socalmiket
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Hmmm...
I missed my tank's birthday. It was July 8th 2007 when I was given an entire reef with livestock. It had 150lbs+ of Florida aquaculture rock and lots of critters and fish. The only corals was a nearly gone green favia (still have it), and some branching hammer that I had given him a few months before he gave me the tank.
Here are the pics of the move - http://www.socaldivevideos.com/125reef/125move/
Not sure if this link is allowed, but I did detail a lot of the move/build here (watch out 34 pages!):
http://www.reeflounge.com/showthread.php?t=24678
Day 2 at the house:
6 months after I got the tank...
Here it is at one year:
At 1.5 years:
Here it is at two years:
An FTS from a few months back before I lost all my monti caps...
I think I have swapped out everything except the tank, stand and ATO in the last three years. New DIY sump, new skimmer, all new lights, new pumps, plus the addition of a media reactor (carbon) and a calcium reactor.
I think I want to do a swap to a 150g next year, trying to decide if I want to do acrylic again or glass. That means a new stand and probably a new sump too.
I also realized I should replace some of my 1" sand bed, it's been three years (or more, because we didn't disturb it when we moved it) and it's pretty gross. Thoughts?
- MikeT
I missed my tank's birthday. It was July 8th 2007 when I was given an entire reef with livestock. It had 150lbs+ of Florida aquaculture rock and lots of critters and fish. The only corals was a nearly gone green favia (still have it), and some branching hammer that I had given him a few months before he gave me the tank.
Here are the pics of the move - http://www.socaldivevideos.com/125reef/125move/
Not sure if this link is allowed, but I did detail a lot of the move/build here (watch out 34 pages!):
http://www.reeflounge.com/showthread.php?t=24678
Day 2 at the house:
6 months after I got the tank...
Here it is at one year:
At 1.5 years:
Here it is at two years:
An FTS from a few months back before I lost all my monti caps...
I think I have swapped out everything except the tank, stand and ATO in the last three years. New DIY sump, new skimmer, all new lights, new pumps, plus the addition of a media reactor (carbon) and a calcium reactor.
I think I want to do a swap to a 150g next year, trying to decide if I want to do acrylic again or glass. That means a new stand and probably a new sump too.
I also realized I should replace some of my 1" sand bed, it's been three years (or more, because we didn't disturb it when we moved it) and it's pretty gross. Thoughts?
- MikeT
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