First sw. tanks

[Blindside]

I've had fish ever since St.ann bartlett carnival(Carassius auratus auratus aka Goldfish) when I was in second grade! Took me till I was 26 to start a sw tank. Found this pic in my photo album, not so bad for a Fluval filter, power compacts, prizm skimmer and the old rio powerheads! Share some of your older tanks picks! Seems like everyone is always moving to bigger or more acomidating tanks. Lets give some props to the old Tanks and see how far we have come!

 

[Paul B]

My tank Circa 1972

My "new" tank under construction in the wall circa 1978, notice dead, bleached corals for decoration.

Blue devil over his nest of eggs about 1974

 

[Blindside]

Thats so cool!

 

[Larson]

How come your first tank looks better than your current one Carlos?

 

[Blindside]

Not sure considering you havnt seen my tank Christopher?

 

[Rendos]

I don't have any pictures of my first few tanks, but here are a few from my past.
2002 - 54 gallon corner bowfront

2004 - upgraded to 92 gallon corner bowfront

2002 - 120 gallon reef

2006 - 90 gallon reef

2006 - 120 gallon acrylic reef

2007 - 220 gallon reef

2010 - 240 gallon cube reef

2011 - Current tank - 92 gallon corner bowfront

Wow - I've had a lot of tanks.

 

[Paul B]

Here is a picture of mine covered in Hair algae, I am not sure when it was taken, maybe 15 years ago but I could be way off. I still have that fireclown

 

[OneReef]

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Started with an Aquapod 24g:

Then added a 3g Pico:

Then went to just a 75g:

Then went to a just 150g:

Current tank is a just a 120g: (I need to update this pic, there are more coral now)

 

[OneReef]

Just a point of observation, we've been talking about scraping corralline off the back glass lately, pros and cons. If you look at my old 75g with corralline on the back wall vs. my old 150g with it scraped clean, I think you might agree that the coral stands out and pop better against a clean black background. To me, it looks like just scraping the back glass makes the overall tank look cleaner.

 

[Paul B]

It looks much better with no coraline on the back glass. I have an algae trough on top and to the back of my tank so no light hits the back glass so nothing grows on it and it can't be seen anyway

 

[ihavtats29]

2002 First Tank 55 gal

2004 90 gal

2008 added 20 gal

2010 upgraded 20 gal to 56 gal

current tank room 120, 56 +36 +20 , 29 g biocube hqi