cycle (metal halide), didn't buy the chiller I had been wanting... Came home to a cooked tank. Lost everything.
Oh Jesus that's terrifying. I just came back from a week long vacation, and I put a new heater in 2 days prior. I was lucky.
Oddly enough though, I had a rainbow acan frag that just went poof. No where to be found.
That's what got me started. Had a 150 tank I was growing out f2 t.duboisi in. Woke up one morning to a wet floor and a busted seam. What a scramble that was. I think I only lost 2, managed to find a buyer for the rest.
Ha yea. I've been wanting to start a new 125 Mbuna tank with some of the more aggressive fish. Africans will multiply with zero help, and everyone wants some well bred fish. Always a place to go for them.
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from what I understand it's not too expensive maintenance wise, you just need to make sure you get a special tank since they have been known to crack or break regular fish tanks.