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I figured, since I'll be upgrading this tank in the next couple of months, I should document its existence.
About 2 years ago I got an Aqueon 10G deluxe kit. It cam with hood with 2 PC lights and a HOB filter. At that time I lived in a place where I couldn't setup a tank so It stayed in the box for quite some time. Last November, I decided to set it up. It took a while decide if I should do a FW or SW tank, since I've had a FW tank for many years while back home. So I spent a couple of weeks reading about SW tanks, lighting, filtration etc and I immediately decided to do LEDs for my lights. And this is how it started.
Even before putting water in the tank I started modding the hood:
I did not spend enough time reading about LEDs and made a few wrong choices, so my corals suffer a bit even till today. More on that later.
Few days later the live rock and sand arrived so here it is.
8th November 2009:
Only two weeks later algae was there and I knew a good chunk of the hitchhikers:
45 days later the pair of true perculas were added along with a few tiny frags of coral (make note of the two tiny pieces of GSP in the lower right)
At that time I had the DIY ATO setup as well.
Another couple of weeks and that lettuce was growing like crazy:
About 2 years ago I got an Aqueon 10G deluxe kit. It cam with hood with 2 PC lights and a HOB filter. At that time I lived in a place where I couldn't setup a tank so It stayed in the box for quite some time. Last November, I decided to set it up. It took a while decide if I should do a FW or SW tank, since I've had a FW tank for many years while back home. So I spent a couple of weeks reading about SW tanks, lighting, filtration etc and I immediately decided to do LEDs for my lights. And this is how it started.
Even before putting water in the tank I started modding the hood:






I did not spend enough time reading about LEDs and made a few wrong choices, so my corals suffer a bit even till today. More on that later.
Few days later the live rock and sand arrived so here it is.
8th November 2009:

Only two weeks later algae was there and I knew a good chunk of the hitchhikers:

45 days later the pair of true perculas were added along with a few tiny frags of coral (make note of the two tiny pieces of GSP in the lower right)

At that time I had the DIY ATO setup as well.
Another couple of weeks and that lettuce was growing like crazy:
