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Amazing, I like how you have a huge shelf to put all those sticks on
Thanks, my previous set up was fairly similar but I left more open area on the bottom this time. There is a good 400 lbs of rock and about 300 of it is shelf & branch pieces I bought dry. Some of those shelf pieces are a pretty good size.
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I came across some old pix and thought I would share a bit of the evolution of my reef tanks. Certainly had some ups & downs over the years.
2007
2008 - getting tight for space
2009 - picture taken early Jan 09 the day after I moved the contents of the 130 gal to the 400.
July 2009 - things are starting to fill in (mostly me)
2010
Aug - 2014
2007
2008 - getting tight for space
2009 - picture taken early Jan 09 the day after I moved the contents of the 130 gal to the 400.
July 2009 - things are starting to fill in (mostly me)
2010
Aug - 2014
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I am terribly envious of your display. I love the way you made the rock shelves... It really makes it look like a natural reef ridge.
I LOVE that Montipora Setosa. I have been keeping my eyes out for a nice piece, but haven't settled on one yet. Yours just makes me want it more.
Great work... Keep it up!
I LOVE that Montipora Setosa. I have been keeping my eyes out for a nice piece, but haven't settled on one yet. Yours just makes me want it more.
Great work... Keep it up!
Very Nicely done. My type of layout for-sure. Love the natural reef look.
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REEF EVOLUTION
I was looking through some even older pix today since next month it will be 10 years since I jumped into the salt water hobby. Looking at the first picture from 2004 I appear to have had a hard time letting go of the fresh water ideas :yuck
plastic plants, etc.) YIKES!! Now that is embarrassing! When I had the tank built I was planning to have a FOWLR with a couple of soft corals (maybe) and was ticked when the LFS said they wouldn't make a tank without an overflow so I begged them to make it as small as possible - hence the little glass box in the upper left corner. How times change!!
Anyway I was having fun looking back at my progression & transition in the hobby over the past 10 years & had a good laugh so I thought I would share so you could have a chuckle as well.
Please excuse the poor quality of the early pix - I was using my video camera to shoot stills.
Sept 2004
Jan 2005
Nov 2005
July 2006
I was looking through some even older pix today since next month it will be 10 years since I jumped into the salt water hobby. Looking at the first picture from 2004 I appear to have had a hard time letting go of the fresh water ideas :yuck
plastic plants, etc.) YIKES!! Now that is embarrassing! When I had the tank built I was planning to have a FOWLR with a couple of soft corals (maybe) and was ticked when the LFS said they wouldn't make a tank without an overflow so I begged them to make it as small as possible - hence the little glass box in the upper left corner. How times change!!Anyway I was having fun looking back at my progression & transition in the hobby over the past 10 years & had a good laugh so I thought I would share so you could have a chuckle as well.
Please excuse the poor quality of the early pix - I was using my video camera to shoot stills.
Sept 2004
Jan 2005
Nov 2005
July 2006
I came across some old pix and thought I would share a bit of the evolution of my reef tanks. Certainly had some ups & downs over the years.
2007
2008 - getting tight for space
2009 - picture taken early Jan 09 the day after I moved the contents of the 130 gal to the 400.
July 2009 - things are starting to fill in (mostly me)
2010
Aug - 2014
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Beautiful tank! Love the SPS you have, now if I could only get my stuff to color up like that.
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