Photos of my 125 gallon reef tank - 20 years history

[tank o tang]

Holy Shrooms Reefman

 

[Haksar]

Nice looking tank.Indeed a great sucess story.
Keep it going.

 

[Paul B]

Luisgo, beautiful tank.
I can't believe the similarities in my tank and yours. Mine is also old, I had a few times where I lost most of the corals, my rock is also original and my tank was also featured in marine Fish Monthly magazine.

But, you have much more corals than I do.
Nice job.
Paul

 

[lostintheocean]

is that the same yellow tang in all pictures? how old it he now?

 

[zooty]

Very cool!

Thanks for sharing!

 

[luisgo]

Here I go again. This time lets have a trip back in time to some of my filtration setups. Not sure how many here will remember some of these equipments but if you are an "old time" like me you will have some fun.


Bioballs!! Polyfilters in the sump, Aquanetic 1/6hp, excellent chiller. It last for14 years!


My first lamp VHO's 160 watts each


What a skimmer, jeje..


For those of you that think that this is new technology check this in 1991.


Now we are talking about a skimmer!!! The monster SeaQuest ventury


No more bioballs.


Coralife ozonizer with Ocean Clear filter as a reactor


After the big leak.


Part of the rocks in the 55 gallon and part in a bucket but up and running again in just a few days.


Change to metal halides! What a change for the corales. 5,500K bulbs. jeje.

 

[luisgo]

Hurricane time. Bilge pumps at work.


1997-01. New bigger chiller, wavemaker, etc.


2005-05
Construction time. Preparing to move the tank to a more enjoyable place. Big mess!!




Tank was in the floor for several months waiting for the construction to end. Just powerheads and a pump with the chiller. Also lights were working.


2006-04
My wife and friends decorated my tank for my 50th birthday. Yes I like Heineken "a lot".


2007-01
New place for my tank. The only filtration there was a AquaC Pro hang on skimmer. The chiller was in a closed loop.


2009-01

 

[Haksar]

Great pics..

 

[williamjhitchcock]

love the pics!

 

[AngelsAnonymous]

Very nice, congrats on 20 years! What happened to the french angel? Eat corals?

 

[luisgo]

When the French Angel was small it was not picking at coral but it started to grow and it turned to be a problem with that. The other thing is that it started loosing the colors. They are native to the waters of Puerto Rico so they are readly available at LFS.

 

[tangtang clown]

Congrats. I like the new LOOK ! HEHE, LOL.

 

[fote03]

That's really cool!

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

What an inspiration you are Luis! To be able to keep your tank running for 20 years is a testament to your passion for the hobby. Congratulations!!

 

[Aliie]

What an inspiration you are Luis! To be able to keep your tank running for 20 years is a testament to your passion for the hobby. Congratulations!!

Ditto, just an inspiration to us all who have only been in this a few years.

 

[re-fin-away]

wow that is great. I love to see how things progress overtime. Priceless time warp. Thanks for sharing.

 

[KafudaFish]

Thank you for sharing.

Next year give the tank a special 21st birthday party with more beer.

 

[TheBimbo]

wow!!! You certainly weathered your fair shares of trying times with your tank... Love seeing how you stuck it out and kept on with it I see that you battled some hair algae, most times that will make one of us ( including me ) want to give in and take it down


thanks for sharing

 

[buffalo123]

Great thread, i remember the bio-ball days i still got a big bag of bio-ring in my garage. Like the early look with the caulerpa that was considered successful

 

[Pallobi]

very awesome, i loved it, thanks for sharing