thenissantech
Well-Known Member
Hello, everyone and thanks for taking the time to look over my build. It's been a long road coming and like any adventure it's had its ups and downs. Hopefully, this thread will help anyone see where I've made mistakes, learned from those mistakes and found a hobby that will last my lifetime! There have been quite a few people help me along the way. this forum has been a great resource along with all the people involved with it. So here we go....
Like any other story, this one has to have a beginning and mine was with a 55 gallon freshwater tank I bought at Pet's Mart ten years ago After killing a few fish, I learned about cycling a tank and quickly got board with freshwater fish.
I then decided to convert it into a saltwater tank with no idea what i was doing. After a quick search on the internet and craigslist i was able to convert my aquarium into a saltwater oasis.
It doesn't look like much, but well i was able to grow these amazing anemones that were tiny and everywhere!! I later found out they were aptasia. Even though they were pest, I knew i was hooked.
After a year or so, I was actually starting to understand what a saltwater tank entailed and so I decided to build a stand and buy a reef ready tank to put the plumbing out of sight.
I kept this tank and moved it twice to my current house where I continued to hone my skills and manage to keep both coral and fish alive.
While I admit, I didn't take great pictures, I found my passion, these little animals living in a glass box in my living room! I started to develop a plan and the design for my next tank would be exactly how I wanted everything!
Like any other story, this one has to have a beginning and mine was with a 55 gallon freshwater tank I bought at Pet's Mart ten years ago After killing a few fish, I learned about cycling a tank and quickly got board with freshwater fish.
I then decided to convert it into a saltwater tank with no idea what i was doing. After a quick search on the internet and craigslist i was able to convert my aquarium into a saltwater oasis.
It doesn't look like much, but well i was able to grow these amazing anemones that were tiny and everywhere!! I later found out they were aptasia. Even though they were pest, I knew i was hooked.
After a year or so, I was actually starting to understand what a saltwater tank entailed and so I decided to build a stand and buy a reef ready tank to put the plumbing out of sight.
I kept this tank and moved it twice to my current house where I continued to hone my skills and manage to keep both coral and fish alive.
While I admit, I didn't take great pictures, I found my passion, these little animals living in a glass box in my living room! I started to develop a plan and the design for my next tank would be exactly how I wanted everything!
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