I have had aquariums of one sort or another for about 40 years, starting with my little Tetra 10 gallon. Other than a couple years in the dorms in college there has always been an aquarium in my life. Eventually I tried saltwater, and went from FO to FOWLR to a full mixed reef.
Then I decided to switch out the live rock for something different, and got a bunch of shelf rock from Fiji (when you could still do that) and rebuilt the whole aquascape to start fresh.
That was a mistake.
That rock was infested with aiptasia, and at the time, the go-to was Joes Juice. Nobody told me about any other options, and it just got worse and worse until I gave up, sold all the contents, and converted it to a 120 gallon planted tank.
Then we moved to another state and I sold the whole thing, and bought a 65 gallon at the new house as a normal freshwater tank.
Then we moved to Kansas City, and I fell in love with a Waterbox tank at a LFS, and the journey began.
I wasn't really thinking about timeline photos when I started, so I only started taking pictures a few months in.
So we'll see how it goes.
Here's the oldest photo April 24, 2021:
And the sump, prior to any fancy stuff. Even had water bottles as a manual ATO in there.
Then I decided to switch out the live rock for something different, and got a bunch of shelf rock from Fiji (when you could still do that) and rebuilt the whole aquascape to start fresh.
That was a mistake.
That rock was infested with aiptasia, and at the time, the go-to was Joes Juice. Nobody told me about any other options, and it just got worse and worse until I gave up, sold all the contents, and converted it to a 120 gallon planted tank.
Then we moved to another state and I sold the whole thing, and bought a 65 gallon at the new house as a normal freshwater tank.
Then we moved to Kansas City, and I fell in love with a Waterbox tank at a LFS, and the journey began.
I wasn't really thinking about timeline photos when I started, so I only started taking pictures a few months in.
So we'll see how it goes.
Here's the oldest photo April 24, 2021:
And the sump, prior to any fancy stuff. Even had water bottles as a manual ATO in there.