So as my story goes about 4 years ago I saw my first well established reef and thought "WOW I want to do that". So I started planning my own and along the way started over several times while never actually getting a tank wet until I got to the point where I was undergoing a pretty serious 350 gallon in wall build complete with every toy anyone could ever want. I poured through the books reading each one cover to cover until one day a good friend on mine who I had met along the way said "All the reading in the world is not going to prepare you for what your trying to do" and suggested I at least set up a small all in one tank to get a feel for and make sure I even liked it.
Made good sense to me so a little over a year ago I bought and set up a 28g JBJ nano cube. Lets just say my friend was right. I really didnt know much despite all my reading. This little tank has suffered through every atrocity from massive algae and cyano outbreakes to zoa eating nudis and AEFW to most recently and HORRIFYING, my house sitter dumping a full bottle of hand lotion YES hand lotion into my tank on Thanksgiving day.
So here are a few picks of what my practice tank is today 3 months post lotion apocalypse. Please bear in mind when I set this up I had no experience with keeping any kind of marine life, freshwater or otherwise so if my aqua scaping and coral placement skillz seem non existent that's because they were. I have learned so much from this experience it has been a good one.
Yes some of the pics especially the FTS is a bit saturated. I just have a crappy point and shoot. Maybe one day Ill get a real camera.
Made good sense to me so a little over a year ago I bought and set up a 28g JBJ nano cube. Lets just say my friend was right. I really didnt know much despite all my reading. This little tank has suffered through every atrocity from massive algae and cyano outbreakes to zoa eating nudis and AEFW to most recently and HORRIFYING, my house sitter dumping a full bottle of hand lotion YES hand lotion into my tank on Thanksgiving day.
So here are a few picks of what my practice tank is today 3 months post lotion apocalypse. Please bear in mind when I set this up I had no experience with keeping any kind of marine life, freshwater or otherwise so if my aqua scaping and coral placement skillz seem non existent that's because they were. I have learned so much from this experience it has been a good one.
Yes some of the pics especially the FTS is a bit saturated. I just have a crappy point and shoot. Maybe one day Ill get a real camera.