A Brit's Glass Box

[Toongraeme]

Ok, so.... Here we go! I moved to Edmonton in feb 2012 from the UK. I had kept a Marne tank for about 7 years before the big move came. My first tank was a 5ft basic tank. I was keeping softies, and a couple of lps. But most important this was to be a learning curve. I was always changing things and making mistakes here and there, but because I didn't have any really sensitive species all was quite forgiving. That was until I bought a ritteri anemone!!!! Yup, it died.... I wiped out my tank! I had to start all over again with the fish I'd lost, but instead of getting beat by this I decided to buy a bigger tank!
I found a 2m long, 650litre tank. Once this was set up I picked a few tangs to go in there. Regal/yellow/orange shoulder and my favorite powder blue. For some reason I had limited success with this tank. I couldn't get much to go right in this one. I did however learn a lot about equipment with this tank. I had a chiller, my first calcium reactor, bio pellets, big skimmer, modified halide light..... But I was determined to keep wasting my money on it and started to get into sps....
Then came the big move, so everything had to go!
This is what it looked like before I left:



It was never finished, there was always something to do on it.
So, what was the first thing I did when I got here? That's right, scrawled canreef for a tank. I came away with hazratty's old setup. But I was just never quite satisfied that it was what I wanted. So it sat around.... Until Sphelps put a tank up for sale. Now, this one was just perfect for the space I wanted to put it in, great dimension too!