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View Poll Results: How big was your very first SW tank?
Up to 33 Gallons (started out slow & didn't want to spend much) 71 38.38%
Up to 50 Gallons (did some research and decided to start out a bit bigger) 39 21.08%
Up to 90 Gallons (brave, and had some extra money at the time) 54 29.19%
Up to 150 Gallons (insane!) 14 7.57%
Up to 300 Gallons (Phhh, ya right) 7 3.78%
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Old 07-13-2006, 10:36 PM
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Just curious where everyone started out. Give us some details about your first aquariums.
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55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.

Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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Old 07-13-2006, 10:40 PM
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My first shot at salt was a 10g with a blue damsel. That was about 8 years ago. Moved to a 45g "reef" and added a trigger and a tang. The tang is still with me after 7 years!
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Old 07-13-2006, 10:40 PM
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40G tank - mostly SPS
Still going strong after 2½ years.
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My first Aquarium is the 180g I'm running right now. Believe it or not, I never even had a freshwater system before this. Zero Fish Experience to 180g Mixed Reef.... it's been quite a ride. lol
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Holy crap, I haven't even has a chance to respond to my own thread yet!

Mine was a 28 bowfront, with 2 blue damsels, tufa rock and and modified eclips hood. Had it for 9 months before upgrading to a 54g corner.
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55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's.

Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch
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Still running the 10G I started with.
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- 48G, fish only, w/ 4 incandescent bulbs, fluval filter, and dead coral ornaments.
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20 gallons, full of hair algae and not much else
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75g with a fluval filter and zero experience. No freshwater experience either. 75 was a total failure and an excercise in frustration that almost did me in. I'm either brave or stupid (no additional comments required) but I then jumped into a 230g with a 77g fuge/sump that is still up and running but it has since spawned and produced a 190g, a 44g. a 20g, a 24g and a 12g and is soon have another big baby with my 300g cube gets up and running.
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