Welcome to the Revival of my old school Marineland 90gal.
THEN:
I set this tank up long ago with mixed reef asperations that never came to see the light of day because I was doing everything wrong. Water changes were me filling a brute can from the bathtub with 5 gallon buckets (temp tested with my hand) then adding salt, let it mix and pumped back into tank. My ATO was "oh crap tank needs water" when return line started shooting air bubbles in the display. So it was no wonder the first coral I bought ( small zoa frag ) just melted away when I put it in my tank. Looking back with the temp and salinity swings I'm surprised my fish were alive. I then had a power outage at my house that lasted 7 days that ended my reef tank dreams. The tank was torn down and moved to storage in my basement for years.
NOW:
Years later I finished my basement and as I was furnishing it my reef dreams resurfaced. Who am I kidding they never really left just ended in epic failure. So I pulled out the old tank, slapped a few pieces of trim on the stand, a coat of paint to match the walls, and got the "were doing this again" from the wife. I explained to her how much better it was gonna be this time around because I had a tool at my disposal I didn't have the first time around.... YOU TUBE !! and so the journey begins....
GOALS:
2-3yrs success with this tank so I can upgrade to something bigger
Share coral growth pics cause that's what everyone wants to see
Learn a thing or two along the way
Not end in epic failure
Nuff words time for pics
This was initial pic for wifes approval
THEN:
I set this tank up long ago with mixed reef asperations that never came to see the light of day because I was doing everything wrong. Water changes were me filling a brute can from the bathtub with 5 gallon buckets (temp tested with my hand) then adding salt, let it mix and pumped back into tank. My ATO was "oh crap tank needs water" when return line started shooting air bubbles in the display. So it was no wonder the first coral I bought ( small zoa frag ) just melted away when I put it in my tank. Looking back with the temp and salinity swings I'm surprised my fish were alive. I then had a power outage at my house that lasted 7 days that ended my reef tank dreams. The tank was torn down and moved to storage in my basement for years.
NOW:
Years later I finished my basement and as I was furnishing it my reef dreams resurfaced. Who am I kidding they never really left just ended in epic failure. So I pulled out the old tank, slapped a few pieces of trim on the stand, a coat of paint to match the walls, and got the "were doing this again" from the wife. I explained to her how much better it was gonna be this time around because I had a tool at my disposal I didn't have the first time around.... YOU TUBE !! and so the journey begins....
GOALS:
2-3yrs success with this tank so I can upgrade to something bigger
Share coral growth pics cause that's what everyone wants to see
Learn a thing or two along the way
Not end in epic failure
Nuff words time for pics
This was initial pic for wifes approval