what does your tank look like? pictures!

[ramtmac]

i'm just getting in the groove of the hobby and want to know what everyone else is has done with their tanks.. newbies and experts!

"before" and "after" pictures would be great too!

see below for my "transformation". hopefully i'll have a new transformation soon that will make what I have look silly

there are alot of pictures in between, but i'll save you the time.
from my first rock arrangement and different colored lights, to.. now! still has lots of work.

:hmm3:

 

[ramtmac]

:sad1:

68 views and no replies. ouch thought we were a community

 

[Westbery]

My tanks

My tanks

In January, I bought a 30 gallon (first pic)and realized that it was going to be too small so in Feb I bought a 75 gallon (second pic). Just recently bought more rock (third pic) and ordered an octopus skimmer that should arrive on Wednesday. Then this weekend, I am building a 20 gal sump.

Only have one chromi, 3 peppermint shrimp and a turbo snail right now.

 

[mutateddogbone]

ramtmac i like the 3rd arrangement. if you plan on doing SPS that will have plenty of growout space and even room for tablers

 

[ramtmac]

Westberry what happened to the background on third pic. I never thought id like pictures in background so i just got plain blue. But yours made me think otherwise. real nice..
and thanks mutateddogbone i like third best too. You have no pics ?

 

[robs.mark]

Here's my mixed 90 from about 5 months back, it is an upgrade from my previous 55. There has been a few other corals added since these were taken inc a huge green pineapple brain.

 

[Westbery]

I had to take the background down because over the weekend, my HOB protein skimmer was getting water between the glass and the background. Since I ordered the new skimmer I am just going to wait until I set up everything in the sump.

Funny you mentioned, I was considering buying one of those backgrounds that have blue on one side and black on the other, so I can change it around when I want to give the tank a different look.

On another note, I must say I like your rock work too. I am still trying to arrange mine but I am having trouble balancing them all.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Some of this pictures are a bit old but...

A fairly new picture of my 75, the pic is a bit on the dark side,

Older shot of my 58 -- have moved some corals

Really need to get an updated one of my 33 -- the Haddoni on the right is now in my 75.

 

[dmyers557]

Here is my RedSea Max 130.

Beginning:

Current:

Almost 2 years old.

 

[ramtmac]

:bounce2: wow those are awesome. Wish mine was as cool as all of yours... but ill get there hopefully

 

[super stooge]

dmyers, gorgeous tank. love your aquascaping

 

[rayn]

Here was mine about a month ago
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The heaters and hob filter are gone, but I don't have any updated pics

 

[aixelsyd18]

dmyers, gorgeous tank. love your aquascaping

+1 on that I relize I'm new and that it takes time in this hobby to get there but there are lots of wonderful ideas out there on what it could look like and be. The only problem is I have to fight the urge to redo mine every time

 

[Shane Hoffman]

Mine about 6 months ago. I will post update tomorrow. The red monti has almost trippled in size as well as alot of other good growth.

 

[TomsTank]

Hello ramtmac,

im newb too! and im starting to realise how difficult it is to aquascape live rock! lol seems i can never get it just right.

heres my nano the first week of cylce

i got some dead peices of live rock and rearanged for better seeding in week two

( cant stand the way it looks!)

well anyways, i wish you the best of luck!

 

[jenjen]

My 55gal work in progress...

Day 1 - almost full:

Now - 6.5 months:

My 180gal...

Shortly after upgrading from 90gal:

Now - 13 months:

 

[super stooge]

i quite like the way yours looks tomstank

 

[ramtmac]

Dmyers i love the aquascaping. Want some of those corals now

wow jenjen nice upgrade. I've only had my tank for a short time and already want to upgrade.

Tomstank, i like the second arrangement better. Many people told me to keep the rocks against the glass because it is hard to clean. I thought i did a good job doing that but now i see why. Got algea that i can not get too. :mad2: But to make you feel better i rearranged my rocks like 20 times.

 

[Dont Ask Me]

Dymers 557 whats the purple plate called you have i love it.

 

[Fizz71]

These are from my LAST setup...so they are pretty old. I need to upload some shots of my 240g some day...

105g Sumpless Reef:
8/2003

3/2004 (7 Months Later)

9/2004

2/2005