My 7 month’s reefing.....

Jon Fishman · Aug 25, 2019

It’s not done, but a little background:

February 2019 I got my first aquarium...... never had a FW tank, etc. just jumped in with a Craigslist purchase of a 46g Bowfront that had been running for a dozen plus years, complete with sand/rocks but no livestock when I got it.

Given the age of the rocks, I quickly added an anemone and some corals after scooping up a new light.

Well that was fun, but there was no sump, and only so much I could fit in there, and everything was doing so well, so I hit up the classified on this site, and found what is probably a REALLY old 75g with a 35g sump. It came with a Lionfish and a puffer and I quickly rehomed the Lion. Now I tried even more coral, and my Nem was thriving, and all coral minus a frogspawn did great! Now I am FULLY HOOKED.

Ok. I want a new tank...... not a tank I just scooped up at a good price, but I am finding coral and anemones are difficult, so I pick up a RSR that had never seen water, and made it my Nem tank:

Now, as of very recently ( like < 1-week) I got my new reef tank setup. The addiction is real.

ludnix · Aug 26, 2019

Ha, I can't wait to see the whale shark tank you get if this trend continues!

bacc2bacc · Aug 26, 2019

It is quite the addiction, does your dogs love starring into the tanks like mines lol

Reefs and Geeks · Aug 26, 2019

Very nice! moving very quickly with the tank upgrades. You'll eventually find you're limited in tank size because you're house just won't fit anything bigger. That's how you know when it's time for a new house

haha. That's about where I'm at now.

I have a 150 gallon display, and am setting up a few tanks in my basement. I bought a 225 gallon to replace the 150, but realized it was just too big, and couldn't fit my dining room table in the dining room anymore if I added the larger tank. Didn't want to make it a basement tank, so now I'm sort of in upgrade limbo until the distant future when I build a new house, which will inevitably have a dedicated fish room and be built around a large fish tank

for now I'll just add frag tanks in the basement to satisfy my need to constantly upgrade.

Jon Fishman · Aug 26, 2019

bacc2bacc said:
It is quite the addiction, does your dogs love starring into the tanks like mines lol

They use to watch the lion fish but with no fish in this tank, and it being high enough it’s not eye level, they mostly ignore it!

Jon Fishman · Aug 26, 2019

Reefs and Geeks said:
Very nice! moving very quickly with the tank upgrades. You'll eventually find you're limited in tank size because you're house just won't fit anything bigger. That's how you know when it's time for a new house haha. That's about where I'm at now.

I have a 150 gallon display, and am setting up a few tanks in my basement. I bought a 225 gallon to replace the 150, but realized it was just too big, and couldn't fit my dining room table in the dining room anymore if I added the larger tank. Didn't want to make it a basement tank, so now I'm sort of in upgrade limbo until the distant future when I build a new house, which will inevitably have a dedicated fish room and be built around a large fish tank for now I'll just add frag tanks in the basement to satisfy my need to constantly upgrade.

Nooooo. I downsized houses. Maybe my first floor bedroom will become a fish-room when the kids go off to college.

Qasimja · Aug 26, 2019

I just moved in March and renovated the den turned it into my office I have room to upgrade in the future if I want lol

ScottR · Aug 26, 2019

Jon Fishman said:
It’s not done, but a little background:

February 2019 I got my first aquarium...... never had a FW tank, etc. just jumped in with a Craigslist purchase of a 46g Bowfront that had been running for a dozen plus years, complete with sand/rocks but no livestock when I got it.

Given the age of the rocks, I quickly added an anemone and some corals after scooping up a new light.

Well that was fun, but there was no sump, and only so much I could fit in there, and everything was doing so well, so I hit up the classified on this site, and found what is probably a REALLY old 75g with a 35g sump. It came with a Lionfish and a puffer and I quickly rehomed the Lion. Now I tried even more coral, and my Nem was thriving, and all coral minus a frogspawn did great! Now I am FULLY HOOKED.

Ok. I want a new tank...... not a tank I just scooped up at a good price, but I am finding coral and anemones are difficult, so I pick up a RSR that had never seen water, and made it my Nem tank:

Now, as of very recently ( like < 1-week) I got my new reef tank setup. The addiction is real.