Your Very First Reef Aquarium Full Tank Shots!!

[revhtree Verified Admin]

I would love to see what all of your very first reef aquariums looked like. You know the one which started your addiction!


Here is my 125g from it's infancy. This is when I believed the "you need so much live rock" mumbo jumbo!

 

[cdrewferd]

Not a very good pic, but one of the last ones before I tore down my Biocube.

 

[cdness]

Well I have some interesting ones from many years... Since you want the first here is the first one taken as well as one from 1 year old...

More recent pics in my build thread for the 125G

 

[Leishman]

2001 -110g Oceanic. One ugly mass of rock with softies and LPS. When I upgraded to a 250g I sold some of this rock as it was too much for the new tank!

 

[Alabamareef]

 

[Renton777]

My 93 cube, just before transferring everything to my new tank.

 

[Dowtish]

My first and only Reef Tank

 

[ToXIc]

1st tank... RSM130D 2 years ago

 

[reefsandrotts]

my 135 from 26 years ago

 

[Dowtish]

26 years ago! that's impressive

 

[Veganbrian]

 

[buddythelion]

The last FTS of my first salt tank before upgrading. A lot of enjoyable memories from that little 12 NanoCube, it's the tank that got me motivated to get back into this hobby with more "umph" and to be more active as well. I've made lots of great friends and fellow hobbyists through that tank.

 

[batman262]

Day 1 was unforgettable:

4 months is what it ended up being:

 

[coralfarm123]

My first tank I started in college. I've had a tank going ever since.

 

[zibba]

Cool thread idea.

This is the tank that started the addiction. Looking back, I'm embarrassed, but this hobby certainly has a learning curve! I'm hoping to improve on it with the system I'm currently working on. It was primarily made up of $5 frags that I picked up through my (then) local club.

Here's a shot from when it was first set up around 10/2007:

Here's a shot right before I moved across the country and sold everything around 11/2008:

 

[zibba]

Day 1 was unforgettable [. . .] 4 months is what it ended up being:

That is hilarious but what a transformation! Nice!!

 

[143gadgets]

first tank. 75g mixed reef. Some progression pics.

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Some of you guys have some very impressive first reefs.

reefsandrotts that's amazing!

Here's my 50 breeder, started in 2003