Happy Birthday - I survived the first year!

[FiddlersReef]

Coming back after a long time away was harder than I expected it to be, but the tank has officially been setup a year now, and we've survived (so to speak) algae blooms and bullying and disease, figured out proper parameters and dosing, feeding and lighting schedules... and learned a TON in the process, mostly thanks to this site.

Here it was a year ago after turning on all the pumps...

And here it is today...

What an amazing journey.

 

[lapin]

Nice

 

[MrGisonni]

Congrats. Yes...21st century reefing is way different. Remember wet/ dry filters and standard florescent tubes?

 

[rmorris_14]

Congrats!!!

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Congratulations on 1 year! Nice bubble coral.

 

[i cant think]

The corals look beautiful! But that lamarcki… Even more beautiful! I’m a big fan of Genicanthus if you can’t tell.

 

[REEFER-RICK]

Looks great WTG

 

[FiddlersReef]

The corals look beautiful! But that lamarcki… Even more beautiful! I’m a big fan of Genicanthus if you can’t tell.

Agreed! I love watching her shimmering all around.

 

[FiddlersReef]

Congrats. Yes...21st century reefing is way different. Remember wet/ dry filters and standard florescent tubes?

OMG yes. I had an under gravel filter on my first FOWLR, then graduated to a sump with a noisy trickle filter. Changing from T10 to T5 was an amazing moment before LEDs hit the scene (and were insanely expensive).

 

[MrGisonni]

Undergravel filters. Right... I remember when I finally put powerheads on top of the uplift tubes instead of using airstones. Lol Progress

 

[Karen00]

Congrats on the anniversary! That's a beautiful tank!

 

[FiddlersReef]

Congrats on the anniversary! That's a beautiful tank!

Thank you!