dascharisma
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Alright, at this point I think all of you know about my mysterious tank crash. I figure that since I have already ripped all of the corals off the rocks that it is a perfect time to upgrade. This thread will follow my upgrade, but before I get to the new tank I want to show you where I started in this hobby.
The first tank was a 75 gallon tank and stand from Corallville Bay in Iowa City. I spent way more than I should have for such an inadequate setup. Spending $8 a lb. for low quality rock and $50 for a maxijet seemed reasonable at the time. I thought my skilter filter was hi tech.
Tank number 1 August 2004
Obviously I had no clue what I was doing when I started this tank. I had a castle and had dreams of covering the sandbed with GSP to make it look like a field:eek1: Over time I realized that saltwater was cool because you didn't have to have a castle to make it interesting.
Tank number 1 January 2005
By this point I had upgraded to 150w halides and spent a fortune on live rock (something I will never do again). I kept a few easy corals and never lost a coral the entire time I had this tank set up.
Tank number 1 July 2005
This was taken about a month before moving from Iowa City to Ankeny. I had a hob fuge, a skilter filter, and some living sps frags from Bob and Allen.
I also kept this little 10 gallon tank when I lived in Iowa City. I really liked the idea of an algae filled tank.
Brad
The first tank was a 75 gallon tank and stand from Corallville Bay in Iowa City. I spent way more than I should have for such an inadequate setup. Spending $8 a lb. for low quality rock and $50 for a maxijet seemed reasonable at the time. I thought my skilter filter was hi tech.
Tank number 1 August 2004
Obviously I had no clue what I was doing when I started this tank. I had a castle and had dreams of covering the sandbed with GSP to make it look like a field:eek1: Over time I realized that saltwater was cool because you didn't have to have a castle to make it interesting.
Tank number 1 January 2005
By this point I had upgraded to 150w halides and spent a fortune on live rock (something I will never do again). I kept a few easy corals and never lost a coral the entire time I had this tank set up.
Tank number 1 July 2005
This was taken about a month before moving from Iowa City to Ankeny. I had a hob fuge, a skilter filter, and some living sps frags from Bob and Allen.
I also kept this little 10 gallon tank when I lived in Iowa City. I really liked the idea of an algae filled tank.
Brad