Evolution of SW Tanks

[fishytime]

I havnt been in the game that long either really, (about six years)but when I started up there was still metal halide diehards that didnt believe HOT5s could sustain sps.....now all the whippersnappers are on LEDs

[Nano]

Originally Posted by fishytime

I havnt been in the game that long either really, (about six years)but when I started up there was still metal halide diehards that didnt believe HOT5s could sustain sps.....now all the whippersnappers are on LEDs

who are you calling a WHIPPERSNAPPER?!?!? I'm still much to green for this thread

[Bblinks]

Fresh water for 3 years then 6 years in saltwater, I remember when I laid my eyes on the first solaris fixture I told myself that was the future, but after seeing the price tag of 4 digits I was very content with my power compacts.

[Aquattro]

My first "reef" was about 17 years ago. Liverock approached $20/lb. It was also covered in life, corals, sponges, you name it. Beckett skimmers were the best you could get. Iwasaki 7.8k bulbs were popular. Salt was IO or Kent. No such thing as HOT5's. Growing SPS was tough, near impossible. Best powerhead you could find was a Hagen 802.

A lot has changed in 20 years -lol

[fishytime]

thanks Brad.....now I dont feel so old.....tho I have been keeping fish(not salties) since I was 16, so about 23 years......ugh! now I feel old again

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by fishytime

thanks Brad.....now I dont feel so old.....tho I have been keeping fish(not salties) since I was 16, so about 23 years......ugh! now I feel old again

I've been keeping fish for about 40

[GracieLou]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

My first "reef" was about 17 years ago. Liverock approached $20/lb. It was also covered in life, corals, sponges, you name it. Beckett skimmers were the best you could get. Iwasaki 7.8k bulbs were popular. Salt was IO or Kent. No such thing as HOT5's. Growing SPS was tough, near impossible. Best powerhead you could find was a Hagen 802.

A lot has changed in 20 years -lol

$20/lb?!! Wow! I'm assuming there was no dry base rock 17 years ago??

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by GracieLou

$20/lb?!! Wow! I'm assuming there was no dry base rock 17 years ago??

That would have been hard to find 5 or 6 years ago. Not that I'd use it anyway

[TimT]

I'm dating myself but here goes anyways. My first salt tank was a 27 gallon and had an undergravel filter with dolomite gravel and crushed oyster shell as the substrate. I used an air pump to power the under gravel filter as there was no such thing as a power head. I used dead coral skeletons for decoration and had a few fish. I used Instant Ocean salt mix and had an Ebo Jager heater. The heater malfunctioned and took the tank to 92°f. Needless to say the fish came down with ick and that was the end of my first salt water tank. If I remember correctly the tank used incandescent lights too.

I remember my first acro shipment. We all were so excited to get "LIVE" acros... even though they were brown.

[Casey8]

I was born with fish and dogs. My father had a nice big pond with lots of different kinds of fish in his back yard. I started feeding his fish when I was 5 years old. He bought me my first fresh water fish tank when I was 13 years old. In 1993, I bought my very first saltwater fish tank and quit doing fresh water from there. Until 2003, I converted from a fish only tank to a LPS and softies tank. In 2008, thanks to Tom R - one of the members here -sold me a dozen of sps frags from his tank, and I got a tiny free frag from untamed, I got addicted with sps corals from that time until now. Living a whole life with fish and corals later on, people may think I have a lot of experiences ... but I am actually the most terrible reef keeper The reason is ... I don't really care about corals very much ... I only like fish