Hilary July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 It's a shame when somebody has this much fun with a hobby! I've had freshwater tanks since I was about 10 years old, but started this, my first saltwater, in early March 2008. I teach SCUBA, and since I can't dive the pretty sites every week I thought I'd just go ahead and add one to my livingroom. Luckily the first LFS I visited told me to join WAMAS, so I've had access to good information from the start. I originally brought home a 55 gallon, decided it was WAY too narrow (luckily before I even added water), asked an LFS about a 70 gallon and was talked into buying a 90 gallon. It's a stock 90 gallon AGA. I have maybe 110 lbs of rock, most of which came from Antonio's tank when he broke it down (Seantadez) and from a 55 g breakdown. It was great to be able to start with rock that had color and zoas all over! I added a sandbed of a little under 2" using Caribsea Seaflor sand as well as a bag of "live" sand. The corals and fish from the 55 breakdown ended up having to live in two 29s for about a month while I got the main tank together. I added an acrylic 29 gallon sump, a portion of which has sand, a big lump of LR and a huge clump of chaeto. I ended up getting a little bit of chaeto from about three different WAMAS members, all of which was full of fat pods and other critters - nice start. I later added a medium CPR with sand and leaf caulerpa to give me a source of pods for the display (that wouldn't have to get through the return pump). The caulerpa also came from members, and I "seeded" it with pods from an LFS. So that's kind of the history of the tank so far. Fish have come from many different sources, and most of the coral is either from members' tanks (THANK YOU!) and AquaCo. Thanks for all of the help and advice so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfish July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 (edited) Hilary, I think you need more Corals and Fish, and Clams, and another Rhizo or 2. Edited July 28, 2008 by newfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Reefer July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 OOOh/Aaaah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLazar July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 OOOh/Aaaah. Ditto! Hilary, your tank is gorgeous, mine looks naked next to yours. You know, there is one small area of over crowding though..............your clove polyps and orange zoas look like they're being choked out. I think you should thin that area out and sell those 2 to me............ just kidding, it looks wonderful. So glad you posted pics. Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMsAquarium July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 Very nice Hilary. Me like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaze98 July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 I finally get to see where all those corals end up, your tank looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgets July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 Looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amay121 July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 Hilary, I see the poci in only one picture. Hope they're all doing well. Blaze98, Would really like to see where the other corals (since you get those that Hilary doesn't) go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary July 28, 2008 Author Share July 28, 2008 Thanks everybody! It's a work in progress and seems to change every day, but I'm loving it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLazar July 28, 2008 Share July 28, 2008 Thanks everybody! It's a work in progress and seems to change every day, but I'm loving it! It shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary July 28, 2008 Author Share July 28, 2008 Guy - Some of the pics are from last month. Poci is doing great. I actually knocked off a small piece so it's now in TWO different places in the tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbuf July 29, 2008 Share July 29, 2008 Looking good. I'm counting all the things I want frags of. hehe tagging along................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak July 31, 2008 Share July 31, 2008 you're tank looks insanely nice for just 4 months old. it looks great periodl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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