I have been debating about doing this build thread for a while. While I am calling it my IM 200EXT Peninsula build thread. It is really going to be a full documentation of my journey in the hobby. I hope you enjoy and maybe even learn a thing or two along the way. I am no expert by any means but feel I have had some success in the hobby.
I have wanted a saltwater aquarium for as long as I could remember. Unfortunately do to my finances I have always had to stick to freshwater. Over the years I have had almost every kind of fresh water tank you could think of, but chiclids were my favorite. I breed them for a while and ultimately just ended up keeping a tank of pretty male peacocks and called it good. In 2019 my father passed and I said f*** it I don't care what it cost I am getting a saltwater aquarium.
So I started searching FB marketplace and found a 50 gallon (almost cube) for sale not to far from me. I drove an hour to go pick it up and later that day I had a brand new (to me) saltwater tank set up in my office. I wanted to do it right so I used the used the live rock and sand that had been in the aquarium and waited a few weeks to see if the tank would go through another cycle. This gave me a chance to start testing my water. After a few days a random mushroom popped up out of the live rock I must have hidden deep in the rock and came along for the journey. Based on the test results I am not sure he is gonna make it...
I have wanted a saltwater aquarium for as long as I could remember. Unfortunately do to my finances I have always had to stick to freshwater. Over the years I have had almost every kind of fresh water tank you could think of, but chiclids were my favorite. I breed them for a while and ultimately just ended up keeping a tank of pretty male peacocks and called it good. In 2019 my father passed and I said f*** it I don't care what it cost I am getting a saltwater aquarium.
So I started searching FB marketplace and found a 50 gallon (almost cube) for sale not to far from me. I drove an hour to go pick it up and later that day I had a brand new (to me) saltwater tank set up in my office. I wanted to do it right so I used the used the live rock and sand that had been in the aquarium and waited a few weeks to see if the tank would go through another cycle. This gave me a chance to start testing my water. After a few days a random mushroom popped up out of the live rock I must have hidden deep in the rock and came along for the journey. Based on the test results I am not sure he is gonna make it...