I was gifted a 100 gallon tank and have a 90 gallon that had hesitated setting up because I was renting. I finally bought a house I will be in for at least a decade. I am not exactly a newbie but in some ways it seems so.
My history:
Late 90s to early 2000s- as a teenager I took over my mother’s fish tanks. Started with a 30g freshwater angel tank. Tried breeding and raised a few batches and sold them to the lfs.
Got a 55g and had an overstocked fishonly (not enough live rock to be fowlr) lost a of maintenance required and when I went to college it crashed without me.
In college - got a 200g for $100 but too broke to “do it right.” Diyed everything. Remote deep sand bed. DIY hang on back overflow. About 100 gallons of sump between storage totes, trashcans, and buckets. Fowlr. Got it dialed in to fairly low maintenance. Yellow tang the size of a small plate. Pair of maroon tangs that got enormous. Various other fish that I thought were pretty. I was starting with my first zoas.
Damsel disaster! The yellow tailed damsel that I had gotten on the advice of the pet store... I know better than to trust advice from a “pet store” now, but I didn’t know better back then.
According to my roommates while I was out of town, the damsel seemed to have gone insane. It started attacking everything. One fish died. My stupid roommates (in a drunken decision) decided to help. They took everything out of the tank and used the mop bucket to do it. Everything died by the time I got back. I gave up.
NOW:
I am starting again! New house! New tank!
100 gallon tank with internal overflow. 2 - 1 inch drains. 1 1.25 with Durso standpipe. I want to use these for a bean animal, but have never made one.
This will flow through the floor to the unfinished basement. I am wanting a 100-150 gallon stock tank for a sump.
Jebao dcp 15000 for the return pump.
Several heaters of various wattages.
Reef octopus skimmer.
About 70 lbs of baserock that was once live rock.
2 metal halides (don’t know the wattage)
My history:
Late 90s to early 2000s- as a teenager I took over my mother’s fish tanks. Started with a 30g freshwater angel tank. Tried breeding and raised a few batches and sold them to the lfs.
Got a 55g and had an overstocked fishonly (not enough live rock to be fowlr) lost a of maintenance required and when I went to college it crashed without me.
In college - got a 200g for $100 but too broke to “do it right.” Diyed everything. Remote deep sand bed. DIY hang on back overflow. About 100 gallons of sump between storage totes, trashcans, and buckets. Fowlr. Got it dialed in to fairly low maintenance. Yellow tang the size of a small plate. Pair of maroon tangs that got enormous. Various other fish that I thought were pretty. I was starting with my first zoas.
Damsel disaster! The yellow tailed damsel that I had gotten on the advice of the pet store... I know better than to trust advice from a “pet store” now, but I didn’t know better back then.
According to my roommates while I was out of town, the damsel seemed to have gone insane. It started attacking everything. One fish died. My stupid roommates (in a drunken decision) decided to help. They took everything out of the tank and used the mop bucket to do it. Everything died by the time I got back. I gave up.
NOW:
I am starting again! New house! New tank!
100 gallon tank with internal overflow. 2 - 1 inch drains. 1 1.25 with Durso standpipe. I want to use these for a bean animal, but have never made one.
This will flow through the floor to the unfinished basement. I am wanting a 100-150 gallon stock tank for a sump.
Jebao dcp 15000 for the return pump.
Several heaters of various wattages.
Reef octopus skimmer.
About 70 lbs of baserock that was once live rock.
2 metal halides (don’t know the wattage)
