So I started a tank many years ago when I was living in Virginia. It was a 45 gallon FOWLR that I started because when I was younger I had a freshwater tank and never really liked the fish colors. Of course everyone said, "Saltwater is really hard, you don't want to do that". That made me decide to go for it. I setup the 45 gal, learned all about saltwater, got a nice big live rock, and a HOB filter and that tank ran great for 10 years. My family and I moved to KY so I decided to sell all the fish and bring the tank with me. It sat in storage for 2 or 3 years and then I said heck with it and put it at the road to get rid of. Fast-forward to COVID and being stuck at home all the time and I decided to try again.
Feb 2021:
I ask my wife if she minded me getting another tank going. She said you don't need to do that but whatever. So I started looking at tanks, decided on a 75, showed my wife and she said it was way too big (NO SUCH THING). I decided to meet her in the middle and go with a Marineland 60 that came with a stand, hood, and hidden LEDs. Keep in mind my last tanks had a canopy light that was not strong at all. So I'm thinking, "wow, LEDs this is great". I started gathering supplies. I ordered the tank, stand, some dry live rock (btw where did this new thing come from), a heater, a canister filter and some live sand.
The initial setup was not bad. Get the tank together, added a lot of live sand, set up the canister, add the heater and wait on the dry live rock. My son wanted a sponge bob theme so I agreed we could do that. The dry live rock showed up in a box with a ton of piece. When I build my first SW tank I bought one beautiful rock and it was the focus of my whole tank. I looked at this box of rock and had no idea what to do. So I did what anyone would do and dumped it all out on the kitchen table and started building. After an hour or so and the approval of the wife and kids, I took what I had and attempted to move it to the tank. I FAILED. Lesson learned. Build it in the tank.
Kitchen Table Build: 2/23/21
In Tank Build:
In Tank Build with Spongebob:
The Tank Ready to Go:
Feb 2021:
I ask my wife if she minded me getting another tank going. She said you don't need to do that but whatever. So I started looking at tanks, decided on a 75, showed my wife and she said it was way too big (NO SUCH THING). I decided to meet her in the middle and go with a Marineland 60 that came with a stand, hood, and hidden LEDs. Keep in mind my last tanks had a canopy light that was not strong at all. So I'm thinking, "wow, LEDs this is great". I started gathering supplies. I ordered the tank, stand, some dry live rock (btw where did this new thing come from), a heater, a canister filter and some live sand.
The initial setup was not bad. Get the tank together, added a lot of live sand, set up the canister, add the heater and wait on the dry live rock. My son wanted a sponge bob theme so I agreed we could do that. The dry live rock showed up in a box with a ton of piece. When I build my first SW tank I bought one beautiful rock and it was the focus of my whole tank. I looked at this box of rock and had no idea what to do. So I did what anyone would do and dumped it all out on the kitchen table and started building. After an hour or so and the approval of the wife and kids, I took what I had and attempted to move it to the tank. I FAILED. Lesson learned. Build it in the tank.
Kitchen Table Build: 2/23/21
In Tank Build:
In Tank Build with Spongebob:
The Tank Ready to Go:
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