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Hey guys I am starting this build thread. But my tank has been up and running in this location for 8 years now. Although i had to restart the tank after 3 yrs of neglect and disease etc. I lost my mother to cancer and in her last 2.5 yrs of life i got too busy to pay attention the the tank. As you know when you dont pay attention, Reef is not very forgiving.
So I reset everything this last March and now i am getting all the chemistry right. Also i experiment alot with medicine and new equipment and unique methods that are not yet practiced in numbers so in that hit and miss the reef suffers.

Ok a little pics from the past.
(I am in middle with green wristband)

 

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This was my very first saltwater tank.

 

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This was my second setup.

You will see some old equipment from 2 decades ago.
Maxijets......

It had 2x 250w MH and 4x T8 and some fans to cool everything on top.

Under the tank

Cal Rx and Sulfur Denitrator.

ReefKeeper Elite was my first controller and few old style timers for lighting.

Reef Octopus Skimmer

 

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Some corals in that tank.

 

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Some fish in that tank and Rasta Zoa.

 

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I took a lot of rock out and made it a little lighter as some point in time.

 

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Then I moved to my current house and i end up with a 48x24x24 tank in wall.

 

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This setup remained with me for a while.
Here are few pics of corals and fish i had in that time frame.

 

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Ok so i got tired of a smaller tank and decided to go bigger.
This time i went with 96x24x24

Tank and sump arrived and all looked well.

 

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I removed the smaller tank and build a new stand for longer bigger tank. Also added a sub panel for electric.

 

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A few more pics

 

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Added a reef octopus dual chamber cal rx.
Also ran apex classic and RKE side by side for comparison.

 

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