(for an article) show me your before and after full tank shots

[brandon429]

one gallon total vol

 

[Seawitch]

reefbowl 2006-current

on the top pic right, the half of the scape is one live rock. its now twisted around slightly to the left so it will fit, and about 80% brain coral covered. it became a coral over time.

Are you saying the time elapsed is 13 years?

 

[Seawitch]

My old 65.

My current 100

How much time elapsed between the first 2 and second 2 photos?

 

[Seawitch]

@mucky1957 how much time elapsed between your photos?

 

[happyhourhero]

How much time elapsed between the first 2 and second 2 photos?

9 months in the 65 gallon.
For the 100 gallon, December 2017 to Now.

 

[SPR1968]

Here you go

June 2016

June 2017

October 2018

And a slightly different angle!

 

[brandon429]

oh yea! the reefbowl is all other pico reef's grandma.

 

[Seawitch]

oh yea! the reefbowl is all other pico reef's grandma.

Wow. I've never heard of a "reef bowl"!

 

[brandon429]

hey they're so fun I never could bother to upgrade lol the big tanks cost too much. these will run nearly any coral you want but no fish, so I get to watch my fav fish swim around in others tanks by proxy lol
one benefit of these, specifically over large tanks, is my salinity is more stable without using any form of topoff automation than any tank on this whole site. I have to add topoff water once or twice weekly, if on vaca and we turn the air input down, it'll run ten days shifting only .023 to .025 which when done slowly is not bad at all. we use evaporation control to prevent topoff daily/3x daily etc
even though they're small, they're secretly bulletproof stable due to not having fail points. air stone, heater, lid, vase. its fail point is an errant nerf football/banned from living room


the systems will run indefinitely if they're not hardware-error killed. They have no biological lifespan limit, they don't get invaded with algae and corals have to be routinely cut out to make room/fragged. the only testing for the system is salinity and temp, no other params have to be measured, use any brand of water you want. even the chemisty has failsafes built in the approach...weekly water changes. ok pico rant off lol

 

[albano]

May 28 2018 to June 7 2018... this was a move into a new 500g 6’x 5’ tank from 3x 120g tanks that ‘temporarily’ held my livestock for over a year while I awaited my new tank and home repairs ... my 450g had split a seam and did a lot of damage to my basement floors and walls.

 

[Rick.45cal]

DSA 190, 60”x27.5”x27.5”
April 8, 2016

April 15, 2019

 

[rhdoug]

my reef circa 2002 or 2003, I started the tank in 1999:

09-02-03 tank b by Randall Douglas, on Flickr

and this year: The anemone and a few of the corals are still with me.
IMG_1310 by Randall Douglas, on Flickr

 

[Brew12]

Here are two photos from my 187g (60"x30"x24") system. First picture was taken 4 months after adding water. Second was almost exactly one year later.

3/29/18

3/31/19

 

[bwomac44]

7 months