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Hello all! I'm back in the hobby after a 20+ year hiatus in which I had a 33 high that I converted from freshwater to salt with a canister and under gravel filter and then a protein skimmer and then was just couldn't handle having another fish travel from the Indo Pacific only to die in my living room. What a difference with the internet and forums like this and the equipment. This build started in late December 2019. Prior to that we only had a 5 gallon Betta tank in this house.
December 2019 - Whoa! The ATO is the size of my current tank!
Obligatory kid in tank photo!
Aquascape. Should've listened to everybody and taken my time....
Hastily filled on Christmas Eve. Again, I should've listened to the feedback!
January 2020 - We added a pair of maroon clowns and A LOT of Bio Spira.
January 2020 - We are lit with LED 90s! Over did it with the Seachem rock epoxy to try and weld the rocks to gether. We'll get coralline algae...eventually...next year maybe? Additional cured live rock from the LFS.
February 2020 - Nitrates .25PPM in goes the cleanup crew.
March 2020 - fire shrimp.
March 2020 - Fire Fish. Sadly he developed a swim bladder disease and died in June of 2020. He was a cool fish.
April 2020 - Never ordered livestock by mail but with COVID...it looks good! First corals in the tank along with some chromises
Don't even think of it!
April 2020 - This will keep the cats out. I wish Red Sea sold these pre-assembled. That crease on the right is KILLING me!
May 2020 - Added more soft coral. Sadly in my haste with low nitrates and daitomes blooming I "nuked" the tank accidentally adding Seachem Flourish, following the dosing for fresh water. Nearly lost all coral! This GSP still ain't the same since! All but one other coral made it. LUCKY ME!
June 2020 - More livestock and corals
June 2020 - First LPS! There's also an anenomne that is hiding behind the rock in the background.
December 2019 - Whoa! The ATO is the size of my current tank!
Obligatory kid in tank photo!
Aquascape. Should've listened to everybody and taken my time....
Hastily filled on Christmas Eve. Again, I should've listened to the feedback!
January 2020 - We added a pair of maroon clowns and A LOT of Bio Spira.
January 2020 - We are lit with LED 90s! Over did it with the Seachem rock epoxy to try and weld the rocks to gether. We'll get coralline algae...eventually...next year maybe? Additional cured live rock from the LFS.
February 2020 - Nitrates .25PPM in goes the cleanup crew.
March 2020 - fire shrimp.
March 2020 - Fire Fish. Sadly he developed a swim bladder disease and died in June of 2020. He was a cool fish.
April 2020 - Never ordered livestock by mail but with COVID...it looks good! First corals in the tank along with some chromises
Don't even think of it!
April 2020 - This will keep the cats out. I wish Red Sea sold these pre-assembled. That crease on the right is KILLING me!
May 2020 - Added more soft coral. Sadly in my haste with low nitrates and daitomes blooming I "nuked" the tank accidentally adding Seachem Flourish, following the dosing for fresh water. Nearly lost all coral! This GSP still ain't the same since! All but one other coral made it. LUCKY ME!
June 2020 - More livestock and corals
June 2020 - First LPS! There's also an anenomne that is hiding behind the rock in the background.
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