Very first tank

[Funky_Fish14]

Lets see... Started with a 10g(because I was repeatedly told bigger = better for starting, nano= harder) so I thought, heck, If I can do this, I can do anything! (Little did I know....). That was.... wow, 2.5 or 3 years ago?(I dont even remember, lmao) It cycled fast, (2 weeks), I ended up with beautiful rock, tons of corals, no algae problems, a few snails and hermits, and only 2 20W PCs, in a 10g. So 2.5 months later, a 33 came along, and before it even had more than the 10g's contents plus extra live rock in it, I had a 75g on the way. My current set-up. In the next month, I have a 144g comming along, and everything is going to be done "right" this time. No cheaping out! Haha.

Chris

[fortheloveofcrabs]

A 5.5gal. Cleaner shrimp and a yellow tail blue damsel (who is still with me) three years ago. The tank is now the sump on my 16gal. It was really cool because it was in the bedroom and the lights (2 9watt screw in coralife CF) were on a wireless remote.

-Pauli

[StirCrazy]

my first set up was a 155 gal system.. the same one I am running now less the 25 gal tank.

Steve

[Johnny Reefer]

Hmmm. Tough to answer.
Technically, my first SW was a small...20g?...30g?....way back in....'75?...'76?, but I failed miserably and it was up and running for all of one or two months. Originally, it was my first FW tank and then tried SW with it when I upgraded FW to a 60g. It was so long ago I hardly remember a thing about, other than I didn't know what the heck I was doing. I was only like 15 at the time.
Otherwise....the 135g Reef I started in Feb 2005....which is now a FOWLR and the Reef is a 180g.

Cheers,

[sea gnome]

I started with a 90g and no fish experience with predictable results, found this site and now have 90g tank with things done right, (I hope) and am currently starting to stock it after an 18 month hiatus since moving houses. I am looking for frags, Brad are you there?? Rachel

[Snappy]

My first salt water tank is my present 130 gal display with a 30 gal sump started fall 2004

[Paverdude]

My first way back when was a 66 drilled with a home made trickle filter full of bio balls i had to order from the states for like a million dollers with blue damsel and a lion fish.

didn't know they eat damsels

[Petcrazy]

My first saltwater tank (since I've had freshwater since I was knee high to a grasshopper)...was a 10 gallon (FOWLR) with damsels that a friend ditched at my house which has been taken down since then and the damsels brought to other homes (they were evil I tell you EVIL!!).
I never wanted a salt tank until I had enough room for a big one and was on my own...but....I didn't get much of a choice. After that was a 25 nano reef since someone I was seeing at the time twisted my arm and had me convert an old dumpy white's tree frog tank into it, I still have that tank going now (the corals are outgrowing it) along with the perma cicling 75 gallon in my entrance :P.
When I finish this semester I'll get around to finishing that one since I'll have more time and money....
-hides from Callum, Ivy, John and Tom-

[MoeReefer]

my first tank is the one i have running now, it was a 33 gallon sump for my brothers tank which he gave to me along with some corals he didnt want any more; a couple of leathers, when he got a bigger one about a year ago, maybe a little longer, i cant remember. i removed the ballasts and it is now sittin on a new stand i have made.

[Canadbis]

33G
actually it is the only one I have. Started a few months ago, keeping mushrooms and stuff
getting ready to change my 75 over