Bridgerdean
Active Member
Well I finished my first year in the reefing hobby. This was my first tank, and I have made some mistakes had a moderate crash, but learned a lot.
First off here is my FTS progress shots:
Here was where I started with an aquascape and a Craigslist tank.
So here is where I ended up with the aquascape. I cycled for a few months.
Here you can see the ugly phase winding down and the addition of my first frags. I also started dosing pods at this point.
Here is the addition of my first fish and the Mandrin now that the pods are established. The clowns hosted the mushroom colony.
here you can see the addition of my first round of SPS frags.
Here I am at about a year, you can see the growth on the SPS and the addition of the BTA.
Here I am after my ATO/leak induced and current. I do need some help from the forums on what type of coral to put on the hook at the center of the tank I need some thing that encrusts and can tolerate high PAR. (SPS level) I can't do acropora because I break them when I have to reach into the tank.
Here is my ATO/leak that caused a moderate tank crash. I had just filled my 55gallon drum with RODI water, and over the course of 12 hours the tank leaked about this amount in the fishroom due to a leaky bulkhead. Fortunately there was a drain. The leak was slow enough that some water would leak and then the ATO would replace it. This went on for 12 hours until the ATO was out of water. My tank was now a brackish tank rather than a saltwater tank. (1.010 or so) I have been working it back up by topping off with saltwater and I am at 1.020 with a plan to get to 1.025.
I lost a lot of SPS. Some of the Euphilia. but on I go.
Here are some of my proud moments:
My Mandrin and Yellow Tang
A yellow tang and a few corals
My BTA that split into 3 and now the 2 sexy shrimp host this BTA
LSOH
Here is the fishroom shot with the leaky fuge (now replaced) and the larger bottles of 2 ALK, MAG, CA, and Balling.
This has been my favorite part when one of my children will come down and help with maintain the tanks. This is little bear who is in charge of organizing the Zoas.
I have learned a lot over the past year. It has been challenging. I had to learn a lot of lessons, and figure out a lot of new stuff. I have an order of SPS coming in to replace what I loss. So my plan this year is to maintain the stability and hopefully get those guys growing again.
Thank you for all the support, and also if you have an idea for an encrusting coral on the "hook" in the center of the tank please let me know.
First off here is my FTS progress shots:
Here was where I started with an aquascape and a Craigslist tank.
So here is where I ended up with the aquascape. I cycled for a few months.
Here you can see the ugly phase winding down and the addition of my first frags. I also started dosing pods at this point.
Here is the addition of my first fish and the Mandrin now that the pods are established. The clowns hosted the mushroom colony.
here you can see the addition of my first round of SPS frags.
Here I am at about a year, you can see the growth on the SPS and the addition of the BTA.
Here I am after my ATO/leak induced and current. I do need some help from the forums on what type of coral to put on the hook at the center of the tank I need some thing that encrusts and can tolerate high PAR. (SPS level) I can't do acropora because I break them when I have to reach into the tank.
Here is my ATO/leak that caused a moderate tank crash. I had just filled my 55gallon drum with RODI water, and over the course of 12 hours the tank leaked about this amount in the fishroom due to a leaky bulkhead. Fortunately there was a drain. The leak was slow enough that some water would leak and then the ATO would replace it. This went on for 12 hours until the ATO was out of water. My tank was now a brackish tank rather than a saltwater tank. (1.010 or so) I have been working it back up by topping off with saltwater and I am at 1.020 with a plan to get to 1.025.
I lost a lot of SPS. Some of the Euphilia. but on I go.
Here are some of my proud moments:
My Mandrin and Yellow Tang
A yellow tang and a few corals
My BTA that split into 3 and now the 2 sexy shrimp host this BTA
LSOH
Here is the fishroom shot with the leaky fuge (now replaced) and the larger bottles of 2 ALK, MAG, CA, and Balling.
This has been my favorite part when one of my children will come down and help with maintain the tanks. This is little bear who is in charge of organizing the Zoas.
I have learned a lot over the past year. It has been challenging. I had to learn a lot of lessons, and figure out a lot of new stuff. I have an order of SPS coming in to replace what I loss. So my plan this year is to maintain the stability and hopefully get those guys growing again.
Thank you for all the support, and also if you have an idea for an encrusting coral on the "hook" in the center of the tank please let me know.
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