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![]() I was recently going through my collection of pictures(1000+) of my saltwater tanks and thought it might be cool to see other peoples evolution in the hobby.
I'll start.I personally started with a sumpless 20g. ![]() ![]() Then moved into a sumpless 68g. ![]() ![]() Then upgraded to my current tank, a 110g display/55g sump. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 Last edited by fishytime; 11-20-2009 at 12:32 AM. |
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![]() Just curious, how long did the evolution take??
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![]() Trust me....doug is still evolving
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![]() Neato! I'll play. No digital before 2002. Started in 2001 with a 20gal.
2002 (48 gal) ![]() 2003 (before tank upgrade to 90gal later that year) ![]() 2004 Battle of the Dinoflagellates (tank waffled between the following two photos) ![]() ![]() 2005 ![]() 2006 ![]() 2007 ![]() 2008 ![]() 2009 ![]()
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![]() Wow so far everyone's progress is amazing...wish I had som old tank pics...never had a digital camera...
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![]() I didn't get my digital camera until (I think 2004)
my sumpless 75g ![]() my sumpless 55g ![]() 2006 175g ![]() 2007 ![]() 2008 ![]() 2009 ![]() |
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![]() Christy, I noticed you got rid of all your M. caps? Also where were all your corals in the pic with all the algae?
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 |
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![]() Wow Marie that is a serious evolution. I cant believe that first shot is a 75g....looks much bigger than that.
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 |
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![]() Quote:
The pic with the algae was dinoflagellates and caulerpa. For most of that year I battled the war with these two algaes. The dinoflagellates would smother everything, I would siphon, lights out, high pH whatever I could think of. I'd finally get rid of them, then the caulerpa would proliferate and I'd go in and prune it. They'd release some sort of substance (I was told it was caulerpines) and the dinos just loved it and they would go to town once again. In the midst of this I lost every coral I had except for the pink pavona and yellow porites which I still have, as the algaes would just smother them out. It was a horrible year and I didn't get rid of the dinoflagellates until I restarted the tank with no sand.
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![]() I like how your blue tang can change colors in 2005 he's blue then 2006 he's purple and 2007 he's blue again. I want one for my self.
Bill |