In my experience... I own 6 tanks
razz It is best to have it linked in your sig for sure
smile What you would do is create a thread in the aquariums area (where the glow threads are). And fill the first page (15 posts) with your own posts, delete all but one. Quote that one and set your url for the bump in your sig to the reply box, so whatever the url of the quote is BEFORE you submit it. That way, if you have notifications on to see when you are quoted, you will get a notification of when someone bumps it for you.
My Bump in my sig looks like this :
[size=18][b]Please [url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/compose/entry/new/71780655/]BUMP[/url] if I GLOW![/b][/size]
I hope that helped
smile ALSO, fill your tank! 17 fish, even if they are cheaper ones, will for sure gain you more players
smile I will send you a couple to start you out.