Simply amazed!!!

Shaddow_wolf169 · May 22, 2017

So im going to post a picture of the first time I had my reef tank up and running and the way it looks now. It's just simply amazing how far you can go in this Hobby and not even realize that you made that much progression.

I would like everyone to post a picture of when you started and what you think looks like now and how long it took to get there.

Dec 15th 2016 I started the tank

05/18/17

Brew12 · May 22, 2017

Looks like you are off to a great start!

Shaddow_wolf169 · May 22, 2017

I can't believe no one is post their tanks from when they started to current

mkutsch · May 22, 2017

Cause most of us don't have such impressive changes goin on.. ;(
Kiddin. Makes me wish I had more room, time and money for a bigger tank..

Shaddow_wolf169 · May 22, 2017

I'm going to a 300g must go bigger hahaha ha my wife is going to kill me.

Shaddow_wolf169 · May 23, 2017

Nobody has a time line of growth over a year?

Liquid360 · May 23, 2017

Those time progression images are hard cause you have to have a year of not really adding anything for them to be meaningful. Someday I hope that recent photos look better than older photos. For this to happen I'll have to stop murdering coral... this seems unlikely. When someone says "oh you raise Coral?" I say "nope. I buy beautiful pieces and kill them, but not on purpose."

Shaddow_wolf169 · May 23, 2017

Liquid360 said:
Those time progression images are hard cause you have to have a year of not really adding anything for them to be meaningful. Someday I hope that recent photos look better than older photos. For this to happen I'll have to stop murdering coral... this seems unlikely. When someone says "oh you raise Coral?" I say "nope. I buy beautiful pieces and kill them, but not on purpose."

Yeah your right I can't stop adding stuff either.
My first toadstool.

3 months of growth top one

Waters · May 23, 2017

I am usually so disgusted by my initial setup pics that I am embarrassed to post them lol.

Poseidon84 · May 23, 2017

beginning 2 months ago to this last week. im not sure if i aquascaped correctly though

Susan Edwards · May 23, 2017

I'll play! I started Dec 15 2016 so I've been up and running 5 months. Even added a display refugium 2 months ago and will soon have them plumbed together

Liquid360 · May 23, 2017

Waters said:
I am usually so disgusted by my initial setup pics that I am embarrassed to post them lol.

LOL I could not agree more. Ditto!! Usually over the course of a year, my tank looks best at around the 2-3month mark before The Big Die Off and the Give Up Phase [emoji4]

Adam113 · May 23, 2017

October last year

Now

Liquid360 · May 23, 2017

Terrific coralline growth!!

Adam113 said:
October last year

Now

R_C · May 23, 2017

Funny to say that you look at your reef everyday and you just don't realize how far you have come until you do this!

Feb 2016

Nov 2016

It even looks different today!

Waters · May 23, 2017

Liquid360 said:
LOL I could not agree more. Ditto!! Usually over the course of a year, my tank looks best at around the 2-3month mark before The Big Die Off and the Give Up Phase [emoji4]

So that isn't just a phase that happens at my address? The Give Up Phase is usually followed by the I Will Give SPS One More Try phase, which takes place about a week later.